15 SEP - 1ST OCT 2023
Weston Frizzell 1+1=3
For the first time in 4 years collaborative duo ‘WESTON FRIZZELL’ are back with a showcase of over 50 works in an exhibition titled ‘1+1=3’ taking place at Limn Gallery from 7pm 15th September to the 1st of October.
'1+1=3' An art exhibition featuring works by Otis Frizzell, Mike Weston and Weston Frizzell taking place at Limn Gallery, brings the hits and innovations of 20 years of collaboration together in a compact and focused retrospective. All killer, no filler.
High art. Low art. Pop art. Fine art. Over the last 20 years, Otis Frizzell and Mike Weston, collaborating as art brand Weston Frizzell, have done it all. Embracing co-authorship, and setting egos aside, the pair formed a high performance art partnership that is now thriving into it’s third decade. Weston Frizzell’s pooling of ideas and capability forged a powerhouse of creative hustle and production muscle, creating a collaborative body of work that includes one off and edition paintings large and small, limited edition silk screen prints, digital works in a variety of media, murals, album art, merchandise, commercial collaborations, music video, visual and product design and creative contributions to the many charitable causes the duo supports.
Artist Line Up
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About the Artist: Otis Frizzell
If there are any barriers to where Otis Frizzell’s diverse, irrepressible talent and colourful personality will take him, he has yet to be stopped by them. He has maintained a high profile for nearly twenty years, bringing the same appealing combination of energy, humour and raw talent to all his work regardless of the medium.
Otis entered public life in his late teens as half of popular hip hop duo MC OJ and Rhythm Slave. He spent 7 years on the ground breaking ‘The Wednesday Special’ drive show on BFM, and the two went on to host The Breakfast Show on Base Fm in Auckland. The duo’s radio celebrity transferred to television with the award winning “Mo’ Show.”
Otis has more than 30 years of public/graffiti art experience, and since 1990 has earned his position as one of New Zealand’s ‘O.G.’ graffiti artists. His work can be found at Limn Gallery, the Parnell gallery, Artis Gallery, the Saatchi and Saatchi offices, Robbie Williams’ London management office IE Music, on KFC packaging, Breast cancer T shirts, Grand Prix Racing Cars, Drag Strips, Playstation Ads, numerous walls and backdrops, TV2 promos, record sleeves of pop artists such as Che Fu and more recently Tiki Taane and Fat Freddys Drop.
About the Artist: Otis Frizzell
If there are any barriers to where Otis Frizzell’s diverse, irrepressible talent and colourful personality will take him, he has yet to be stopped by them. He has maintained a high profile for nearly twenty years, bringing the same appealing combination of energy, humour and raw talent to all his work regardless of the medium.
Otis entered public life in his late teens as half of popular hip hop duo MC OJ and Rhythm Slave. He spent 7 years on the ground breaking ‘The Wednesday Special’ drive show on BFM, and the two went on to host The Breakfast Show on Base Fm in Auckland. The duo’s radio celebrity transferred to television with the award winning “Mo’ Show.”
Otis has more than 30 years of public/graffiti art experience, and since 1990 has earned his position as one of New Zealand’s ‘O.G.’ graffiti artists. His work can be found at Limn Gallery, the Parnell gallery, Artis Gallery, the Saatchi and Saatchi offices, Robbie Williams’ London management office IE Music, on KFC packaging, Breast cancer T shirts, Grand Prix Racing Cars, Drag Strips, Playstation Ads, numerous walls and backdrops, TV2 promos, record sleeves of pop artists such as Che Fu and more recently Tiki Taane and Fat Freddys Drop.
About the Artist: Mike Weston
Perhaps best known as half of collaborative art brand Weston Frizzell, (with Otis Frizzell) multi media artist Mike Weston’s creative output is characterised by remixing, collage, collaboration, and deft integration of business strategy and artistic activism , toward socio-political ends.
Born in 1963 in Dunedin NZ to parents influential in news media and entertainment production, Mike Weston’s formative years were immersed in skater culture and the emerging “Dunedin sound” alternative music movement.
Relocating to Auckland in 1985, he aligned with the fragmenting Fetus productions art collective as it evolved through new identities and projects in the emerging warehouse party scene of late 80’s Auckland.
His art production identity and studio The Area, has evolved through a series of locations and reinventions, working in a wide variety of media and projects. Output from The Area includes paintings, fine art prints, electronic music, video, design, photography, merchandise, and art and music events.
A selection of his art print works number amongst NZ all time biggest sellers. and is now in 25th year of operation based in a brand new facility in Hobsonville, West Auckland.
Over a 35+ year creative career he has been a pioneering influence on emerging electronic music and street art scenes, to build a career as a multimedia artist and creative entrepreneur of international influence.
About the Artist: Mike Weston
Perhaps best known as half of collaborative art brand Weston Frizzell, (with Otis Frizzell) multi media artist Mike Weston’s creative output is characterised by remixing, collage, collaboration, and deft integration of business strategy and artistic activism , toward socio-political ends.
Born in 1963 in Dunedin NZ to parents influential in news media and entertainment production, Mike Weston’s formative years were immersed in skater culture and the emerging “Dunedin sound” alternative music movement.
Relocating to Auckland in 1985, he aligned with the fragmenting Fetus productions art collective as it evolved through new identities and projects in the emerging warehouse party scene of late 80’s Auckland.
His art production identity and studio The Area, has evolved through a series of locations and reinventions, working in a wide variety of media and projects. Output from The Area includes paintings, fine art prints, electronic music, video, design, photography, merchandise, and art and music events.
A selection of his art print works number amongst NZ all time biggest sellers. and is now in 25th year of operation based in a brand new facility in Hobsonville, West Auckland.
Over a 35+ year creative career he has been a pioneering influence on emerging electronic music and street art scenes, to build a career as a multimedia artist and creative entrepreneur of international influence.
About the duo: Weston Frizzell
In the last 20 years, Otis has been collaborating with Mike Weston under the art Brand ‘Weston Frizzell’. As well as a string of successful art exhibitions, the pair have created hugely successful campaigns with Countdown Supermarkets, Sustainable Coastlines and created subversive poster art strategies that made headlines in The Guardian (UK) and nearly landed the pair a $50,000 fine from the Electoral Commission.
About the duo: Weston Frizzell
In the last 20 years, Otis has been collaborating with Mike Weston under the art Brand ‘Weston Frizzell’. As well as a string of successful art exhibitions, the pair have created hugely successful campaigns with Countdown Supermarkets, Sustainable Coastlines and created subversive poster art strategies that made headlines in The Guardian (UK) and nearly landed the pair a $50,000 fine from the Electoral Commission.