{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"Word To Mother Exhibition Photos","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-exhibition1.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-10-08T12:33:51Z","description":"Word To Mother is one of these highly recommendable urban artists you have to get to know when you are in London. His recent exhibition at Stolen Space Gallery shows his comments on society...","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExhibition Review\u003c/em\u003e | Yesterday, the \u003cem\u003e“Blind By Stardom”\u003c/em\u003e exhibition by English born urban artist \u003cstrong\u003eWord To Mother\u003c/strong\u003e (By the way a really nice guy!) opened its doors at the Stolen Space Gallery in London. It’s the fourth exhibition by Word To Mother in these rooms and of course I visited the show, which features paintings in mixed media on wood, canvas, found objects and installation pieces and was highly impressed by his fantastic technique and the more or less hidden joke in his artworks [*]!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWord To Mother’s new body of work invites the viewer to look past the exterior or what is immediately apparent and question what is behind. Referencing popular childhood characters he asks the viewer to question the agenda of media that is subjected to us, involuntarily sculpting our values and opinions. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.stolenspace.com/section.php?xSec=258\"\u003epress release\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis exhibition is the next which gets in line with all the other great art shows (e.g. \u003ca href=\"/nychos-graffiti-show-photos/\"\u003eNychos at Pure Evil\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/bast-screenprinting-london/\"\u003eBäst at Lazarides\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"/stencil-art-london-c215/\"\u003eC215 at Signal Gallery\u003c/a\u003e) I’ve seen so far in London. Here are some impressions I recorded\u0026hellip;You can find more photos of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157625119395802/\"\u003eWord To Mother exhibition on Flickr\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[*] I stood at least thirty minutes in front of that amazing Spongebob-costume-wearing guy with his heart-balloon, smiled and thought about the deeper meaning of it! Any idea?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1732\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1732\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1732\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-spongebob_hu_77a901a8672806c0.avif 480w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-spongebob_hu_843b80ba508ac0d2.avif 960w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-spongebob_hu_2e74012fe5cf920a.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-spongebob_hu_bb84f7027a49254f.webp 480w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-spongebob_hu_d63c52e059e4d5a7.webp 960w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-spongebob_hu_531c377b00386744.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-spongebob_hu_10ad81be00037133.jpg\" srcset=\"/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-spongebob_hu_793aa3a0a225fc60.jpg 480w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-spongebob_hu_f3153d61c005b666.jpg 960w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-spongebob_hu_10ad81be00037133.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"word to mother vs. spongebob\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eword to mother vs. spongebob\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1732\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1732\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1732\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-exhibition_hu_753e29727da1bd52.avif 480w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-exhibition_hu_238543c450437fa7.avif 960w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-exhibition_hu_95230a07bb030df4.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-exhibition_hu_54e37dc65fa2ae36.webp 480w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-exhibition_hu_f5c80c700d9021e8.webp 960w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-exhibition_hu_57ce4d3f873418d3.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-exhibition_hu_e8bb97f8076bf336.jpg\" srcset=\"/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-exhibition_hu_d3f65268dae863b9.jpg 480w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-exhibition_hu_fc4023ca13960d95.jpg 960w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-exhibition_hu_e8bb97f8076bf336.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"word to mother exhibition\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eword to mother exhibition\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1732\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1732\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1732\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-london_hu_3c27ce782e834b9a.avif 480w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-london_hu_bbd6722261380e5a.avif 960w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-london_hu_60c734a3b40c2ce0.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-london_hu_1a6f25a4a05d926d.webp 480w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-london_hu_b7c81e229e662df0.webp 960w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-london_hu_11ae00c7fae219e8.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-london_hu_940a6ba961db006.jpg\" srcset=\"/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-london_hu_918c92088d04f3da.jpg 480w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-london_hu_7f3f7ac9f83d8e3c.jpg 960w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-london_hu_940a6ba961db006.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"word to mother - london\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eword to mother - london\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1732\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1732\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1732\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-tattoos_hu_468ed3b026d96d01.avif 480w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-tattoos_hu_4a63e595564ca998.avif 960w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-tattoos_hu_a44f07f68931242e.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-tattoos_hu_7e33133995aedb0e.webp 480w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-tattoos_hu_b703d6db8a3d14dc.webp 960w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-tattoos_hu_8c0abe7dfbb50551.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-tattoos_hu_eab72a246f225831.jpg\" srcset=\"/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-tattoos_hu_75641c9d6863e722.jpg 480w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-tattoos_hu_c5a65b0947570d97.jpg 960w, /word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-tattoos_hu_eab72a246f225831.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"word to mother tattoos\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eword to mother tattoos\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n*Exhibition Review* | Yesterday, the *“Blind By Stardom”* exhibition by English born urban artist **Word To Mother** (By the way a really nice guy!) opened its doors at the Stolen Space Gallery in London. It’s the fourth exhibition by Word To Mother in these rooms and of course I visited the show, which features paintings in mixed media on wood, canvas, found objects and installation pieces and was highly impressed by his fantastic technique and the more or less hidden joke in his artworks [*]!\n\n\u003e Word To Mother’s new body of work invites the viewer to look past the exterior or what is immediately apparent and question what is behind. Referencing popular childhood characters he asks the viewer to question the agenda of media that is subjected to us, involuntarily sculpting our values and opinions. ([press release](http://www.stolenspace.com/section.php?xSec=258))\n\nThis exhibition is the next which gets in line with all the other great art shows (e.g. [Nychos at Pure Evil](/nychos-graffiti-show-photos/), [Bäst at Lazarides](/bast-screenprinting-london/) and [C215 at Signal Gallery](/stencil-art-london-c215/)) I’ve seen so far in London. Here are some impressions I recorded...You can find more photos of the [Word To Mother exhibition on Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157625119395802/)!\n\n[*] I stood at least thirty minutes in front of that amazing Spongebob-costume-wearing guy with his heart-balloon, smiled and thought about the deeper meaning of it! Any idea?\n\n![word to mother vs. spongebob](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-spongebob.jpg\u003e)\n\nword to mother vs. spongebob ![word to mother exhibition](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-exhibition.jpg\u003e)\n\nword to mother exhibition ![word to mother - london](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-london.jpg\u003e)\n\nword to mother - london ![word to mother tattoos](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/word-to-mother-tattoos.jpg\u003e)\n\nword to mother tattoos ","tags":["Wood Art","Word To Mother","Painting","Street Art London","Art Photography"],"title":"Word To Mother Exhibition Photos","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/word-to-mother-exhibition-photos/"}