An Exhibition inspired by the Artists featured in ‘BEAUTIFUL LOSERS’

DIY LONDON SEEN - An exhibition documenting the work of, and inspired by,
the Artists featured in Aaron Rose's 'Beautiful Losers' will take place in the heart
of London’s Covent Garden this summer; an area committed to supporting emerging
new talent. The exhibition will coincide with the film's UK release at the Institute
of Contemporary Arts (ICA) and its subsequent DVD release.

DIY LONDON SEEN will include work by Ivory Serra and Cheryl Dunn, who photographed
the origins and rise of the Alleged Gallery and its Artists in the US, alongside a group of
emerging Artists living and working in London, who are currently creating work with a
similar freedom of spirit. Harmony Korine, Ed Templeton, Mark Gonzales, Barry McGee,
Shepard Fairey, Jo Jackson, Thomas Campbell, Deanna Templeton, Stephen Powers, Chris
Johanson, Mike Mills and the late Margaret Kilgallen were part of a seminal artistic
movement in 1990’s American suburbia, creating their own artistic subculture and a
unique form of ‘outsider’ art that laid a foundation for many young artists working all
over the world today. Their doodles and artistic experiments began on the streets of
their individual hometowns as a sideline to the skate and drug culture that was part of
their teenage years, often in the form of graffiti, signs or tags on trains. Having been
brought together by Aaron Rose in his now legendary ‘Alleged Gallery’ in New York,
their powerful artworks were soon making their mark not only in the US but across the
globe; becoming an inspiration for a new generation of Artists working all over the world today.

Curated by Bakul Patki and Lee Johnson of ‘Watch This Space’, the show ‘DIY London Seen’
brings together twenty young Artists, whose work encapsulates a similar naivety, freedom
and energy to that of the original ‘Beautiful Losers’, and a shared willing to create art for
art’s sake. Whether they be painters, photographers, illustrators, sculptors or filmmakers,
the Artists have in common an inbuilt passion to produce work that is neither defined by
the art market, nor any factor other than the desire to express their innate creativity;
reflecting the society they inhabit and the emotions they experience, through their preferred
artistic medium.