Crimes of Passion, RWA, Bristol.

Took the family to see the Crimes of Passion show at the RWA.

Photos at www.flickr.com/jellyantler

Bristol graff on google maps

Street view on Google maps has finally arrived, and Bristol is one the few cities to have gone live yesterday. I've wasted (enjoyed) a couple of hours today touring round the city, and of course looking at the graff from the comfort of my chair. I reckon the google earth car must have trawled our streets about a year ago judging by what is on the walls and in some cases what isn't there anymore. Unfortunately places like Mivart Street and Cato Street with the old work of Banksy and Inkie in Easton weren't filmed.

I haven't spotted any loons pulling some poses or stunts on the streets but hopefully we are blessed with a few.

Here's a few choice landmarks

Sickboy temple tucked away in Bedminster.


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Banksy's Sniper on Upper Maudlin Street


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Mild Mild West


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Jago and FLX on Westmoorland House


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Sweet Toof Cyclops and Ghostboy at the top of Picton Street


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Nine Tree Hill view


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Screen One


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Moon Street Mudwig


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Nick Walker and Xenz on Wilder Street


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Eelus and Jago


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Mina Road tunnel


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Park Street Banksy


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BBC Blast videos of Mr.Jago, Faile, Matt Small, D*Face and Pure Evil

I love the way Flickr throws up new discoveries. I was flicking through and saw a new set of behind the scenes stills from the BBC interviewing Mr.Jago in his Bristol studio. One click later and I found the video. Not sure if these have been aired or if they are going to air tomorrow on BBC2 but they are certainly all available to watch now, courtesy of the Beeb. As well as Mr. Jago they have interviewed Pure Evil, D*Face and Faile, Matt Small and others.

Mr.Jago


Faile


Matt Small


D*Face

First Great Weston print from Let Them Hang

The great people at Let Them Hang are releasing a very special print edition to commemorate the Screen One printing house on Jamaica Steet and the dedicated work of the main print man there Paul.
The print looks excellent, a China Mike based drawing of the building covered in trademark images of work from the artists associated with LTH and Screen One. Those include: Dicy, Paris, Xenz, Sickboy, Mr. Jago, Nick Walker, Banksy, Ximl and Mau Mau. 100 of the edition have been further hand-finished by some of the artists and these went on sale last week at the Dreweatts Urban Art Auction Show in the Ultralounge at Selfridges. As blogged earlier, this is a touring show and is coming down here to Paintworks next week.
I got shown round Screen One last year when picking up a canvas. Really interestng place, very tall and narrow and covered floor to ceiling in printing paraphenalia and imagery. Bit of a treasure trove of Bristol steet art and print history really. I remember seeing Nick Walker's screens for the Moona Lisa print lying around, and some tasty Xenz APs whilst there.






Knowingly a bit late with this post but suffice to say that there are still 100 of these prints left in the edition (available from June 1st) and possibly a special 'Bristol' edition coming out for us folks here in Bristol which I might go for.

December graf tour of Bristol

Hob and I set off one crisp December afternoon on a mission to cover some miles and see as much street work as possible in an afternoon before unwinding at the 12 Days of Xmas show. We achieved quite a bit. The only downer, I forgot to bring enough memory for the camera. My set is about half of the tour, starting in Easton, over the M32 to St. Pauls and Montpelier. The tour is also here http://www.flickr.com/photos/85107267@N00/sets/72157603478365798/

First stop,the streets around Mivart St







Polka dotty on an old garage door. I don't know who this is by but I really like it. One of many highlights.


Over the M32 into tcf and aagh territory.

Dan - so good.


Xenz


Into St.Paul's

Jago


Cyclops / Sweet Tooth. I love this. Hit up on a large white canvas (a white van). Kinda feels like boredom had set in or wanted to warm up before a larger hit.


Banksy, a real surprise to see this one still around.


Dan - check the detail touches in the background and dresses! Incredibly good.


Jago with some beautiful colours.


And, I leave you on a piece I have no idea who created , but I like, and also where I ran out of camera memory... and we'd only just started! Next stop for those interested was Banner Road and 39 Steps, The Old England Pub and then off for some Sweet Tooth views, Xenz and Banksy on Nine Tree Hill, before heading up Jamaica St and Park Row.

Fanks Hob. My Jago original

My good friend Hob bought me a Jago doodle. An original biro and coloured pen on paper job. I'm stoked. Framed him, "POS 5", yesterday (temporary, need a mount) in an old frame I have knicked from Helen's degree show work (it was only rotting away in the loft so I consider it rescued). Comments on this beauty welcome as always.