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KomaFest – Vardø, Norway
Next stop – Komafest – Vardø, Norway! This has to be one of the most faraway places for a street art festival and so in the spirit of adventure I was very pleased to accept an invitation to attend later this July. Vardø is very faraway indeed – north of the Arctic tree-line, most of the time…
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Wahaca Southbank Experiment
The Wahaca Southbank Experiment is now open! – featuring the vibrant paintings of Remed and Saner. As previously mentioned in my blog Wahaca kindly invited me to curate the production of murals for a bold new experimental site they had planned in the heart of London’s South Bank. After all the preparations and work that had…
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Beautiful Crime interview
Beautiful Crime is a London-based website which aims to provide a daily dose of art news covering Urban, Digital & Interactive and Contemporary Art. They recently requested an interview which I was happy to respond to. There were some interesting topics such as the relationship of street art to advertising and how street art has changed…
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Ola London – Wahaca Southbank Project
Late last year I was excited to be asked by Wahaca to curate an arts programme for their new temporary space at London’s Southbank – the initial phase of which is about to happen as part of the Festival of the World. It’s been a pleasure to be able to invite two artists I am…
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Independent on Sunday article
I recently helped out with an article The Independent on Sunday published last week (03.06.12). Journalist Genevieve Roberts asked for my opinions on Kurt Perschke’s fun and friendly Red Ball Project and I was happy to oblige with some thoughts – some of which were quoted in the article. The Red Ball Project is currently doing a tour…
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Raw + Material = Art press
[amazon_link id=”0500289913″ target=”_blank” ]Raw + Material = Art [/amazon_link] has been receiving some very favourable reviews online and in the press. First off the bat was Creative Review who featured the book in their April issue. Time Out did a small review at the end of May… Other reviews are due in Elephant Magazine, Aesthetica Magazine…
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Raw + Material = Art launch photos
This is a belated post to say thanks for everyone who came down to support the launch of the Raw + Material = Art book at Boetzelaer Nispen gallery in London and to share some photos for those who were not able to attend. Thanks to Klaus Dauven for making the journey from Germany and bringing his great artwork…
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Raw + Material = Art book launch
Finally my new book “[amazon_link id=”0500289913″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Raw + Material = Art[/amazon_link] ” is being launched this week at Boetzelaer Nispen gallery in London on Thursday 12th April. Thanks to all the artists and all those who contributed to make this book happen – I’m very excited about the results. Thanks also to the…
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Varoom Magazine
The latest issue of Varoom Magazine (17) features a six page article I was commissioned to write about the Brazilian illustration scene. The idea was look at benchmark moments within Brazilian creativity by focusing on themes such as craft, typography, sacred art and the strong influence of street art. It was a pleasure to showcase…
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Raw + Material = Art
I was happy to see the work of Anouk Kruithof on the cover of the latest Thames and Hudson 2012 catalogue which also signals the publication of my new book [amazon_link id=”0500289913″ target=”_blank” ]Raw + Materials = Art: Found, Scavenged and Upcycled[/amazon_link]. Kruithof is a talented artist from the Netherlands who recently had her first UK…