STREET ART SNAPS FROM A FLOOZY IN THE GUTTER: Khoi

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2 October 2011

Brazil woz 'ere

Last week in Digbeth the Espirito Brum Brazilian festival happened! Music, workshops and art interventions took place over the 14th-18th and at some point around then Brazilian artist Renato Pontello did some painting with Tempo33, Newso, Ouch and Lisk.

Tempo33, Newso and Renato Pontello

Fazeley Street, Digbeth

Lisk

PST, Lombard Street, Digbeth

This photo of the work on PST is taken from Renato Pontello's blog (I'll warn you now, it's in Spanish) because every time I went to get photos, there was a van or similar vehicle parked in front of the building.

Renato Pontello, Ouch, Newso and Lisk

PST, Lombard Street, Digbeth

Also on the Espirito Brum blog is a page on Birmingham street art:

"Beyond graffiti, art on the street is also represented in the form of paste ups, knitted installations and works of public art"

Knitted installations you say? That's me!

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This week my new blog title became a little more finished with the completion of 'gutter' by Khoi:

I'm still waiting for 'snaps' from Wah and 'art' from Lisk... Come on guys! Everyone wants me to have a pretty new blog title!

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This week (on the 27th, to be precise) this blog was mentioned on Digbeth is Good AND Created in Birmingham! The fame went straight to my head and I made a Facebook page for ~~myself~~ the blog. There's a box to your right where you can 'like' it if you want updates about Birmingham street arty things more often than once a week. I might even get round to giving away some stickers or bigger pieces by artists featured on here.

4 September 2011

Street Spotted is less than a week away!

This time next week I'll be attempting to remove various artists and mates from my sofas after Street Spotted! It's going to be excellent and arty and there's no excuse not to pop in for a drink and a chat if you're in the area, especially as it's free in!

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I haven't been able to find anything new on the streets this week so here's a preview of something new coming soon on this very blog. I've asked some of my favourite artists to do a word each for my blog title ('Street Art Snaps from a Floozy in the Gutter') and so far I've got 'Street' from 6TWO4 and 'Floozy' from Obit. They're both brilliant and set a very high standard for the other contributions from Lisk, Wah, Khoi and me (I've given myself the connecting words because I'm sure being asked to do 'from a' or 'in the' would be pretty offensive to an artist I love).

'Street' by 6TWO4

'Floozy' by Obit

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Links

Street Spotted Facebook Event Page

18 July 2011

The Legends Return

I know it's Monday not Sunday but on Saturday night I was dancing wildly to Baby Got Back behind the bar in Digbeth's very own Rainbow Garden (here I am pointing at a ladder in my tights (photo by the excellent Jade Sukiya)):

So yesterday I resembled this:

Anyway, sorry for lateness, here's what's happened this week!

When I first arrived in Birmingham in September 2009 I could immediately tell who the big players in Birmingham Street Art were. Since then; As One has moved to Norwich and Tempo33, Newso, Philth, N4T4 and Lisk are getting big bucks for their work and collaborating with worldwide street art talent. Understandably these guys are less active on the streets these days. However, this week As One, Lisk and Newso did some fresh painting at Priory Square in the city centre and made me a very happy floozy.

As One "BREW or DIE"

Lisk "WALL BY WALL THIS CITY WILL BE OURS"

Newso

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The same spot in Priory Square was also added to by some local artists/illustrators; G-Anders (Glenn Anderson) and S. Power (who I don't know!) did a nice bit of writing: (love many, trust few, paddle your own canoe).

And Craig Earp did a really interesting piece with amazing detail based on 'Organic Disturbances'.

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Tempo33 finished a video of his paste work over the past year or so; proper awe-inspiring scale and positioning, especially the billboard work.

Youtube Link

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As usual, PTP has been busy with more brilliant ideas, this time taking the duckie dress-up even further.

Marvin (Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy) Duck

Lisk Duck!

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I came back from my parent's house on Thursday to find parcels from Khoi, 6TWO4 and ZukerOne and some new pens, it was like Christmas!

Khoi t-shirts from the £6 lucky dip

6TWO4, ZukerOne and Khoi stickers to get up on the streets when I can be bothered.

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All I've really done recently is decide what my woolly wormy tentacle things are attached to and work on some knitting ideas I'll reveal next week.

I'm planning to rework her with different textures and patterns in her hair, possibly on canvas.

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Links
Jade Sukiya Photography Blog
Jade Sukiya Photography Facebook
Jade Sukiya Party Photography Facebook

N4T4 Facebook
Lisk Flickr

Glenn Anderson Website

12 June 2011

A late first post keeps expectations low ;)

Digbeth's streets currently boast two very talented couples; the legendary Golden Boy and Miss150 and the newer but equally amazing Wah and !?!. They're obviously all awesome in their own rights but it's nice to have a pasting buddy.

First up is a twist on Golden Boy's iconic paste with a larger size and drips of yellow that I think are added after printing.

Green Street, Digbeth

Miss150's new design; foxy and excellent placements, as always.

Bradford Street, Digbeth

Wah's sticker designs are always impressive and her first pastes are even better, the fact they all had evidence of attempted thievery just shows how good.

Floodgate Street, Digbeth

Love the colours !?! uses, he's been working a new character that should be up soon.

Floodgate Street, Digbeth

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New on the scene this week is Draw; intelligent and interesting, looking forward to seeing more from him.

Bradford Street, Digbeth and High Street, Digbeth

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New stickers by Photocoyote (not a local, but still excellent), put up by Lisk.

High Street, Digbeth

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My acquisitions of the week!

A t-shirt and stickers from Khoi (super talented but based in Bristol, I'll be putting a few of the stickers up round here) and stickers from the legendary Chu ('Your Mum Rang'!) who the boyfriend met in The Rainbow last night.

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Links:

Golden Boy Flickr

Miss150 Flickr

Wah Flickr

!?! Flickr
Draw Facebook