It's been a while...

Sorry folks, been a long while since I posted up anything, and I'm not gonna make any excuses except for I was away in NZ for a month, then in Wales, then working full-on on a magazine for a friend, but in the meantime, here's a few nice pics from some friends around the world...

New Banksy on the streets of London 

Great modified street sign 

Fag break - unsure whether it's Banksy or not? 

Trim the grass... 

Be the first to like my post - brilliant! 

Skeleton drain 

Fantastic vehicle signage for USS (United Sprayer Service)

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Bristol for the weekend

Headed over to bristol with some mates on friday night for Roger's stag weekend, which involved a lot of drinking and mischief, along with equal amounts of quad bike racing, hovercrafting, clay pigeon shooting and archery. Also included a leisurely brunch in the sun and checking out the updated graf in my fav Bristol haunt - Stokes Croft. Hope you enjoy...

Nice wall in the Croft 

This 7 colour stencil was on the Banksy spaceman wall 

Spaceman from Lidl 

The wall is down from Stokes Croft near the Holiday Inn 

 Raccoon and pissing boy

Silver surfer 

Didn't so much like this piece - liked the old manequins legs overhead tho... 

Trippy door 

 Nice

Darkness...

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Bristol part 2

yes, some more from Banksy's home town, Bristol.

Nice surface pattern from Dinosaur (detail) 

Dinosaur (detail)

Dinosaur 

High up a pillar 

Dark styles 

Xmas grinch 

Birds life 

Fiva 

Crazy shit this acid 

Sleep safely 

Sweet little paste-up

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Bristol part 3

More from the w/e trip to the home of Banksy. This is all from the edgy, bohemian area of Stokes Croft, north of the city centre.

The whole town seems to be anti-Tesco, especially those in the Croft 

 Eye-catching shop frontage

Eye-catching shop frontage (detail) 

This phone shop caught our eye covered in aps  

Doorway 

Apartment block 

Yoda

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Reverse graffiti in the car park...

This one's been doing the rounds this week, so I thought I'd chuck it up for anyone who hasn't seen it. Kind of reverse graf (see my previous article on Reverse Graffiti from Sao Paulo posted on 04/05/10) but not so much graf as 'art' in dirt...

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Ronzo & Connor Harrington in Shoreditch

Saw this new piece up on the weekend. Ronzo and Connor Harington in Fashion Street. Some other great pieces up this street too, so if you're in the area over xmas check 'em out. but be quick as this street changes fast (location included in this post).

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GHG Xmas party this year kicked off with a graffiti workshop hosted by Graffiti Kings in a studio in a wicked photographic studio Shoreditch.

K-dawg in action 

Someone needed to introduce the team to stencils! 

The GHG team

A great time had by all, even those who thought they'd hate it. The afternoon started with lunch and a demonstration, then all the staff spent the afternoon honing their skills and getting drunk. Then the GK pros tidied up our shabby work with some skilled black line-work and highlights. The studio team then painted over the masterpiece while we had secret santa, and we left the studio as we had found it (pristene). Dinner at Boundary in Redchurch finished up was was a very enjoyable and memorable xmas party.
Link: http://www.graffitikings.co.uk/
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EVOL at Pictures On Walls

We went to the POW exhibition weekend on Sunday. Great show including new work from Banksy, Mighty Mo, Cept, Zach Shrey, Bill Barminski, Victor Van Gaasbeek, and of course, the ever fantastic Berliner EVOL, who has been doing some work in London recently.

POW sign outside the gallery

 Evol installation (detail)

 Evol installation (detail)

Evol installation (detail) 

Evol installation (detail) 

Evol installation (detail) 

Evol installation (detail) 

To give it scale Jen jumped in

The exhibition is on at POW, 46-48 Commercial Street, London E1 untill 23 Dec, so check it out if you're in the area. Loads of great artwork, prints and street art books on sale too.

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David Walker at Rook & Raven Gallery

Went to the opening of the first solo show by David Walker - Brides on fire -  at the end of last month. Some stunning paintings at the show, and a great turn out. We would have loved to buy one of the large works, but a bit outside our budget (and our flat is too small to do it the justice it deserves. We ended up buying a print of one of the paintings instead, which we love, and got a couple of hand painted masks from David too.

This wall piece was awesome - not for sale though 

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This is the piece we bought a print of - Bride 1 

Love this wall - sorry about the focus 

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Detail  (click on image to enlarge)

Detail  (click on image to enlarge) 

This piece was slightly grotesque 

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The installation in the foyer made from dead cans 

shadow from the installation

shadow from the installation 

 Art buyers at the opening

Looking down to the lower (print) level 

 Art buyers/punters at the opening - full house! 

Art buyers at the opening 

Art buyers at the opening 

Art buyers at the opening

The only B&W in the room full of colour - stunning 

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