Archive for September, 2006
Viva La Muralists! is an annual festival that celebrates and explores street art and its global subculture each September, in Manchester UK. The festival brings artists from around the world to debate, converse, create and to share ideas. The festival comprises of different events throughout the month, including debates, discussions, masterclasses for emerging young artists, new outdoor commissions, new collaborations, film screenings, and the acclaimed event International Doodlebug Day.
I took part in the Summit as chairman over three discussions with artists such as INKIE (UK), MARK WIGAN (UK), AROFISH (UK), THE BOGSIDE ARTISTS (DERRY), SHOK 1 (UK) OLIVIER KOSTA-THEFAINE AKA STAK (FRANCE), DREPH (UK)
Above picture: Barney & Jo - organisers of Viva La Muralists.
More info here: http://www.myspace.com/vivalamuralists
September 30th, 2006
Coming soon in October. This image part some design work completed for Modern Art Oxford’s Late series
September 14th, 2006
To promote the Graffiti Brasil book I have been touring an exhibition of Brazilian screenprints. The exhibition is currently in Glasgow as part of the Glasgay Festival.
Q! Gallery & Studio, 87-91 Saltmarket, Glasgow G1 5LE
The screen prints featured in the show were all commissioned and developed exclusively in collaboration with some of Sao Paulo’s most talented graffiti artists. The idea was to give artists access to the fine art screen print process.
Each print is limited to a print run of 100 and takes months of preparation. Every artist has experimented with the printing process, for example, Herbert Baglione used printed varnishes and both he and Titifreak added scratched and sprayed elements directly on to the final screens.
The final collection reflects the variety of influences and styles of the artists involved; Speto’s woodcut influenced prints, Nunca’s Amazonian motifs mixed with the lines of pichação and Zezão and Boleta’s psychedelic/organic lines.
The exhibition runs from 11th September until 9th October 2006
September 11th, 2006
While working on my new book - most of the summer months I’ve been making small trips to meet artists. It was a pleasure to visit Lille just now. Among the artists I met was Remed. Pictured here showing me a collaborative piece printed on a Madrid flag.
September 8th, 2006