Tristan Manco

A couple of weeks back I gave two talks in Bucharest. It was my first time in Eastern Europe so it was a very new experience for me. The first took place at a creative agency - Cohn and Jansen, where I demonstrated my work practice in design.

The second was on the invitation of Vlad Nanca where we disussed the relationship between public art/street art and the gallery space.
Thanks to all those who participated in the presentations.

In case your wondering about all the artwork on skateboards, check this link for more info - http://skateboardart.blogspot.com/ 

Artist and curator Vlad Nanca has invited myself and Kasia Korczak to give a few talks in Bucharest - my first time in Romania.

http://vladnanca.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_vladnanca_archive.html

http://www.feeder.ro/2007/05/tristan-manco-si-kasia-korczak-in.html

Slav poster is by artist and designer Kasia Korczak. For more about her work check here - http://www.kasia-korczak.com/

In the coming months I’ll be taking part in a number of events including Nuart 07 beginning September in Norway - www.numusic.no

… and a little closer in time I have been invited to speak at Difusor the international stencil meeting - www.difusor.org taking place in Barcelona at the end of June. 84 artists from 19 countries will be attending - see you there!

This week I was invited to Lisbon to take part in the Red Bull street gallery project. Although it was sponsored by a commercial brand, Red Bull guaranteed a non-interference stance. The idea was that 10 Portuguese urban artists from a variety of backgrounds would put out work in the streets for the International Museum Day – to create alternative public museums/galleries for the day. The artists were given all they needed in order to carry out their individual pieces which were placed nearby to famous gallery institutions.

My role was to give an informal lecture, which was held on a roof terrace in the Barrio Alto during the evening. It was a chance to share stories, ideas and experiences and to get to know these young up-and-coming artists.

For more info see here - http://www.redbullstreetgallery.net/e-card.htm 

and here - http://www.redbull.pt/

Since I started work on my last book Graffiti Brasil a few years ago I became a fan of the Choque Cultural gallery in Sao Paulo.

A few years later I am proud to be partnering with them with a worldwide on-line store and gallery
http://www.choquecultural.co.uk/

In the next months we’ll be producing new screenprints which will be available worldwide.

E.mail flyer for the latest in the Late series of events continuing at Modern Art Oxford. Publicity (not pictured) was designed by myself as part of my continuing work with them

I’ve added a few new prints for sale to the http://www.graffitibrasil.com site. Top image by Atsuo and bottom image, one of 8 new screenprints by Speto. In preparation is a new website http://www.choquecultural.co.uk which is a joint venture between myself and the Choque Cultural gallery in Sao Paulo. This website will continue to sell screenprints by graffiti and other young artists but with closer ties to the gallery.

In production… After nearly a year and a half’s work my next book for Thames and Hudson is nearing completion. More news closer to its release….

Spent a long weekend in New York. Feeling bad about my eco footprint but I was desperate to support a show that was significant for me. Eight artists from my Graffiti Brasil book had been invited for a group show at the Jonathan Levine gallery. There are various blogs where you can read about the show for example - http://groups.imeem.com, http://choqueculturalny.blogspot.com/ & http://www.resfest.com.br/lifeblog/flaviosamelo/ I wrote some text for the catalogue which you can buy from Jonathan Levine.

In Sao Paulo, there are apparently only two print shops left that still use traditional woodblock printing, I was lucky enough to visit one of them. Generally they are kept busy by a regular trade for flyposting advertising gigs around the city. Due to the city cracking down on flyposting the days of woodblock printing may be numbered. The posters are known as Lambe Lambe which translates and “lick-lick” refering to the way they are pasted on the walls.

Below examples of Lambe-lambe on the streets. Noite de Mini Saia (Night of the mini skirts)