Who Let the Mutants Out?
// October 20th, 2009 // View Comments // b-scene
Giant fire breathing animals, the Queen crying, floral skulls, and pole dancing babies in UK army suits; did I just see that? And just as I think that I definitely need to call that dealer again, pole dancing robots are bumping and grinding their techno hips and torsos in rhythm to the beat of the music being played by a robotic disc jockey. Alriiight!
The “Mutate London” exhibition could have been the perfect setting for an “Alice in Wonderland Returns to the Future” movie, or just a remake of David’s Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch. Picture yourself in a 15000 square foot open air gallery with freehand paintings, stencils and paste ups from three to thirty feet high decorating huge walls, surrounded by giant Mutoids, dinosaurs, and prancing horses sculpted. If this isn’t tripping you out, I don’t know what will?!
The exhibition features sculptures, paintings, stencils and graffiti from some of the world’s most prominent and trippy street artists such as Mode 2, Matt Small, Dr. D, Part2ism, Best Ever and too many more to mention here. Oh and the trip around the exhibition becomes even more interesting after sunset when human-fleshed bodies need to be warmed with alcohol. That’s when you decide to take another look at the pole dancing robots and think they haven’t quite mastered dazzling feats like flipping upside down or lifting their legs above their headlight faces; but then there is this guy sitting in an alien hammock eating a salad and sure enough, you will want to be doing the same thing he is, and you’ll be swinging there with a childish and slightly dumb smile stuck on your face. Got it? Mutate London is one of those art exhibitions that makes people at Saatchi go uhhhhh!
Now, run go tell your enemies and your friends! Oh, and have a look at shots of what’s on offer. It’s still only a small selection – get down there if you want to see the rest!
