Zero Cool show Cranio at Red Bull Studio

Went to the opening of Cranio 'Lost in London' last night. Not as big as the shows Zero Cool usually host there, but a great show none the less. Got to meet Fabio Oliveira aka Cranio, a lovely artist from Brazil having his first show here, and had a quality night.

Zero Cool Gallery pres. Cranio - Lost in London

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Chatting to Cranio at the show 

 Cranio signing our show posters

Cronio's scrawl 

Signed show poster

The show is only on 'till sat eve, so check it out if you are in London Bridge tonight to during the day tomorrow. A very big thanks to Zero Cool Gallery http://zerocoolgallery.com/ and of course Red Bull Studio (for their generosity - Hic! And highly recommend the latest red bull lime (with vodka of course).

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Favella art from Brazil

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In Brazil we were staying in a beautiful hostel high on the hills of Santa Teresa, with a glorious view over the city out to Sugarloaf mountain in one direction and up to Christo in the other direction. The hostel, Casa 579, was sandwiched between 2 favellas, and as part of an ongoing community support initiative bought art from artists from these favellas to decorate the hostel. Because of the lack of funds the art was generally done on all manner of found materials including hubcaps, dust bin lids, cardboard and wood. These are a couple of the pieces I really liked including the favella bar with working lights. Nice.

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