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Art in the Streets – Juxtapoz Magazine
April’s issue of Juxtapoz is a special edition to celebrate the Art in the Streets exhibition at MOCA, Los Angeles. My small contribution to it was a piece about Belgian artist Roa who was featured in the exhibition and my last book Street Sketchbook: Journeys.
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Now That’s What I Call Art
Now That’s What I Call Art is a tongue-in-cheek celebration of contemporary art by Ian Stevenson published by Pictures on Walls. My role in this small book project was in its design and production. The printing was by Calverts, perfect bound on Munken Lynx Rough paper stock. Perfect for the Tate Modern book shop… Return…
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Memoria Canalla – (Scoundrel Memory)
_SCOUNDREL MEMORY_ from B a s t a r d i l l a on Vimeo. In 2009 I took part as a guest speaker in a project called Memoria Canalla held in Bogota, Colombia. At the heart of the project was an exhibition exploring the history of graffiti in Colombia from its political roots…
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Pick Me Up 2011
The second Pick Me Up show at Somerset House is coming to an end and it was pleasure to have visited it on the opening night. Billed as a contemporary graphic art fair – the emphasis was on graphic designers and illustrators who produce and sell self initiated work. There were a great number of…
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Para Mi Gente
In January 2010, I was contacted by an artist known as BooksIII who told me about a mural he had painted at the Mia Art Fair together with Typoe and She Kills He. BooksIII is from Miami, Typoe is Cuban and She Kills He is from Venezuela – all of them are inspired by Bodega writing.…
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Titifreak in Newcastle
Titifreak is a long-standing friend and collaborator, we’ve shared times in Birmingham, London, Brighton, Berlin, Sao Paulo and Rio and it was a pleasure to finally feature his work in depth in the last book Street Sketchbook Journeys… So its great to see him returning to the UK even if it has been only briefly.…
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El Celso
Further to my continuing interest in Chicha posters comes news (via Vandalog) of an American artist called El Celso who spent time researching, collecting and producing his own Chicha posters in Peru. Finally resulting in an art show at Brooklyn based Pandemic Gallery. The press release has more details… ¡NO HABLA ESPAÑOL! is El Celso’s…
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History of American Graffiti
News from friend and fellow writer Caleb Neelon (who co-authoered Graffiti Brasil with me) – that finally the book he has been working on with Roger Gastman is out. After five long years of work and research – this looks like it going to be definitive. I’m waiting for my review copy to land but…
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Roa – Mexican Adventures
Roa is one of the artist’s who appears in my latest book and one who I enjoy following – so I’ve been looking forward to seeing photos from his Mexican Adventures. There is a nice book connection too, as Roa was keen to paint with some of the Mexican artists who he first got to…
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Haring by Mark Vessey
I’m the very proud owner of an amazing new photo edition by Mark Vessey (archival Fuji print – edition 25). The print is called “Haring” and its self-explainatory in that’s its a still life tribute to the man himself. Still-life photography is Vessey’s forte. To steal a few words from my wife’s biography of the artist……