Video of Nick Walker from 'See No Evil'
Some footage from the making of Nick Walker’s giant mural piece from ‘See No Evil’.
POSTED : Nov 23, 09:45 PM | BY Justin Staple
This blog is where all sorts of subjects that relate to Bristol street art will be discussed. It is also where I will talk about improvements to the functionality of the website and up and coming features. You'll be able to suggest your own ideas to improve this site too.
Some footage from the making of Nick Walker’s giant mural piece from ‘See No Evil’.
POSTED : Nov 23, 09:45 PM | BY Justin Staple
Following the resounding success of ‘See no Evil’, the Bristol-based street art event that took place in August 2011, Tangent Books have teamed up with photographer Stephen Morris, to create 64-page, A5 book that captures this unique gathering. It is priced at £7.50 and will be launched at the Weapons of Choice Gallery on the 3rd November.
POSTED : Oct 27, 05:41 PM | BY Justin Staple
Although you can still find some of Banksy’s old pieces in Bristol today, it certainly isn’t the place to go to see new work by the graffiti artist extraordinaire, especially now that the ‘Bansky versus Bristol Museum’ exhibition has finished. No, it seems that Banksy has discovered new pastures in which to display his charactistic stencils, pastures called London, New York and even Mali believe it or not.
Here’s a run down of his recent work, starting with the above ‘Ikea Punk’ photo taken in Croydon by Romanywg.
POSTED : Sep 28, 12:04 AM | BY Justin Staple
‘Great Birds of the British Isles’ is a new show opening at the Emporium in Stokes Croft on Saturday 26 September and running until the 8 October. It will feature work by a collective of female artists comprised of Milk, K148, Dora and Amour. A preview will be held on the 25 September at 6pm.
• More details on the Emporium website
POSTED : Sep 23, 12:52 PM | BY Justin Staple
Bristol’s graffiti artists, including Cheo, Jody and Sepr, have been busy today painting the outside of the Lakota Club near Stokes Croft. The plan is to paint both walls with a desert background, with various graffs over the top. Work will continue today and tomorrow, and should be finished off early next week.
I’ll check back in few days to get photographs of the finished pieces.
POSTED : Aug 22, 08:17 PM | BY Justin Staple
Cheo opens a solo show at the Friends & Co gallery on the 30 July at 7:30pm. The show runs until the 15 August and will feature original pieces and prints.
More info on the Friends & Co website
Some examples of Cheo’s work around Bristol:
Piece next to The Apple pub
Piece from Bedminster
Piece on Overton Road
POSTED : Jul 29, 09:01 PM | BY Justin Staple
This months (August) Real Travel magazine features an interesting article by Sarah Bostock that spotlights some of the great art locations in Britain, and includes a section about Bristol’s street art.
I’m happy to say that my website is mentioned in the article, which also uses a photograph I took of Banksy’s sniper piece.
POSTED : Jul 27, 04:31 PM | BY Justin Staple
C6 and Steal From Work have recently announced an interesting project which uses a technology called QR (Quick Response) to allow people to interact directly with art in the streets. The idea is to cut out the art market middleman by bringing art out of the galleries and into the streets. The QR code, which you scan using a mobile phone, can contain information about an artist, links to their work and also let you purchase their artwork.
POSTED : Jul 15, 06:36 PM | BY Justin Staple