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10 Best Street Artworks – The Observer Magazine
I was pleased to be commissioned by the Observer magazine to compile my 10 Best Street Artworks as part of their 10 Best series. The feature appeared in their Review magazine on the 7th August and can also be found here on line at their parent newspaper’s website … http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/gallery/2011/aug/07/art Steve Powers: A Love Letter to You…
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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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Brazil: The Cultural Contemporary @RCA
This Friday 21 January 2011, 10am–5pm I have been invited to address a conference at the RCA entitled Brazil: The Cultural Contemporary. Looking forward to meeting my fellow speakers as the itinerary looks very interesting. The free one-day conference is chaired and convened by Martina Margetts, Senior Tutor, Critical & Historical Studies. The conference aims…
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Street Sketchbook: Journeys launch show
Thanks to everyone who made it to the Street Sketchbook: Journeys launch show at Pictures on Walls. It was a hard slog getting all the work on the walls, but in the end I think the results look great. Thanks also for the following favourable reviews (where I have borrowed a selection of images from)……
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Sickboy: Busted Parachute
Sickboy’s mix of Pop Typographic Architectural Spiritual Funk has always been my cup of tea…. He is an artist who I’ve had the pleasure of following for almost a decade – (Don’t worry I don’t mean literally following). But due to watching his work grow on the streets of Bristol and over the years supporting…
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Basco Vasko interview – Juxtapoz Magazine
Earlier this year Basco Vasko, a Chilean artist I have admired for a long time, asked me to conduct an interview with him for Juxtapoz magazine. Finally its in print (see above with Dr Lakra on the cover). Finding the right questions to unravel his art and processes was quite a challenge since his highly…
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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…