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David Choe

Biography

Rarely do we see a street artist with the skills and complexity of David Choe. Rapidly establishing himself as one of the greats of the genre, Choe is compellingly repulsive. His complex and pulchritudinous pictures, seductive, appealing and ambitious yet equally mischievous, brutal and insular demonstrate what an angry, intelligent talent can truly achieve.

Choe sculpts and paints in oils, acrylics, crayon and mixed media. His credibility as an ‘artist’, albeit one inclined to utilise public spaces every so often, is hardly in doubt. Influences flow through comic book culture to gothic art, impressionism and the surreal. The content of Choe’s work is equally complex and in contrast to the slick, succinct, populist messages of some of his contemporaries. The fictional military heroes of GI Joe wield boomboxes above Arabic slogans; hip young metropolitan ladies whisper their cruel conspiracies; seedy delights beckon from behind pretty vistas; grown men scream for ice cream; absurdist animals rope humans into their incomprehensible schemes. On the street, base titillating yet supposedly ‘tasteful’ advertising becomes doctored with intestines and tribal fetishes, echoing the sensual abyss of de Sade. Pictures titles include I Fuck Nerds. Equally, Choe’s figurative and collage work displays sensitivity and intricacy rarely matched by Manhattan’s girly fashion illustrator set. We should be grateful, not offended, by the insights into Choe’s potent imagination and agenda; and the alluring, intricate slag smelted from its process of reconciliation.

Original Art

Thumbnail of Not Counting The Vintage Jizz Crusted On The Thrift Store Sweater You Just Shoplifted You Have The DNA Of 6 Gross Guys On You I'd Be Screaming TooThumbnail of Showered With CriesThumbnail of Character AssassinationThumbnail of Newcastle GirlThumbnail of TenderoniThumbnail of Can We Go Fuck at Your House? My Place is a MessThumbnail of Hope HusseinThumbnail of Yellow Skinned Donkey Girl- Hee Haw part 1Thumbnail of RunteldatThumbnail of Cool Leather PantsThumbnail of Goon Dong KeyThumbnail of Salamander

Prints and Books

Thumbnail of SeedyThumbnail of DokebiThumbnail of London Sound Eyes BrownThumbnail of City GirlThumbnail of London GirlThumbnail of London Soundeyes - RedThumbnail of David Choe - SignedThumbnail of David Choe

Archive

Thumbnail of The ZookeeperThumbnail of Pity PartyThumbnail of Breast FedThumbnail of Slow RideThumbnail of Jellyfish 1Thumbnail of Midnight MarauderThumbnail of Easily ReplacableThumbnail of Styrofoam Ark & Stereo ConfessionsThumbnail of HydraThumbnail of Feed The TreeThumbnail of Glowing Ghetto HeadThumbnail of Glowing Factory HeadThumbnail of WebThumbnail of InsomniaThumbnail of City SpitThumbnail of Watching You Waste AwayThumbnail of Uzi SuicideThumbnail of Untitled Blood 6Thumbnail of Untitled Blood 5Thumbnail of Untitled Blood 4Thumbnail of Untitled Blood 3Thumbnail of Untitled Blood 2Thumbnail of Untitled Blood 1Thumbnail of Sonambulant MassacreThumbnail of SirensThumbnail of Simian Ride Thumbnail of Romper StomperThumbnail of Rhino StompThumbnail of Please Lie To MeThumbnail of Murderous HeartsThumbnail of MurderedThumbnail of Me Du SaThumbnail of Loose LipsThumbnail of Jellybean HeadThumbnail of Hunger StrikeThumbnail of Hooker MouseThumbnail of FupaThumbnail of Falling For GraceThumbnail of Egg PlantThumbnail of Double HappinessThumbnail of Couch TourThumbnail of HeadsThumbnail of Jellyfish 2Thumbnail of Tongue Kissing DeathThumbnail of Bring Da RuckusThumbnail of Hell HoundzThumbnail of Grappling DeathThumbnail of Pizz

News

Lazarides Rathbone Gallery Opening

6th May 2009
Our new gallery, studios and offices on Rathbone Place, Fitzrovia (or 'NoHo', as it was previously named by estate agents - that's 'North Soho' by the way, not a term describing the discernable lack of 1st Floor 'models' North of Oxford Street) in "swinging London's fashionable West End", is finally due to open next week. Or at least it will be if someone learns how to say to the builders and decorators, "Sorry to interrupt yet another break, I can see you're hard at work on those sandwiches, but you do realise we're opening next week?" in 7 different languages.

Regardless of linguistic logistics, we will be opening the (probably still wet) doors of our newly renovated, elegant, five-storey Georgian townhouse to the public on Friday the 15th of May. With just under 4,000 sq. ft of space for exhibitions, studios, and offices to play with, our first show will be the next installment of the Lazarides cornerstone; the ”Outsiders" group show featuring brand new work from Antony Micallef, Bast, Conor Harrington, David Choe, Faile, Jonathan Yeo, JR, and Vhils, to name but a few; as well as some outstanding pieces from some very special guests.

Until then, if you see Steve Lazarides on Rathbone Place looking angry and shouting at builders in 7 different languages, don't, whatever you do, say, "What's the matter with you darlin', got the painters in or something?"

*Below is an image of an actual piece of work by David Choe that might appear in the show!

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Outsiders - Walsall

1st December 2008
Lazarides has teamed up with The New Art Gallery - Walsall (near Birmingham), to bring you Outsiders, a group show featuring many of the artists we represent such as Jonathan Yeo, Faile, Invader, JR, Zevs, Polly Morgan, Antony Micallef, Paul Insect, Miranda Donovan, David Choe and Vhils. Plus Incredible site-specific, wall pieces from Conor Harrington, Lucy Mclauchlan and Todd James.

Check out our exhibitions page for more information.
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David Choe Book

27th October 2008
After months of waiting the David Choe book has finally arrived! Including impressive full page colour images of originals, prints and street work and hand written notes by the artist.

They are £25 each. Please call the print shop on +44 (0)203 238 0108 to place an order.

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The Outsiders Private View

30th May 2008
Fanatics, loose cannons, crazed beings, lunatics ... yes “The Outsiders” show is now open and running. They came; they saw; they drank; they danced like there was no tomorrow. The art on the other hand was amazing, an all you can eat feast for the eyes, and with most of the artists there, the chance to corner your favorite hero with drunken chat about how long you've been in love with them was all too much for some...hence the obscene levels of alcohol consumption, and shape shifting / dancing.

Thanks to all that came, Tiger for the beer and Oval for the Vodka and Mr jazz dance ... if there's a better reason for staying fully clothed in an art gallery I haven't seen one.
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Last chance to view David Choe- Murderous Heart

22nd April 2008
We are now in the last week of David Choe's exhibition “Murderous Heart”. If you haven't viewed the show yet and would like to, then you have until Thursday 24th April to drop by. We will be closed from Friday 25th until Friday 2nd May.