Lost in Glimmering Shadows

It's been a while since I posted an update so here's one now.

I went along to see the Faile exhibition in Lambeth a couple of weeks ago and it didn't disappoint. The exhibition itself was set in Lilian Bayliss Old School, which took me ages to find as it's in the middle of a bunch of local authority buildings, but when I (eventually) got there it was worth the trek.

I was greeted by an eastern european security guard who was much more friendly than he appeared at first look and as the exhibit was nearly over I had the whole building to myself. The room downstairs was dominated by amarble Bunny Boy sculpture which I think was the same one that sat outside the Tate Modern earlier this summer and was surrounded by a series of painted palettes. In the corner by the stairs was a mountain of wooden boxes, each one individually painted with various Faile designs.

I then ventured upstairs where the sounds of A Tribe Called Quest and Jurassic 5 made the large open area of the dark auditorium seem smaller and less lonely. The centre of the room hosted a series of carved Prayer Wheels and the walls were covered with Faile's trademark large canvases. Below are some of the pictures I took while I was there.

In other news, the vinyl collection is coming along nicely. I'm working on one or two Mini Munny's at the moment and a small Teddy Trooper DIY. I'll get some pics of these up soon, once I'm happy with the way they look!

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Vinyl

I've recently decided that I'm going to try and get more hands on with my work again. I used to love stencilling before I went to uni, until everytime I did one someone would say “have you heard of Banksy?” or “is that based on Banksy?” or (...the killer...) “do you base your work on Banksy?”. I didn't even know if that guy existed when I did my first stencil! So I started trying new things and have recently become more and more dependent on my trusty Mac.

I've come to the conclusion that this needs to change again, so it's time to go back to the drawing board. I stopped following Graffiti a couple of years ago, when I decided it would be more worthwhile to find my inspiration from Designers, Typographers and Photographers. However, I did come across a couple of Graffiti artists I liked while researching more established and credit worthy (in the educational sense) practitioners.

One of my favourite photographers is Ricky Powell, and in his book 'Public Access' he has a collection of his photos doctored and manipulated by some impressive illustrators. One of these was KAWS, who now has his own label (original fake) in Japan. I love his simple and brightly coloured illustrations and he has an impressive range of Vinyl figures to his name now too (and an issue of iD based around his world)!

I recently bought some blank vinyl figures. They won't turn out anything like the ones above but it'll be a good way to get back into doing some hands on stuff.

Introducing... The Holbeck Whores

Here's some recent stuff I did for a friend in Leeds and his new project 'The Holbeck Whores'. The images are going to be used in the groups promotional material for their events.

The Holbeck Whores are a group of Leeds based DJ's who are taking the illegal underground music scene by the bollocks. With over 100 years experience between them these boys take no prisoners & nothing serious.

After being recently arrested at a Manchester warehouse party a spokesman for two of the boys Paddy Connell & Mark Holliday said "the boys are adamant they will keep on playing at these parties & stay true to their beliefs.

The Holbeck Whores are -

Mark Holliday
Paddy Connell
Russ Richardson
Marc Wilkie
Ben Victors
Rich Robson
James Donaghy

If you are interested in booking any of The Holbeck Whores contact them at acidhousepromo@yahoo.co.uk for further info.

You can join their facebook group @ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=29255845915&ref=mf

Or check their myspace page @ myspace.com/theholbeckwhores