Alexandre Farto – Selected Works

Alexandre Farto aka Vhils – Selected Works 2005/2010 is in stores now. I was honoured to contribute to this book with the preface. I have long been a supporter and champion of Alex’s work so it was great to add my words in this new book. There is also an excellent piece written by Miguel Moore who I first had the pleasure to meet in Lisbon as one of the organisers of the Red Bull Street Art event held there. Share on Facebook  Read More

Street Sketchbook: Journeys – advance copy

Finally after two years in the making I have a copy of Street Sketchbook: Journeys. This is my favourite cover as designed by Ripo although the Italian cover is also nice. There are other covers for the American & French versions… Here is a little info about the book, but in the simplest terms this book is about how artists develop their voice… Art is a journey. Every artist forges their own path of discovery that gradually leads... Read More

Beyond the Street

Here’s a book that gets two thumbs up from me and that’s before I’ve even read it – which I’m planning to this weekend. The reason I like it already is not because I am featured in it! – but I admire the work that has gone into it. At least two years of almost constant research I believe, particularly from Patrick Nguyen who as I understand it took a career break to work on this book full-time. He went the extra... Read More

Vhils in Colombia

Abundantly creative is perhaps the best way to describe Vhils, a young Portuguese artist who constantly innovates with new techniques and approaches to his art. I’ve long been a supporter of his work – and was lucky enough to be able to invite him Cans Festival in 2008. It was also a pleasure to feature his work in depth in my next book which will be published later this year. For the uninitiated, Vhils’s current work is about... Read More