Tag Archives: Graffiti

A benefit for Oker…

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Pure Evil gallery hosts this benefit event for graffiti writer Oker who was recently arrested, charged and jailed for various vandalism charges against him. Like him or loathe him, Oker is a writer that is on another level! The first graffiti i was exposed to in my home towns of Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells was Oker… Oker Oker Oker, on the streets, on the trains, on the train tracks and in the abandoned buildings I found myself in… Legend. Make sure if you are in London that you get to this and help support his family whilst he is inside…

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Children of the Can

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Following the hugely successful first release of ‘Children of the Can: 25 years of Bristol Graffiti’ in 2008 which at the time gave an unprecedented insight into artists behind the Bristol graffiti scene, the people behind it have released a second edition entitled ‘Children of the Can: Bristol Graffiti and Street Art’ which includes an extra 70 pages and features work and interviews from 30 new artists.

Author Felix ‘FLX’ Braun started writing graffiti in the mid-80s and grew up with the Bristol scene painting alongside the likes of Inkie and Nick Walker. He continues to live and paint in the city and has unrivalled access to the artists and their work. Here, they tell their stories in their own words. Most of the images in Children of the Can have never before been published and many have been provided from the artists’ sketchbooks and private collections.

We were lucky enough to get a look at the book and it really is a hefty and comprehensive look into the scene, providing some beautiful images and in depth interviews.

Check out this promo video and grab your copy here.

From the Wall

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Michele Pesce is a graffiti writer turned sculptor, painter and animator who has drawn on his past experience of letter forms to create these 3D pieces.

Made from polystyrene, silicone and resin, Michele says ‘FROM THE WALL is a getting back to the roots, a fusion of my “graffiti/writer past”, with my current artistic researches, experimentation. The letters of the alphabet are extruded from the wall to assume a new dimension, SCULPTURE.’

Personally we think they are dope.

Check out the rest of the alphabet here.