Newburgh Street art

During April artists Peter Kennard, Cat Picton Philips and my good self will be showing a selection of new and old works.
The show is now open at 9 Newburgh Street in the heart of W1 and has been organised by Amilas art.
In the basement I've transformed the downstairs space into a spiritual retreat using canvases and some fresh work on the walls for weary shoppers and hipsters who can take a break from the chaos of Carnaby Street creating a place to chill out and relax or 'Chillax' as the Twitter -ing classes say.
The show is on for 2 weeks with a possible extension so check it out asap.

Here's a little taster for you:

Codex Alimentarius goes international

Sunday 1st of March 2009 was the date for Bonzai, Rabodiga (Spain) and Solo to do a wall together.

This wall was aiming to say something about the economy but after a group hug and a few buddhist chants we decided to have the main lettering at the bottom read 'Codex Alimentarius' (If you can read it).

Codex Alimentarius is a food code that comes into force at the end of the year and will re-classify some nutrients as toxins. It will also mean that previously banned chemicals in food production will be permitted to be used and the health implications for the world are massive.
I feel passionate enough about this issue to include it in my spray jaunts when and wherever possible and in this mural Rabodiga has a girl smashing a world piggy bank to symbolise our greed and Bonzai has some genetically modified flying machines up top while I play it safe with the word which is mutating off itself. Urghh! Sounds disgusting. So is Codex Alimentarius! Check out this information for yourself: www.healthfreedomusa.org
and more locally: www.consumersforchoice.com
and: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Vitamins/
If you feel compelled, please also sign the petition on both websites.

Urban Art Showcase at Westbourne Studios

Thursday the 5th of March 2009 saw the launch of Urban art showcase at Westbourne Studios. It featured not so much the cream of the UK graffiti scene but more like the organic soya alternative, artists included Chu, Zeus, Dotmasters, Inkie and Graffiti Research Laboratories ( GRL).

The night also featured a film showcase put together by the lovely Portobello Film Festival people. They included a series of graffiti/street art films 'Overspray' from South Africa and 'Bomb It' from the U.S.

The pieces on display will be sold via the site www.streetdealer.com and use unique QR code technology which when you snap the QR code by the side of the piece your phone takes you to the website direct. This is a very different way of selling work and all very hi tech.

The show at Westbourne Studios runs until total economic collapse and
we're all running around like the people in the film 28 days later.

Portobello Film Festival Urban Art Showcase

I'll be exhibiting on Thursday the 5th of March at Westbourne Studios, 247 Acklam Road, London, W10 6RJ.
Try and get down if you can and enjoy artworks by myself, Inkie, Zeus, Dotmasters, Chu and Graffiti Research Laboratories.

Les Lionnes en Cage hit Leake Street, Waterloo

During a cold and dull February Les Lionnes en Cage who consist of Lilliwen and Celeste Java paid a flying visit to London.
The idea was to bash out a wall at Waterloo accompanied by Tizer and Shucks of ID crew.
The ladies had to get used to the usual capers that is painting outdoors like stealing bins to use as something to stand on and trying to explain to inquisitive Polish drinkers the concept of a child lost in a Forest.
The whole production took a whooping 6 hours to complete and was promptly tagged the next day by our keeping it real friends from the graf community.

Solo One goes for the macho pink vibe.

Les Lionnes en Cage bring nature back to Leake Street.

Tizer and Shucks drop some Zulu action.

War crimes.

In January 2009 the Israeli Defence Force launched an offensive into Gaza in the pursuit of Hamas fighters. Over the next two weeks the results of the constant shelling of civillian areas and air strikes led to hundreds of civillian dead and wounded. The IDF also attacked a United nations compound killing people on the ground.
There are strict engagement rules when it comes to warfare but quite often these are ignored at will not only by Israel but by many countries who see fit to persue their military objective.

I painted two slogans at the Brixton skatebowl as a means of saying to people look whats going on. After 4 days Lambeth council saw fit to remove the slogans but left other non-political graffiti in the skatebowl. This could raise freedom of speech issues and its a shame that the council had to remove something that may have challenged the publics thinking. The Wall St Journal thought otherwise and featured it as one of their pictures of the day.

Buffed 4 days later.

Amilas Art exhibition, Carnaby Street, December 2008.

Wednesday 4th of december saw the launch of the first group show of
artists represented by Amilas Art.
The exhibition is called Alchemy and features a variety of works from hand painted canvases by my good self to a fantastic paper montage by Peter Kennard. The prints were represented by the Static Collective and Cat Phillips who also have some great looking stuff!
If you are in London check it out at 38 Carnaby St, W1 and even if you can't make it down there, make sure you visit the Amilas' website for some tasty art!
The show runs until the 13th of January.

Report Chemtrails Alchemy.

Lovers rock.

Freestyle Alchemy.

Enemy Contact.

Codex 1.

Codex 2.

Codex 3.

The debate begins!