The KK Outlet in Hoxton Square are getting ready to celebrate heads, shoulders, knee’s and toes for their next exhibition featuring the work of Wilfrid Wood.

The former graphic designer learnt his craft making 3D models for Spitting Image and has carried on twisting reality in his own crafting’s.

He builds characters that are sharp funny and also disturbing with a sense of humour to twist your views of some popular showbiz faces.

He’ll be joined by Outsider artist John Croft who will hosting Icons which is a collection of colourful images inspired by music and cartoons.

Wilfred Wood ‘Heads & Bodies’ an John Croft ‘Icons’ opens on First Thursday the 2^nd of May at the award winning KK Outlet on Hoxton Square.

KK Outlet are bringing a taste of Lower East Side New York to Downtown Hoxton for their next First Thursday opening.

Hugo & Marie will be the first ever group show of artists at the gallery, with twelve separate works on display from the US agency’s books.

Over 100 pieces will be on display working to the theme of Art / Sciences which will see the gallery transformed from floor to ceiling, edge to edge.

Hugo & Marie group show is running from Frist Thursday the 5^th of April to Saturday 27^th at the award winning KK Outlet, Hoxton Square.

This evening is the opening First Thursday of the year where over 170 galleries and museums across East London host talks, exhibitions and private views.

The monthly event celebrates art and creativity in the capital with the chance to meet those behind the work and chat over a few drinks.

We recommend heading to the KK Outlet in Hoxton Square where they have Frank Allias looking at cross dressing city workers and hidden messages in the sky.

Jester Jacques are also putting on a pop up at Box Park with Havana Club Rum while the Degree Art Gallery on Vyner Street start their 10th anniversary celebrations with Sophie Derrick.

City dwellers and mischievous seamstresses alike will take joy in the latest exhibition from Hoxton Square’s KK Outlet.

They are putting on the first solo show of French photographer Franck Allais who takes simple concepts and gives them a va va voom tweak. With two show’s he presents:

‘Subverting The City’ is a collection of images of drably dressed businessmen from waist up, donned in skirts and high hells on the lower half.

‘In Passing’ is a series of branding messages suspended in mid air seemingly left by invisible passing traffic, there’s also a video to accompany the works.

Subverting the City and In Passing by Frank Allais opens its doors on the first First Thursday of 2013 on the 7th of February at the KK Outlet Hoxton Square.

Nevermind if you smell like teen spirt, come as you are to the KK Outlet this Thursday and breed over a cup of pennyroyal tea at their latest collection.

Kurt & The Gang by Belly Kids will see’s one of the most iconic figures of the Twentieth Century portrayed through life size paintings and limited edition prints.

His closest pals will also be joining in with illustrations of Courtney Love, Dave Grohl, The Pixes and more also hung alongside work from the back catalogue from Belly Kids.

Kurt & The Gang – Belly Kids is On A Plain at the KK Outlet, Hoxton Square from Thursday the 10th of January from 7pm.

Those quirky tricksters the KK Outlet recently teamed up with Shoreditch’s favourite beach time beer Red Stripe to put on a rather fun faced display.

They popped to their local corner shop, installed several hundred feet of cables, lights, camera’s and musical alignments to give shoppers a bag of delights.

You can pick up 6 x Cans of Red Stripe at most offies for £6 sometimes £5.50 and on rare occasions £5. If you shop with the KK Outlet you’ll be quids in every time.

Watch the Video here:

http://www.kkoutlet.com/communication/red-stripe-cornershop

Following on from KK LA, the Hoxton Square gallery continue with the KK USA theme for their next opening Mapping America.

Through a series of colourful infographics and data samples they’ll be taking a look at who’s actually voting in the election, what are their concerns and what issues shape their decision.

The figures are taken from institutions such as MIT, Harvard and the New York Times to give viewers a democratically republican red white and blue view of the electoral system.

Running Tuesday 6th – 24th November at the KK Outlet, Hoxton Square.

The KK Outlet unveil their newest exhibition brining the West Coast of America to the East End of London in a rainbow of wildness.

Made in LA features neon, hypercoloured eye awesome imagery from the Colby Poster Printing Company who specialise in producing high art and low culture prints.

Artist Anthony Burill raided their archive to curate a vibrant and flurolastic show featuring the best of their past and present work.

Now showing until October 27th.

Dominic Wilcox is a British designer who creates unique and innovative objects, drawings and installations.

For his solo show at KK Outlet, Wilcox will launch his first book containing his popular, brilliantly logical yet ridiculously inventive drawings. From a GPS device for remembering names at parties, to a mechanical system for subtly reading a fellow passenger’s newspaper, the book reveals a selection of the best ideas from Wilcox’s sketchbooks.

The drawings have previously gained popularity through the pages of Icon magazine and Wilcox’s Webby Award nominated blogvariationsonnormal.com.

He talked us through the new collection here:

@dominicwilcox
@kkoutlet

Grace from Vintage Seekers joined us for a stroll through First Thursday.

We took in Tokio Aoyama at Hoxton Gallery, Domonic Wilcox at KK Outlet plus some HaYoung Kim at Hoxton Art Gallery.

Her insights were witty and informative and some of them future vintage in essence. She was full of Praise for Tokio and his paitings at Hoxton Gallery and also very positive about HaYoung Kim’s illustrations at Hoxton Art Gallery.

KK Outlet with Domonic Wilson has to be seen, make plenty of time for his video installation.

The exhibitions at KK Outlet and Hoxton Art Gallery run until the end of the month, Tokio Oyaomo closes tomorrow.

http://www.vintageseekers.com/