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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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 […]
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 […]
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’ […]
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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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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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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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 […]
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Rowdy – Never Smile At A Crocodile
Sartorial GalleryLondon4 June – 27 June 2009 all photos: NoLionsInEngland except Romanywg where noted Burning Candy crew of Bristol and London has knack for pleasing both fans of graff and street art. A crew show in October 08 was followed in short order by a Sweet Toof solo show in Dec/January and now it’s Rowdy’s […]
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Jeff Soto – Inland Empire
Stolen Space GalleryLondon14 May – 7 June 2009 all photos: NoLionsInEnglandOne characteristic of the austere and spendthrift new age we live in is that the great American giants of the urban art scene have been noticeable by their absence from London this year – give or take a Ron English show in the past week. […]
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Kid Acne – Smoke And Mirrors
Stella Dore GalleryRivington St, London2-25 April 2009all photos: NoLionsInEngland You can take the kid off the street but you shouldn’t take the street out of the Kid. Sheffield’s renaissance man Kid Acne covers the graffiti, gallery artist, music producer and DJ hipness angles and has staged his first London solo show in London at Stella […]
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dr. d “HMP Brainwash Launderette”
222 bethnal Green RdLondon5 March, continuing. all photos: NoLionsInEngland dr. d is one of London’s more mysterious street art institutions, their (the mystery extends to doubt as to whether dr. d is singular, plural, boy or girl) manipulation and subversion of street billboards flickers at the edge of public conscious, playing games via a medium […]
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CEPT – Galaxy Rays Show
The Long Arm GalleryBridewell St, Bristol,20 Feb – 13 March 2009 all photos: Howaboutno and NoLionsInEngland It seems like moments ago that Cept and Mike Ballard got up with a joint show in a Dalston, London workshed yet here we are 4 months later and half a world away in former police station in Bristol […]
Brick Lane Gallery, London5 – 16 Feb 2009photos: NoLionsInEngland except donnierobot and Prescription Art where statedSome Street artists wouldn’t be seen dead at their gallery openings. Some artists grudgingly turn up, mix with their mum and their crew and mumble “cheers my dears, been doin’ it for years”. Some front up with a natural effervescence […]
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Brad Downey – “An Honest Thief”
Presented by Stolen SpaceOld Truman Brewery, London29 Jan – 8 Feb 2009 Ever been jealous of someone’s lateral vision, been envious of the gift of conceiving and executing simple, subverted variations to the street scenery around us? If you’re an ordinary guy and have come across Brad Downey’s street art – then the answer is […]