Insa + Elephant shit = Big ass heels….

As part of the “Bring the Noise’ events at Tate Britain, INSA was invited to produce a piece of work in response to Chris Ofili’s current retrospective exhibition. He produced two: a piece entitled “Only God and You Can Judge Me (Jumbo Edition)” and a pair of 10” platform high heels made from elephant dung, entitled “Anything goes when it comes to (s)hoes….”

To produce these insane heels, INSA retraced the footsteps Chris Ofili made over 15 years ago and sourced dung from the same family of elephants that produced the dung used in Chris’s infamous paintings of the nineties. Using similar techniques and materials; beading, resin and painting, INSA pays homage to the style and significance of Ofili’s early work. As a nod to their shared influences, INSA‘s work is entitled ‘Anything goes when it comes to (s)hoes…” a play on a lyric from the classic Big Daddy Kane track ‘Pimpin Ain’t Easy” which is referenced in numerous Chris Ofili paintings.

Having checked out both these new pieces  myself at the Insaland studio I can tell you its gonna be worth a peep for sure. More on the project and Insa HERE

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D*Face does the Oscars…

I quite like these…

Kinda freaky but kinda cool. D*Face put two of these up in Hollywood this weekend just before the Oscars last night. One in the Runyon Canyon and another in the parking lot of Mel’s Drive-In Hollywood. Apparently one has been taken down already as im sure this has offended everyone in LA LA land…

Via Hookedblog

Image by Viktor Vauthier

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New niceness from Sickboy…

Dont know what this is, but it looks dope…

Taken from the Sickboy home page Looks very nice I have to say. Oh and it seems Mr Sickboy has a new print out too…

Pretty damn nice. Available in his SHOP now!

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Secretwars Euroleague round 1: London V Amsterdam

Check out the action from the recent Secretwars Euroleague round 1 battle between London and Amsterdam…

London killed it, but Amsterdam got the party going right from the beginning of the night!

Love the messy Amsterdam boys going nuts at the end. Stay tuned for more SW euroleague videos coming soon.

For more info on Secretwars head over here

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Rooftop wall space needed in London…

Has anyone out there got access to a bit of rooftop wall space in London? Something like this..

I cant pay you but you can keep some pretty amazing artwork and I will sower you in VNA gifts and merchandise.

Drop me a line if you have anything suitable in the next few days… george@verynearlyalmost.com

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East Meets East…

Great line up for this show. I wish I could make it down the Wick for it…

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Matt Sewell goes big… In Barnsley.

Liking the look of these walls by Matt Sewell. Big fan of his work… He loves birds.

More over on his website HERE

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Angelique Houtkamp at Nelly Duff this coming Thursday!

I love Angeliques work and am super excited about the pop up show that Cassius and the crew at Nelly duff have lined up to open this Thursday!

Check the details below and get on down to get a little signed something from Angelique.

More info here

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Exit through the gift shop…

Sorry, its more Banksy news…

VNA were lucky enough to be invited to a screening on wednesday of Banksy’s first movie “Exit through the gift shop” at the make-shift Lambeth palace. The cinema, based in Leake Street under Waterloo station is also part exhibition of some old and new Banksy artworks. With a belly full of free booze and popcorn we took some snaps and then sat down to watch the movie. And as the BC crew at the back of the cinema whooped and shouted, the movie began…

More pics and a review of sorts after the jump…
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Banksy does Time Out…

So it seems Mr B has been busy. Apparently he approached Time Out magazine to do a collaboration and interview. It all sounds good. Also it seems the cover is an image part spray paint and part self portrait! Intruiged? Me too…

As well as the regular edition that you can pick up in any newsagents, you can also …buy an exclusive package consisting of a poster/print of the cover image (without cover lines) plus a special edition of the magazine (no cover lines) for a steal of £12. There are only 5,000 copies of the set containing the poster and the magazine. To grab a set just visit… www.timeout.com/banksy

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