Listen04
British Artist + Illustrator
Listen04 is an artist living and working in the UK. Born 1983.
Artist Statement:
I find talking about my work extremely difficult. It is the act of trying to re-interpret something that has already been done. It seems, and ultimately is, pointless. But then you could argue that painting/ drawing in itself is a futile practice. I have no flowery words of explanation. If you dissect it, it dies.
Listen04
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Posted: 2012-05-02 07:34:00 | 0 comments
Only here will you hear Jake Thackray alongside Devilman.
Posted: 2012-04-03 15:15:06 | 0 comments
In April the Idea Generation gallery in Shoreditch, London will exhibit around 700 unique seven-inch sleeves inspired by tracks from The Cure, Florence + The Machine, Bombay Bicycle Club, CSS, DJ Shadow, Noah & The Whale and Ben Howard. The exhibition has an added air of mystery as no-one will know who designed each sleeve, or which of the seven tracks is housed inside.
It is a great cause and to top it off you get a one off piece of vinyl with a unique hand finished sleeve for around forty quid. Everyone is a winner. For more info: http://www.secret-7.com
Posted: 2012-04-02 09:27:23 | 0 comments
Hackney Road. London.
Big shout to Jim (World Graffiti)
Posted: 2012-03-23 11:16:03 | 0 comments
Haffenklang. Hamburg.
Massive thanks to Biff.
Posted: 2012-03-23 08:16:17 | 0 comments
Amsterdam. Netherlands.
Big thanks to Ralph + Chad.
Posted: 2012-03-19 09:53:36 | 0 comments
Mixed media on canvas
134 x 65cm
2012
Posted: 2012-02-20 19:39:36 | 0 comments
Jameson Street. Hull.
Posted: 2012-02-12 21:06:49 | 2 comments »
Printed on Hahnemühle German Etching paper. 50 x 70cm (20 x 27.5")
Posted: 2012-02-09 15:27:59 | 0 comments
Ive started blogging on the regs. Tumblr based. Daily. HERE
Posted: 2012-01-27 20:44:25 | 0 comments
Kilian - A skate illustration (preview) from LISTEN04 on Vimeo.
Posted: 2012-01-08 20:16:14 | 0 comments
Posted: 2011-12-30 11:34:07 | 0 comments
Listen04 - Podcast 2: Listen04 - Dont take man for a pamplemousse Vol 2
Listen04 - Podcast 3: Listen04 - Dont take man for a pamplemousse Vol 3
Listen04 - Podcast 4: Listen04 - Dont take man for a pamplemousse Vol 4
Listen04 - Podcast 5: Listen04 - Dont take man for a pamplemousse Vol 5
Posted: 2011-12-06 17:39:54 | 2 comments »
New ltd edition prints available.
You can get them framed or unframed.
Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Matt Fine Art 308g
5 to collect - Editions of 10 - Signed + numbered by Listen04
A4 (210 x 297mm)
Available HERE now.
*SOLD OUT*
Posted: 2011-11-28 18:34:23 | 0 comments
Featured:
125 Magazine - Escape Issue #18
Photography: Cat Garcia
Agency: Breed London
125 Magazine - Where Is My Mind?
Posted: 2011-09-22 19:41:45 | 0 comments
I may have had something of a revelation today. But then you never can be too sure.
Posted: 2011-07-13 17:50:43 | 0 comments
Donated the last ever Study For Jesus Christ print to Help Japan Now a charity raising money for the victims of the recent disasters in Japan.
The print is signed/ numbered (49/50) and you can buy it here along with work by Rankin, Bob London, Ian Stevenson, David Wilson and loads more:
Help Japan Now
Posted: 2011-03-31 20:01:59 | 0 comments
"I hate this picture! It makes me shudder!" - Sarah Maple 2011
Posted: 2011-03-24 21:21:31 | 0 comments
Posted: 2011-03-18 13:26:24 | 0 comments
*OUT NOW*
LISTEN04S LITTLE BOOK OF WILDLIFE (limited to 100 copies).
Available NOW.
A small, self published book printed on 150gsm paper including the last two months wildlife illustrations. Comes with A3 Pum Pum Fox print on 210 gsm silk stock - £4.99 inc. worldwide postage
AVAILABLE HERE
Posted: 2011-03-12 20:16:32 | 1 comment »
WATCH OUT FOR THE CUNNILINGUS GREAT TIT DEM. They feed on insects, such as caterpillars and spiders, seeds, like beech mast, and berries and will insult your vagina.
Posted: 2011-02-28 22:09:44 | 0 comments
My work has just been featured in For Love and Money: New Illustration by Liz Farrelly/ Olivia Triggs and published by Laurence King Publishing. You can buy it HERE and HERE and HERE
You can see the double page spread HERE
Posted: 2010-03-15 22:08:56 | 0 comments
Smoking weed does not make you Basquiat. Smoking cigarettes does not make you Picasso. Being a self taught artist does not make you Bacon. Happy new year.
Posted: 2010-01-10 21:05:27 | 0 comments
Prints still available
Ltd edition prints are still available. Ten pounds each which includes postage. Email me for more info: rich@listen04.co.uk
*NOW SOLD OUT
Posted: 2009-12-01 15:10:11 | 0 comments
A portrait of a cigarette packet
Small piece on paper. Larger piece on canvas. 2009.
Posted: 2009-11-16 20:32:01 | 0 comments
NEW
One part of a new triptych. Full view of this panel can be seen in the canvas section.
2009
Posted: 2009-11-15 01:54:02 | 0 comments
NEW*
Captain America Committing Suicide. 2009.
Mixed media on canvas.
Posted: 2009-11-13 14:06:53 | 0 comments
New
A few pieces of work are now up in Fuel Cafe, Manchester including Even Superheroes Go Food Shopping, Zeitgeist and the Jesus Christ portrait. Most work is for sale and prints of all paintings are still available.
Posted: 2009-10-30 12:49:50 | 0 comments
NEW
BIGGER VIEW here: full view
Eating Ice Cream in 3D.
Mixed media on canvas. 2009.
Posted: 2009-10-28 12:57:21 | 0 comments
Call me Prints Albert
PRINTS ARE NOW FINALLY AVAILABLE. Each giclee print is an edition of 200, printed on quality A3, 150gsm inkjet paper and is posted straight to you door. Each print is £10.00 which includes postage and packaging. For now you can choose from the 5 in the picture above.
1: Batman Wanks 24/7
2: A Study for the portrait of Jesus Christ
3: Even Super heroes Go Food-shopping
4: Swallows Dont like Dubstep
5: A Person watching a Crucifixion
Just go to the SHOP or email rich@listen04.co.uk with your choice(s) and then transfer funds via Paypal.
*SOLD OUT*
Posted: 2009-09-11 12:44:09 | 0 comments
New canvas work
I spent yesterday trying to illustrate a windy field in Yorkshire.
2009.
Posted: 2009-09-03 12:37:17 | 0 comments
*NEW*
Jesus Has Gone to Iceland.
Pencil, oil pastel and chalk on paper. 2009.
Posted: 2009-08-09 12:38:20 | 0 comments
new* - 11d
Did this ages ago. finally got it stretched today.
2009.
Posted: 2009-08-03 20:39:26 | 0 comments
Screams.
Some more new work. 6 big canvases in total. Think I'm on to something but then you never can be too sure.
Posted: 2009-07-13 07:35:52 | 0 comments
Work hard. Hard work.
You wont see me for a while. I'm working very hard at the moment.
Posted: 2009-07-03 15:40:43 | 0 comments
Picasso in a balaclava
Whilst not altogether practical in the heat of the French summer Picasso would often slip into his balaclava in a bid to hide his celebrity face. He could often be heard shouting "Where the fuck have you put my balaclava Jacqueline you silly tit?"Pencil on paper. 2009.
Posted: 2009-06-23 10:21:52 | 0 comments
The Graffiti Deer
I've been drawing nature stuff recently. The graffiti deer is kind of like the crack fox, only more creative.
Posted: 2009-06-22 16:34:00 | 1 comment »
NEW STUFF
New canvas work on the way.
You can also now buy original artwork from Another Wall Online Gallery. Follow the link. There is a link to a recent interview I did on there as well. Get me:
Link to Another Wall gallery and interview
Posted: 2009-06-14 17:07:01 | 0 comments
Val was here.
My grandma's better at graffiti than I am.
All sorts of other pics here: http://twitpic.com/photos/listen04
Posted: 2009-06-14 01:59:29 | 1 comment »
The Tools Artists Use.
Another new illustration. Pencil and crayon on paper. 2009.
Posted: 2009-06-11 12:40:28 | 0 comments
A new illustration.
Pencil, acrylic and watercolour on paper. 2009
Posted: 2009-06-08 21:52:01 | 0 comments
Francis, Pablo, David and Jean - Michel.
I've been sketching so much this week I've gone through 6 pencils.
'Francis, Pablo, David and Jean-Michel'. 2009.
Posted: 2009-05-27 23:26:52 | 0 comments
Added some old stuff.
Added some old bits and pieces to the personal section today.
Posted: 2009-05-22 18:14:07 | 0 comments
New work in progress
Thomas Crapper didn't invent the toilet and Van Gogh didn't cut his ear off.
Work in progress. Mixed media on canvases. 2009.
Posted: 2009-04-28 20:11:11 | 0 comments
My new jumper
Painted my new jumper whilst on the phone to the Currys helpdesk.
Posted: 2009-04-23 16:01:31 | 1 comment »
The work is up!
The paintings are now hanging in Night & Day Cafe, Manchester until 31st May. Thanks to Tash, Biff, Cat and all the nice people at Night & Day. Thanks also to Magma, for letting me borrow their hammer.
Some more photos here (apologies for the blurryness): Blurry exhibition photos
Posted: 2009-04-21 20:00:47 | 1 comment »
Download free print here
You can download a free print of 'Let The Music Play'. Best printed at work for free on their posh, shiny paper.
Just click here: Free Listen04 art print
Posted: 2009-04-17 17:42:52 | 0 comments
Please, come follow me on Twitter because I'm tired of talking to myself about my new glasses and the skateboard halfpipe I made today from butter.
www.twitter.com/listen04
Posted: 2009-04-15 22:19:04 | 2 comments »
Forget 3D
It is now widely believed within scientific circles that there are actually 11 dimensions to reality.
(Mixed media on unstretched canvas. 2009)
Posted: 2009-04-15 15:18:47 | 0 comments
The Last Supper
Before being executed by lethal injection in Texas on 8 March, 2005 convicted hitman George Hopper ate 6 eggs, 10 biscuits, 12 pieces of bacon, a bowl of cereal, a bowl of thick white gravy, strawberries, fried chicken, French fries and a chocolate meringue pie.
Posted: 2009-04-14 23:33:07 | 0 comments
hello!
Welcome to the updated site. 'Tis good. You can buy work now and the blog works...hence the post. My "C" doesn't always work on the keyboard so some "C's" may be missing at times. I apologise. untsPosted: 2009-04-13 00:20:01 | 2 comments »
NEW EXHIBITION
Some old + new paintings by LISTEN04
Night & Day Cafe
Oldham St
Manchester
M1 1JN
April 21 - May 31
Work will be available to buy.
Posted: 2009-03-30 16:10:57 | 0 comments
