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Street Art

Tinsel Edwards, Twinkle Troughton, Meter Maids!

Irate motorists in Shoreditch and Hoxton took a hammering last Thursday as a blizzard of parking tickets were issued in a blitz on cars in the area. The usual sealed sellophane wrappers warned that it was illegal for any one other than the driver of the vehicle to remove the ticket. While on a lunch […]

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Art Show Review

Miss Van – Lovestain

Stolen Space, Old Truman Brewery, London1 – 18 October 2009 all photos: NoLionsInEngland except W10 where noted Miss Van – Lovestain In a year which has seen fewer significant international street artists coming to grace the walls of London’s grittier galleries it is a relief to find a major artist prepared to stage a large […]

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Banksy Street Art

Banksy Self Assembly Flat Pack Graffiti Slogans

photos: Romanywg and Nolionsinengland where stated Banksy appears to be getting the limitations of a formal show out of his system by going back to decorating street walls. First the M40 Bandit appeared a couple of weeks ago and is generally accepted to be Banksy although no “official” confirmation has been made. Westway bandit, Nolionsinengland […]

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Art Show Review

CEPT – A Frozen Explosion

The Writer’s Bench26 Argyll Square, Kings CrossLondon 3 Sep – 25th Sep, Thurs-Sat 1.30pm til 6pm or by appointment. Last time we met Cept, he was a cackling mad-man “I’m free; no more shows; painting streets…”. Cept, DScreet, Mighty Mo, Jeff Soto, even some Conor Harrington remnants So, a few months on here we are […]

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Art Show Review Banksy

Banksy v. Bristol Museum

Bristol June 13 – Aug 31 2009 Photos: Nolionsinengland, Howaboutno, Art Of The State, Shellshock Banksy is a bloke from Bristol who leaves messages on the streets and in Museums, you may have heard. Banksy In London; Nolionsinengland He is more than just my favourite cartoonist, even though he doesn’t have a daily newspaper slot […]

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Art Show Review

Petro

24-26 July 2009The Rag FactoryLondon Graffiti writers have been appearing in galleries for 25 years, though in the context of the hot ticket that was street art moving into galleries to prostitute itself as Urban Art, proper graffiti writers have trailed behind in the gutter. A welcome trend surfacing in chisel fringed, skinny-jeans wearing Shoreditch […]

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Street Art

K-Guy Framed!

We generally know what to expect wandering Shoreditch, the epicentre of London’s street art scene so more than a little curiosity was provoked by the oddity of a picture frame stuck to a garage door known in the past as a street art magnet but more recently just splattered with gig flyers. The latter phenomenon […]

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Art Show Review

INSA – “Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places”

Bateman Row Arches, London17 – 29 July 2009all photos: NoLionsInEngland I’m a sucker for Illusion rooms. From Cept’s mindblowing 3 week individual labour of love in Dalston last year to D*Face’s memorable Haring inspired room at his Apopalypse show, any time an artist gets to indulge themselves in something which is more experience than product, […]

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Graffiti

Dead, Abandoned and Pieced

The Trans Pennine Nomads (TPN) could rightly be considered to be the best writers crew in England, and a lot of their pieces co-exist with the rubble of the old Huncoat Power Station in Lancashire. Join me for a visual ride into them thar hills…. All photos by shellshock The disused power station at Huncoat […]

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Art Show Review Banksy

The Short Guide to ‘Banksy vs Bristol Museum’

By less than popular demand, shell shock (a train spotter and admin monkey at the Banksy group on flickr, and author of ’Banksy Location & Tours’) trawled 2,000+ photos, poured over a hotch potch of info, asked people stupid questions, and drove many miles to the Museum, just to bring you this short guide to […]

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Art Show Review

Bill London: They Seek Him Here

Rarekind GalleryLondonJul 10 – Aug 1 2009 all photos: NoLionsInEngland After a fallow period buried beneath the post Banksy tidal sludge of pasted lazer jet print-outs, real painted graffiti has been showing signs of a pulse the last four months or so in Shoreditch. Some spark has triggered an avalanche of graffiti in all its’ […]

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Book Review Graffiti

Subway Art 25th Anniversary Edition

I thought that as a reference book and an X-ray shot into a counter culture that generally is inclined to shun publicity, Subway Art could not be bettered. Sitting with the 30cm x 43cm 25th anniversary addition on my knees (the book – not me) I conclude that as a photograph album this new edition […]

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Street Art

K-Guy – Brown Stuff

Street artist and biting political humourist K-Guy has passed verdict on UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s political career. A new installation in front of the Houses of Parliament shows Brown’s career going down the sewers. Public anger at the sight of politicians with their snout in the tough doesn’t abate while Brown faces decimated popular […]

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Art Show Review

Royal Albert Hall – LOAD

The Wonderland CollectiveThe Royal Albert Hall, London22 June 2009 – only! The Royal Albert Hall has an almost un-paralleled status in the history of high-brow entertainment and in its’ 138 years has hosted some of the truely iconic performers. And my kids did a percussion workshop and this is the story of how a troupe […]

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Art Show Review

C215 – Shoeshiners

Signal Gallery, London19 June – 11 July All photos: NoLionsInEngland except Romanywg and Artbleat where noted There are only a few people in any art niche who can be said to set benchmarks, who are the constellation in the heavens that every looks up and points at. In the world of street art stencilism, C215 […]