Steal from Work - Street Art Dealer

Do not use, originally uploaded by knautia.

I've been hanging out taking photos of the space for Steal From Work's latest project - here's what their Press Release says about it:

STREET ART DEALER
Before we take a well deserved break for the summer we've hooked up with C6, originators of the Street Art Dealer project, to stage a series of installations, interventions, events and urban games that combine art with QR Code technology (2D barcodes that encode information like hidden weblinks) to take art out of the gallery and on to the streets and bring a new interactive dynamic to public art.

Tomoko Takahashi - Turner Prize nominee, known for sprawling installations examining chaos and producing her first new work for quite a while.

James Powderly - From Graffiti Research Lab who has been pioneering fusing open source technology with graffiti all across the world.

Zeus - who has been pushing traditional graffiti since the mid 80s, and recently hit the headlines when he produced a street art monopoly board.

BEAM - a huge collaborative installation piece by local artists Joseph Watts and Haywood Slucutt simulating a warped architectural explosion meets anamorphosis.

Sebastian Lowsley-Williams - who here will attempt to modify the city's more hidden walls with paintings opposing more usual street art...

There's an installation in an old shop, a interactive urban game and several installations hidden amongst the city's public spaces, plus a free limited edition print. All of which need you to participate using your mobile camera phone and QR Code technology (don't worry it's dead easy).

We will be based in an former shop in the centre of Broadmead (Bristol's old shopping heart) which is where information to start hunting for the hidden pieces & play the games will be.

Opening night Thursday 9th July 6-9.30pm,
show runs 10th-31st July, Thur-Sat 12-7pm & Sun 12-4pm

74-76 Horsefair (formerly Stationary World), Broadmead, Bristol, BS1 3JS

More information here and my photos of the space here

K148 - and lots of art tomorrow!

Some of you might know K148, who in my opinion is by far the best photographer of street art in Bristol (and pretty much anywhere else), and is also an occasional member of TCF.

Well, she's got a few photos in the next show in the gallery at Photographique, which opens tomorrow - really lovely black and white film pictures of Bristol graffiti writers.

The rest of the show is b&w portraits of members of the Invisible Circus.

The opening is from 7pm tomorrow, no idea how it's on for, but I'd guess at least a week

Photographique, 31 Baldwin Street, Bristol, BS1 1RG
Opening night - Thursday 28th May, 7pm - 9(?)
Monday - Friday 10-6, Saturday 11-5

I know, I'm rubbish, I'll find out more and stick it up tomorrow!

My plan for tomorrow - Ponk & Amour show at Emporium (6-8pm Emporium, Stokes Croft - still not seen it, looks great through the window though), K148 and then the Twinkle & Tinsel opening at the Long Arm Gallery - great art and great people - perfect!

Twinkle and Tinsel at the Long Arm Gallery

Steal From Work present....

‘IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES’

Twinkle & Tinsel are coming to Bristol! Not only is it the girls Bristol debut, it’s also the debut exhibition of their tour ‘It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times’.

Tinsel & Twinkle, two girls who first met at school aged nine, have both frequently exhibited in London and throughout the rest of the UK, plus straying further afield to Hamburg, Berlin, Dublin and New York, and are highly collected (by Banksy, Howard Marks, Daimon Dash and Rupert Grinch to name but a few).

Long Arm Gallery, Bridewell Street, Bristol, BS1 3PY, UK

29th May – 18th June, 2009, Thursday- Saturday 12-7pm / Sunday 12-4pm

OPENING NIGHT: Thursday 28th May, 7.30-9.30pm

For more info see http://www.stealfromwork.org - words and pic from their Press Release

Least Wanted

Least Wanted, originally uploaded by knautia.

Least Wanted - pasted

Least Wanted - pasted, originally uploaded by knautia.

Least Wanted's outdoor pasteups to go with Steal From Work's latest show Justice

3rd - 26th April 2009, Thursdays - Saturdays 12-7, Sundays 12-4
Old Bridewell Police Station - entrance through the double doors on Nelson Street

C215 - Justice

C215, originally uploaded by knautia.

C215 at Steal From Work's latest show.

C215, Dan23, Bruno Leyval, MC1984 and Least Wanted making site-specific installations in the cells at the old Bridewell Police Station - I hhighly, highly recommend this one....

3rd - 26th April 2009, Thursdays - Saturdays 12-7, Sundays 12-4

www.stealfromwork.org

Pictures here

Justice - new show at the Long Arm Gallery

Steal From Work are back in the cells at the old Bridewell police station for their next show....

'Justice' a group show featuring installations, photography, prints and stuff from C215, Dan23 and Bruno Leyval from France, and Least Wanted from the USA

Also included in the show is work taken from two recently released books; 'Least Wanted' (featuring a century's worth of mug shots) and C215's now legendary 'Stencil History X'.

Opening night
Friday 3rd April, 8pm-10.30pm

Then open until 27th April, I think - Thursday - Saturday, 12pm-7pm, Sunday, 12pm-4pm, and by appontment (phone 07794 331 424)

Address
The Old Bridewell Police Station, Bridewell Street, Bristol, BS1 3PY
(just round the corner from the old fire station, big brown doors by the zebra crossing)

For more information see http://www.stealfromwork.org/#justice">the website

Room 4, Crimes of Passion

Room 4, Crimes of Passion, originally uploaded by knautia.

Dan (through the doorway), Kato, Soker, Cheo, Seza , Ponk, Feek, Soker, Ziml, Cheo and Filthy Luker installation at Crimes of Passion - huge graffiti show at the Royal West of England Academy - 21st March - 3rd May

It'll be accompanied by a whole host of events - film nights at the Cube, huge outdoor painting, workshops for kids, gallery talks, free entry days... check out the website!

For pics of the show being put together from start to finish, see my set here

See also a feature on the show from BBC local news here

Crimes on TV

The first Crimes of Passion opening was last night - it opens again tomorrow, and then opens to the public on Saturday, if that makes sense...

But you can catch a preview of it on the BBC here - got to love that local news... And my teaser shots here (which'll have the 'making 0f' shots once the show opens to the public.

There's going to be lots of outdoor painting, a film weekend at the Cube Microplex 10th - 13th April, talks, tours, and possibly a photography show... It's crazy though, there's not been anything else like it at the RWA - the giant inflatable Filthy Luker tentacles over the staid front of the building are worth the trip up there just by themselves....

Crimes of Passion

cans, originally uploaded by knautia.

So I haven't been blogging much because i've been out of my head on fumes taking pics as the in credible Crimes of Passion graffiti show being put on at the Royal West of England Academy.

Over 50 artists, all who live and work, or haved lived and worked in Bristol. There's no point listing them, check the website....

The show runs from Saturday 21st March to 2nd May, and there are a whole host of events - including free entry to the gallery on Saturday 11th April (it's normally £5 entry - and a whole host of outdoor painting....

I'll say more later - but in the meantime imagine me full of paint fumes and kind of insane....

Cept

Cept, originally uploaded by knautia.

Cept show at the Long Arm Gallery - until 13th March

Cept show - 20th Feb to 13th March, Long Arm gallery

I've loved seeing Cept's work in London, and when he's come down to Bristol, so I'm really looking forward to seeing his solo show at the Long Arm Gallery later this month.

Galaxy Rays, Long Arm Gallery, Bridewell Street, Bristol, BS1 3PY

Sat 21st Feb to Friday 13th March - Wednesdays to Sundays, 12 - 7pm

Opening Night: Friday 20th February, 8-10.30pm

And in case you're wondering who the Long Arm Gallery are, it's the new permanant home for Steal From Work, the people behind the 12 Days of Xmas shows, last May's "Not a Penny..." show, and the shows at Trash Express. The Gallery's in the Bridewell complex, appropriately enough in the old CID offices of the former Police station, and they're planning monthly shows down there. There's more info about the show and the Gallery on their website....

12 Days - opens tomorrow!

Dotmasters at 12 Days of Xmas, originally uploaded by knautia.

Dotmasters at 12 Days of Xmas - it opens tomorrow and is looking fantastic!

12 Days of Xmas 2008

12 Days Press release - sent to me by the lovely Steal From Work collective, who organise these fantastic shows...

12 DAYS OF XMAS

Bristol Contemporary Urban Art Show

Once again Steal From Work have crow-barred their way in-between the mince pies, mulled wine and bumper Radio Times to cram 70 of the world's most loved & loathed contemporary urban artists together under one leaky roof for 12 festive fuelled days.

Last year was the first 12 Days of Xmas exhibition. It was held in Bristol's former Bridewell Police Station, and was hugely successful, attracting over 4,000 visitors over the 12 days. It has gone down in history as one of Bristol's best ever art shows and certainly kick started a huge interest in Street Art in the city. As well as proving that you don't need to be in an established, white walled gallery to show brilliant art and attract the crowds.

This year they've assembled art from 70 local, national and international artists, once again mixing some of the scenes leading lights with up and coming artists to provide a massive range of work available to buy at prices to suit all purses or simply just to gaze at…

Artists:

45RPM, Acerone, Andy Council, CHINA MIKE, DICY, DORA, EMMA CATON,FLX, GHOSTBOY, MOTORBOY, MR JAGO, PATCH, RICHT, ROWDY, SEPR, SIMON MILLS, THE ART TART, TOM HINE, WE DREAM OF MEAT, WHAT COLLECTIVE - Bristol

MAU MAU, TRXTR - Devon

CHU - Warsall

IMBUE, PAM GLEW - Brighton

PREFAB - Newcastle

ACE, CEPT, DOTMASTERS, DSCREET, IAMCXXX, MARK WARD, MIGHTY MONKEY, PANIK, SWEET TOOF - London

ADAM KOUKOUDAKIS, BEN SLOW, CYCLOPS, DOC VEK, EELUS, FILTHY LUKER, GOLDIE, HUSH, INKIE, IRI5, JAMES BAKER, JOHN CLARK, LUKE DIXON, SICKBOY, SPQR, WILL BARRAS - UK

WILL ST LEGER - Dublin

ALEXANDROS VASMOULAKIS - Greece

BON, KATE WESTERHOLT - Thailand

DAN - Italy

DOLK, PØBEL - Norway

SIXTEN - Sweden

M-CITY - Poland

EMESS, LINDA'S EX, M:M, SP38 - Berlin

GUY DENNING, JEF AEROSOL - France

GOLDEN SNAFU, OZZY MANDUST - unknown

Once again they're using an interesting venue that is not an established gallery, as they believe this breaks down the 'fear' lots of people have that they 'won't like' or 'won't understand' the art shown.

VENUE: 15 -19 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3PY
Friday 12th - Tuesday 23rd December
OPENING TIMES: 12pm-7pm (everyday from Saturday 13th December)

www.12daysofxmas.co.uk

Pam Glew

Opening Night, originally uploaded by knautia.

Opening night of Pam Glew's show, the latest from Steal From Work - it's on for another month or so - go see it!

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.

We are all prostitutes and junkies

We are all prostitutes and junkies, originally uploaded by knautia.

May Madness!

Upcoming stuff this month - thankyou cheba, who I stole this from!

Thursday 8th May - opening of the new exhibition at Guerrilla Galleries 7pm - 9/10ish...
Complete line up still being finalized, but confirmed so far is new stuff from Cheba, Sepr, Deadgirl, Cheo, SPZER076, Lokey and Yakahead. Should run for about a month.....

Also, interestingly, long time graffiti author and documenter, Tristan Manco, is bringing across a whole load of work from writers and artists he knows in Brazil, as yet unseen in the UK

www.guerrillagalleries.com/

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Friday 9th May 10pm - 3am
Weapon of Choice host wall at Thekla with taskforce and more
painting: cheba, lokey, nikill
www.flickr.com/photos/cheba/2428030378/

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Sat 10th May live painting at Tobacco Factory, North Street with nikill + others tbc 3-7 + local book publishers set up stalls.

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Tuesday 13th May Weapon of Choice
Live Painting:
Seza & Soker
(TCF CREW)

Hip Hop Special:
K*NERS
+ Special Guest MC
DJ JOHNSTON
Koast, Mackie Skillz & C-Strike-Z
Illache (woc resident)
Diss Miss & Zion Flex
Betamax (woc resident)
Anomaly

13th May
@ Mr Wolfs
£3 9pm - late

Free clothing giveaways as ever...
sponsored by www.theurbanshop.co.uk
& Guerilla Galleries

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And of course, Steal From Work's Not a penny off the pay, not a second on the day streetart show, is still on until 11th May....

30 urban artists from all over the world

2nd - 11th May, 12 - 7pm (except Tuesday 6th)
15 - 19 Stokes Croft (opposite Pie Minister)

My photos of it live here -

C215

C215, originally uploaded by knautia.

C215 at the Not a penny off the pay, not a second on the day streetart show

Not a penny off the pay, not a second on the day

Steal From Work, those lovely people behind the 12 Days of Xmas show at Bridewell before Xmas, are having a brand new show to celebrate International Workers' Day....

Not a penny off the pay, not a second on the day

30-odd street artists, including Bristol's own Cylops, Khanage, Lucie Akerman, Motorboy, Mudwig, Paris and Rowdy.....

Opens Thursday 1st May 7 - 10pm, then Friday 2nd to Sunday 11th May (except Tuesday 6th)

The Old Motorcycle Workshop, 15 - 19 Stokes Croft (opposite Pie Minister).

The space is great, the art is fabulous - get on down and check it out!