Stencils suck!

Stencils suck!, originally uploaded by knautia.

Have you seen him?

Have you seen him?, originally uploaded by knautia.

Children of the Can: pre-order now!

Over on FLX's Children of the Can blog there are now some page spreads, to give an idea of how the book will look.... which as I know you know, is 25 Years of Bristol graffiti, 288 pages of stories, photos, interviews and fabulousness.... and better yet, there's a link to the online order form - so pass it on to everyone you know - it's got to be the perfect Xmas stocking filler!

Soker and Cheo's Hallowe'en wall

Soker and Cheo's Hallowe'en wall, originally uploaded by knautia.

Bristol Festival Graff Exhibition

Chu, originally uploaded by knautia.

Fantastic exhibition of graff from the Bristol Festival - it's so, so good. The space is amazing, the graff looks fabulous, and you can bid to buy all of the pieces, with profits going to Great Ormond Street Hospital. The exhibition is open 12 noon to 7pm every day until 2nd November. You really, really, really need to get down there!

Tall tall wall!

Tall tall wall!, originally uploaded by knautia.

Ames, Rarebit, Tryer on the bottom - huge 3dom piece on top

stencil

stencil, originally uploaded by knautia.

The Coat of Arms

The Coat of Arms, originally uploaded by knautia.

Yaka

flashed Yaka, originally uploaded by knautia.

Love those Yaka faces....

Children of the Can: 25 years of Bristol graffiti

It's no secret that I'm going crazy waiting for the release of Children of the Can: 25 Years of Bristol Graffiti, the forthcoming book by Felix Braun aka FLX. It'll be out before Xmas - 233 pages with over 1,000 photos (some by me!) and interviews of pretty much everyone who's painted in Bristol over the last 25 years. It's very much at the top of my Xmas list, if i don't die of impatience first....

....but, to keep me going until it comes out, there's the brand new Children of the Can blog. It's got some stories and thoughts from FLX that didn't fit in the book, and will have a whole load of pics and stuff he just didn't have room for.... This is pretty much the strongest recommendation I've ever made - check it out! It'll also have news about when we can pre-order it, and the launch party (yeah, I know, I'm a lush, but I can't resist the lure of opening nights and launch parties!) and other exciting stuff.... seriously, get over there right now!

Weapon Of Choice presents: The Bristol Festival Exhibition

Weapon Of Choice presents: The Bristol Festival Exhibition, originally uploaded by cheba.

Cheers Cheba!

The BRISTOL FESTIVAL
Exhibition

The largest collection of street art and graffiti from over 50 of Bristol’s most influential urban artists. Featuring:

INKIE
CHU
FLX
Kato
Cheo
SOKER
LOKEY
MR JAGO
TCF CREW
China mike
KTF crew
Nikill
Cheba
+ many MORE

A unique opportunity to purchase works created at the Bristol Festival & hugely successful Weapon Of Choice club night, through sealed bids. Profits going towards next year’s Bristol Festival Art Fund and Great Ormond St Children’s Charity.

With Bar, Live Painting, DJs, Projections
Canvases and YrWall Digital Graffiti Wall
Opening Night Fri 24th Oct 7pm
Sat 25th Oct - Sunday 2nd November Open everyday noon-7pm
or by appointment. further info: www.thebristolfestival.org/exhibition

Lynwood rd, Bedminster, BS3 3HH
Also showcasing artist studio space available after the exhibition. Contact Christopher Collins on: 0117 9736948

Aagh and Arrrgh! in Barcelona

Sickboy in Barcelona!, originally uploaded by knautia.

It made me smile, seeing a bit of Sickboy in Barcelona last month... also got a little tiny Arrrgh! sticker - which is worth checking out, it's a project designed to take over the world, through people downloading stickers and other stuff and putting them up all over the world.... I love their website, I loved their stuff up around Barcelona, I'd love to see them infect Bristol as well...

SPQR

SPQR, originally uploaded by knautia.

Steal From Work are organising SPQR's first ever solo show!

Saturday 11th - Sunday 19th October, 12pm-7pm
Trash Express, 8-10 Bond Street, Broadmead, Bristol, UK
(between Rikaxxe Music and Debenhams)

Opening night: Friday 10th October, 7.30pm-10pm

See the website above for more details.