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Rude Kids

Rude kids 10th birthday

Got all the rude kids together for a 10th birthday party in Penge, London. Thankfully London calling blog Steve was there to help me keep this unruly mob in check. It’s located in the Blenheim shopping centre car park, which the top two floors have been set aside for people to paint. Check out London calling blog with details of the rooftop gallery open days (where you can see what we’ve been up to)
Rooftop gallery here

Its been 10 years since the first rude kid was cut, it was my daughter, at the age of 9. It’s a age before the teenage angst starts, a time of innocence and i thought getting her and her friends ( a lovely bunch) strike some poses that would perhaps be more associated with the age group above them, then these simple stencils could rude little invaders on a urban street corner. Not a threat, just rude!

Over the years the kids have grown up, so friends and families kids have joined the original core Hackney group of kids with some of the kids now come from as far away as Osaka, Stavanger and the Wirral.
a full list of names of the kids involved can be found on my instagram. Thanks to everyone whos been involved and Happy Birthday!

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Yes we can

Show at Atom Gallery 127 Green Lanes N16 London

Show opens on the 9th of November (private view from 6-9 pm)
Lovely show poster by Wreckage International

Great line up ! featuring a load of friends through the years and many i have worked with all curated by Teddy Baden.

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london street

Park St Cronx

I Painted a wall in Croydon on Park street a good number of years ago, think someone said it was 6! The space was agreed by the owner and was part of a larger number of works in the area. To be honest id forgotten about it, till someone posted a horrible picture of it a few weeks ago

Thats of google maps, I dont know which is worse to be honest.

I had 10 liters of black paint, left over from something and needed some 600ml cans for ‘Yes we can show’ at Atom gallery for the 9th of November. Once ordered i had to empty them (instructions from the gallery, something about postage)…so had 6 large cans to empty. Given the state of how the wall became , i need to create something bold that would cope with subsequent additions.

Black and white, dots kids and wallpaper while you wait for the bus.

The biggie was developed for a show in Tokyo with Hand inc. Ken last year, i haven’t painted them on the street in the UK, bet he gets a moustache and glasses, an arrow at least.

Of course i had to do a Indigo to replace the one i painted over, almost did the kids in primary colours , but chickened out. The different blacks work ok and a shadow goes a long to separate them.

Had a fun couple of days painting ending on Halloween, during the painting i re connected with the lovely lady who gave me the permission the first time i painted it, to be honest i hadn’t checked, (thinking something togo over the top of what existed was better than not painting it). Friendly place Croydon, had some good encouragement. Still have a large mural from the same time round the corner

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prints

Archive Print sale

So faced with a finite amount of drawers i have gone through a couple of them and discovered a load of old prints that weren’t sold at the time. Some of these i never released myself but were commissioned by an auction house in the states (these are numbered with the prefix HC (Hors Commerce) – French for “For Commercial Use as per their instructions. Most of the others are AP’s (artist proofs) and there are a few of the actual editions on some prints that were overlooked when the sales occurred (don’t ask me why, i can’t remember)

So i have put all these gems from over the years into my shop almost at the original sale prices (ive added approximately 10% for inflation)

So if you missed a edition release at the time here is a second chance to buy visiting the shop. I’ve been a bit slack in posting here so half the stuff is gone, sorry. But to make up i will be adding some more on Halloween. They’ll be some old and rare pieces from years gone by so check the shop out as new things will appear… I still need some more drawer space!!!

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street

VOTE

So it’s election day, and my! What a choice there is ! A Myriad of promises, logos and strap lines. Its like your at a market on a Sunday where everyone is selling knock off goods. They all look legit but after a few washes the the signs of forgery are sure to show themselves in time. Inspired by the lies and images that accompany them and a desire to see how paint works on glass, led me to a practice paint on this much loved phone box / voting booth in Dalston (well loved with the late night crack crowd and your voting crack). so here it is !  A pic n’ mix of logos, slogans and lies that it doesn’t matter which way round they are arranged and organised in the end up in the same old message. Promise the world if its secures you power. Then you have 4 years to line your pockets. Personally i’m up for spoiling it, faced with the candidates my choice is to register a protest after all spoils get counted. We need a dramatic change, not a pick of the same coloured hue of bullshit

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Trashed on Portobello

film by Louis Thornton

Painted a large version of my latest Trash Bag print on Portobello Road opposite Graffik Gallery on the side of Taylor Taylor on Oxford Gardens last week to promote the release of my new print. Launch party on the 24th of October (anniversary of Christians death). Doors open at 6.30pm come join us for a small retrospective of Trash and a Dirty Martini or nine! Sales for the print are here Signed edition edition of 40 and here for the cheaper Unsigned edition an edition of 42. Both come with hand silkscreened wallpaper, signed comes in a painted tube. Shop opens online at 14.00 GMT

Details of subsequent colour way launch events in Paris, Palma and Tokyo will be revealed on the night.

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Glastonbury

Unfairground Glastonbury 22

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Tools o the Trade

Part of the Stick Em Up! series

So… i said, ” you know i don’t use a computer when i make these gaffa taped objects to the wall. I just print them out 9 times usually in black and white and then cut each colour registering each to the one before it.

Ourtypes said “You should make a film that explains that”

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Mind in the gutter

So this is first solo show in Paris, it was in the mid 80’s i first saw stencil work on the streets, Nemo, Blek le rat and others. These heroes inspired me to take up the scalpel and paint on the street. Paris has always had a rich stencil history, from 1968 till today and it is a great honour to show in this city.

A bit about the show written by the gallery

“Mind in the Gutter” is the name Dotmasters gave this exhibition. It evokes for him dubious intentions, ambiguous actions, all these unsavory and yet jubilant things. Faithful to the vandal and provocative essence of urban art, this title captures the artists’ state of mind, who, jovial and lucid, enjoys taboos, contradictions, new gods and the absurdity of our contemporary lifestyles.

The exhibition offers several levels of reading: one can appreciate it as a pop, offbeat and impertinent visual experience or read in it an ironic critique of today’s society. Dotmasters develops the concept of “high-end waste” with brass sculptures of chanel paper bags. Through this realization, he takes note, reinforces and plays on the ambiguity between marketing and works of art, between single piece and disposable goods, between aesthetic value and commercial production.

Second theme dear to the artist, rebellious and cheeky cherubim populate the works of Dotmasters. Made from photographs of her nieces, nephews and friends, these stencils bring a mischievous and indocent hue to the exhibition. The turbulent and transgressive little angels who speak out or show their fingers to the spectator remind us of the joy that arises from disorder, the creativity generated by chaos and especially the importance of not being earnest.

Where there’s muck there’s brass, Painted cast brass sculpture

GCA Gallery PARIS – 2 place Farhat Hached – 75013 – Paris
du mardi au samedi de 11h30 à 18h30
Tél : +33 6 09 07 75 99

Open till the 16th of March

show catalogue here

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Unfairground Fuji Rock 2018

When we found out there was no Glastonbury 2018 we decided to take the Unfairground on tour. Having presented some of the sideshows in the Palace of Wonder (the late night spot at Fuji Rock) in 2012, when Glastonbury last rested the land, It seemed only natural to take the whole motley crew off to Naeba for 2018’s 20th anniversary of Fuji rock !

 For our Japanese trip we recruited Unfairground favourites Ben Eine and Inkie on painting duties as well as Local legend Masagon and Myself. We packed Sam Haggerty’s sculptures into a shipping container or two and sent them off to Japan in May.


Pryratrix Circus Joined us to help entertain the crowds, with Born on road, Jagz Kooner and Jack from Children of acid providing the tunes for the weekend. In all a Uncrew of 50 headed off for the mountains of Naeba, taking a slice of site life to fields of Fuji rock.


Ben Eine mixes it up

Inkie’s kongee

Masagon went Dotty

And Dotty went freehand.
With the hottest weather on record, the Unfairground crew melted across the old Orange court. Thankfully The Typhoon that hit us Saturday night didn’t cause too much damage. We’d like to Thank Naeba and Yuzawa councils for inviting us, Smash go round for making it all happen and Bryan burton lewis for being so special. Thanks to all who came, threw some shapes and tagged us in those million photos that got taken! Thanks Guys it was real!