GraffotoSweet Revenge – A retrospective showcase by High Roller Society at The Colour Works, 117 Wallis Road, Hackney, London E9 5LN 11 August – 19 August 2012 all photos NoLionsInEngland except DaveShocko and Myriam JC Preston where stated Sweet Toof solo shows are as rare as hen’s teef. There was the curious basement outing at […]
High Roller Society 10 Palmers Rd London E2 0SY Sun 27 Jul 2012, All photos: NolionsInEngland Letterpress printing was the arcane image making experience available at High Roller Society this weekend. Alex Booker, fine artist and printmaker has an ancient collection of letterpress block which he bought along, demonstrated and then let a crowded workshop […]
Photos: NolionsinEngland except Brandalism where noted On Tuesday evening (writing on Thursday) news came through of a fresh Paul Insect piece on Hackney Rd, too late to grab a photo but never mind, there’s always Wednesday. Later that night a web link took me to the slick, well laid out website of anti corporate advertising […]
VNA Issue 19 (July 2012) has a glorious 7 page photo spread of graff from Iceland’s capital Reykjavik, shot by me on my first visit there a short while ago. The photo features the local stars of the graff scene as well as one or two illustrious visitors. The mag is available in many disreputable […]
High Roller Society 10 Palmers Rd London E2 0SY Sat 30 June & Sun 1 Jul 2012, 1pm – 5 pm Copyem: Facebook; Tumblr All photos: NolionsInEngland This Graffoto scribe has learned a bit about various forms of printing at workshops which run by High Rollers Society gallery in East London. As the NoLions wardrobe […]
13 Jun 2012 – 1 night only then Lovebox Festival, Victoria Park, London 15 Jun – 17 Jun 2012 all photos NoLionsInEngland, In case you missed Part 1 of Graffoto’s news and views from Banger Art, check it out here (opens new window or tab or something) for background and loads of artwork. Eine, Will […]
13 Jun 2012 – 1 night onlythen Lovebox Festival, Victoria Park, London15 Jun – 17 Jun 2012 all photos NoLionsInEngland, except HowAboutNo where stated OK, so who’s idea was it to mash up memories of an embassy car park (Banksy, Swiss Embassy, London) with the spirit of a secret NY subway station (Workhorse et al, […]
Block 336 336 Brixton Road, London 1 – 29 June 2012 All photos NoLionsInEngland Mike Ballard’s second solo show this year, I.D.S.T opened in Brixton last night. The venue is a non descript utilitarian basement concrete box, perhaps a bit too labyrinthine to be described as a plain box, various rooms, slots and box rooms […]
Rook and Raven Gallery, London 17 May – 21 June 2012 All photos: NoLionsInEngland Stencil artist Penny has captioned his Rook and Raven solo show “Economy of Scale”, it could just as easily have been “Hand Cut” as this description applies to every image on show and blistered, bleeding fingers must be entry price for […]
Civilisations rise and fall, some more quickly than others. Their legacy often lives on through residual art though archaeologists and historians are inclined to get distracted by coinage, bent forks and chipped potties. Jo Peel has made her mark with art, animating a complete evolution from idyllic paradise of nature to decayed east end sink […]
London Newcastle Project SpaceRedchurch St, London 29 March 2012 ONLY All photos: NolionsInEngland except the proper photograph stolen from Ian Cox It’s not porn, it’s critiquing porn. That’s the fine line INSA’a one night only installation of chrome, arse and tit straddles. photo Ian Cox The installation comprises an all-enveloping wallpapered collage of images of […]
High Roller Society10 Palmers RdLondon E2 0SY 25 March 2012 All photos: NolionsInEngland Stickers photographed in the wild are by a variety of artists and are not all made by Stickee Stickers operate at the margins of general acceptability, slightly less vilified than tagging by the “I love street art but tags are mindless vandalism” […]
All photos: NolionsInEngland Fate conspired to stop me pressing the shutter release on any camera for 9 whole days until yesterday lunchtime. It was nothing in particular, nothing special, just a bundle of things from the normal routine of life that cuts perpendicular across a passion for street art and graff. Yesterday lunchtime every surface […]
Photos: NolionsInEngland except HowAboutNo where stated. Every year throws up it’s street art hating graffiti purist, thankfully 2012’s has arrived early. Malarky, Lucas & feat Kamba Malarky, Lucas, Mr Penfold and co are clearly guilty of wantonly putting up sweet and bright painted walls and shutters all over Shoreditch and someone, step forward Kamba, resents […]
HowAboutNo rashly promised FOUR picture-rich blog posts to review what was up on London’s streets and alleyways in 2011, so I thought I’d contribute something at this stage covering the Summer months, mainly because with our productivity we might not complete this magnus opus until Dec 2012. Dr D was present and correct throughout 2011, […]