look out for issue two...SOON!

looking East

We are accepting submissions for our imminent next issue. Send a drawing that represents best what you do. Low res please and around 700px longest side. lecafe[AT]caferoyal.org.
tres bon Desmond.

Im selling some paintings off at (what I think is) a good price. Infact all reasonable offers accepted. And remember, paintings back - Saatchi said so. Take a look at anything 2005 or before. Some are gone, some arent, let me know if anything tickles yer nancy. As they say.

in Barcelona, please go to this...

be my friend.

Computer Arts

Café Royal issue 0 pre-order. Strictly limited to 300 copies, no reprints, no more editions, just 300. Ever! 250 already sold. Expected to ship early June.
£12 including worldwide postage.

The Café Royal publication comes from a love of artist\'s books; zines; hand made limited run publications and prints. It comes too from a compulsion, that is beyond obsessive, to draw and document things. Café Royal is also part of an ongoing project that will hopefully end up becoming part of a PHD research project sometime soon[ish].

We are not alone in our compulsive need to draw, make marks and document. Everyday we find artists that we want to work with, and work we need to look at again and again. Sadly there isn\'t enough time in the day to look at all the work we would like to.

Café Royal is a publication that documents, celebrates and disseminates the work of selected artists. We don\'t want to start working to very tight deadlines, the publication will be released when it seems right to do so. Firstly, we need enough high quality work to publish and secondly we need to save up so we can afford the print run! We hope that as time goes on Café Royal will grow stronger and become a recognised platform for new drawing.

Café Royal will occasionally contain essays, reviews and other writing but we want to keep the emphasis on the drawing. Any writing we do use will be that which we feel complements the drawing without taking any attention away from it.

Issue zero, with the broad theme of \'people\', will be launched around June 2007 and will include roughly 170 drawings by some very nice people from all over the world. Issue zero is strictly limited to 300 copies. There will only be a first edition, no more reprints ever! Mail shots, word of mouth, and a couple of blogs have already sold 250 of the 300 copies. If you would like to reserve a copy please email us, FAST! lecafe@caferoyal.org. We would love to sell out before it\'s even printed, that would be something we couldn\'t have imagined.

Artists in Café Royal 0 - the future collectors\' edition, include [in no order]:
Michael Swaney [cover artist + interview}. Karin Hagen. Warren Craghead. Craig Atkinson. Ward Kuypers. Kristin Freeman. David Shrigley. Adam Stoves. Luke Best. Justin Williams. Emanuelle Pidoux. Yun. Raymond Teitsma. Thinkmule. Clint Colburn. Matt Lock.

Letters, preview 7-8pm Friday April 20th Atkinson Art Gallery Lord St Southport.

Lots of nice things for your eyes to see. If you don't have eyes for whatever reason it'll still be a good night.

Drawing for the same named mag.

Café Royal is launched! Thanks for waiting...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 07.03.07

Contact:

Craig Atkinson
Café Royal
lecafe@caferoyal.org
http://www.caferoyal.org

Café Royal. www.caferoyal.org

Café Royal was founded by Craig Atkinson, mainly to help him feed his collection of zines, limited run and d.i.y goods. His aim is also to create a magazine / periodical / book that documents, celebrates, and disseminates the work of selected artists from around the world, who work in a variety of ways that could be considered 'drawing'.

Based in the UK near the sea, Café Royal exists online and on paper, and possibly on the high street in the future.

As well as the magazine and the shop, Café Royal will be organising and supporting exhibitions and other events, mainly in the UK. The first of which, 'Letters', will be taking place between April '07 and January '08 in Southport, UK.

Café Royal love to receive submissions for the magazine, shop and exhibitions. Submission guidelines are available at www.caferoyal.org.

The magazine comes form a love of artist's books; zines; hand made limited run publications and prints. It comes too from a compulsion, that is beyond obsessive, to draw and document things. The magazine is also part of an ongoing project that will hopefully end up becoming part of a PHD research project sometime soon[ish].

"We are not alone in our compulsive need to draw, make marks and document things. Everyday we find artists that we want to work with, and work we need to look at again and again. Sadly there isn't enough time in the day to look at all the work we would like to.We hope that as time goes on Café Royal will grow stronger and become a recognised platform for showing new drawing."

Café Royal will occasionally contain essays, reviews and other writing but we want to keep the emphasis on the drawing. Any writing we do use will be that which we feel compliments the drawing without taking any attention away from it.

Issue zero, with the broad theme of 'people', will be launched around Spring 2007 and will include roughly 140 drawings by some very nice people from all over the world. To reserve a copy please email lecafe@caferoyal.org.

Artists in Café Royal 0 - the future collectors' edition, include [in no order]:
Karin Hagen. Warren Craghead. Craig Atkinson. Ward Kuypers. Kristin Freeman. David Shrigley. Adam Stoves. Luke Best. Justin Williams. Sonomano. Emanuelle Pidoux. Yun. Raymond Teitsma. Yu Matsuoka. Thinkmule. Clint Colburn. Matt Lock.

Contact:

Craig Atkinson
Café Royal
UK 07971 077 406
lecafe@caferoyal.org
http://www.caferoyal.org


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We are almost launched. We've just ordered several thousand of these and lots of Archival prints and books and zines and muchos other good things. Come and buy things, you'll like them.

still welcome...

comments welcome