There’s been some good stuff on this lane over the years, which runs off the bottom of St Michael’s Hill behind where Workshop used to be. Only bits of note at the moment are these two really.
Odd multi colour stencils of AK47’s. unsigned, possibly done by the people who live there, who knows.
Then these bits just opposite, including a Copyright rose.
Top bunch of blokes the Readers’ Wives lot, and they get themselves over to Bristol a fair bit too it seems, as you probably would if you lived in the Channel Islands.
They’re going to be back again in October at some point, for a show at the Friend and Co Gallery, which will be a series of collaborations with different people, including Zeke Clough who did the Skull Disco Records sleeves.
Here’s some shots from the recent RWC show over in Jersey for a bit of an idea if you’ve not come across them before.
Thanks to Miss B for this one, Hush’s piece from Upfest has been painted over sometime fairly recently.
Here’s the before…
…and the after.
Guess you can see what’s offended someone then, but really, this habit of someone just painting over things they don’t like with crap paint really is boring, bordering on Victorian almost. Couldn’t the organisers have been contacted and the piece reworked, perhaps with fig leaves if someone’s that bothered?
Lab (formerly the Arc Bar) down on Broad Street has had a pretty nice paint job at some point it seems. Not sure when it was done, or that certain who’s done it, anyone any ideas?
Cheers to Mr Forceone for the heads up on these, two summer solo shows coming up for you.
First up, weekend after next, Nikill’s opening a show up at the Golden Lion on the Gloucester Road, Saturday 18th July 2009 for those with screen readers.
Month after that, Jody’s got a long awaited solo show at the Weapon of Choice Gallery, opening 14th August 2009, and running through til the 13th September. Check out his shiny, shiny website for more…
Just had this in, the kind of random story you’d expect from Sickboy really. Apparently he’s been revisiting spots in London where what he painted has been painted over or otherwise removed, and left ‘temple wreaths, mourning ribbon and Sickboy shrine paraphernalia’ where the works once were. Here’s his take on it…
“This is my way of overcoming the graf anxiety you get when you feel you don’t ‘get up’ enough. No matter how hardcore a painter you are, you experience graf anxiety. Then I realised that my works were just disappearing more quickly because I’ve always opted for high profile spots. It puts it into perspective.
Now, every time a piece of notable worth goes, I leave a shrine where it once stood. Maybe people will prefer the shrines and it will encourage them to get rid of my work rather than keep it. Either way, it keeps me busy. The acceptance of graffiti has become its biggest downfall anyway. Long live death.”
Here’s a little gallery of what he’s been up to, some shots with before and afters.
If you’re not up to owt this Thursday, you could do far worse than wander along and check out this latest goodness from the lovely people at Steal From Work and others.
C6 and Steal From Work would like to invite you to the Bristol launch of Street Art Dealer, an explorative multi-faceted exhibition showcasing exciting new uses of QR Code technology in the context of Art.
Opening Night: Thursday 9th July
6pm-9.30pm
74-76 Horsefair, Broadmead, BristolWe invite you to join us at the project headquarters where we will be unveiling BEAM the collaborative installation by Joseph Watts & Haywood Slucutt, as well as access to all the information concerning how to interact using the QR Code technology the other 4 artists work which will be installed around Bristol for you to ‘find’.
The exhibition will include Turner Prize nominee Tomoko Takahashi, James Powderly (Graffiti Research Lab), Zeus, Sebastian Lowsley-Williams and Joseph Watts & Haywood Slucutt.
There will also be a free limited edition print taken from the BEAM installation for those of you who scan and read
a QR Code on the night (see below for info on QR Code Readers).Anyone equipped with a camera phone and QR Code Reader software can scan a QR image and access the information it contains. Many new mobile phones come with this software already installed but nearly all camera phones have software available that’s easily downloaded and installed.
To fully take part in the Street Art Dealer events please download & install a QR Code Reader on your camera phone.
SITES TO DOWNLOAD READER SOFTWARE FROM:
- http://www.reader.kaywa.com
- http://www.beetagg.comFor more information visit http://streetartdealer.com/launch (or read the QR Code above!)
Another bit from Paris next to his splendid piece on Stokes Croft last week…
…closer.
Couple of stencil bits up at the end of City Road where it meets Stokes Croft at the moment, round the advertising board that apparently is scheduled to be removed pretty soon, which should free up a massive space for bigger work.
One of them’s a Michael Jackson stencil, that according the the Evening Post bears the hallmarks of a Banksy piece. Assuming one of Banksy’s hallmarks is using an A4 printer. And another one is underspray. And not signing his work.
Still though, topical and quick, and perhaps there’s something to a black era MJ being sprayed in white.
This Dan piece is pretty well done though, sure it’s appeared somewhere else already, can’t immediately place it though.
This all happened when the blog was at Glastonbury, but just a post for the record really, to note that both the Park Street Banksy and the Mild Mild West Banksy on Stokes Croft got defaced/vandalised/attacked/whatever with blue paint balloons the other week. First one done on Monday 22nd June, second one Tuesday 23rd June by the look of it.
Old news now, and not particularly interesting in the first place really, but there y’go. Only interesting part of the whole story is that Spud Murphy, tory councillor for Avonmouth, got stuck in to help clean the Park Street Banksy with his own cherry picker. Interesting, cos back in 2006 when it was done and the council had a ‘vote’ on whether to keep it, he was the most vocal person in favour of getting rid of it.
Politics hey? How times change.
