See No Evil 2012 - 1

It's that time again - Nelson Street in Bristol is hosting the second See No Evil. Last year's event saw a grey, soul-less, dead thoroughfare between Bristol's shopping and entertainment quarters transformed into an outdoor gallery with lots of colourful and images. Sure, not everything was to everyone's taste (some even claimed none of it was to their taste) but there was no denying the artistry of many of the pieces and the difference it made to a journey down the street. This year will see more pieces painted, additional sites used and the event also forms part of  Festival 2012 and the Cultural Olympiad to boot.

Three large scale pieces from last year have been kept; the rest painted over ready for this year's pieces: many of which have been getting executed over the past week. There is also an additional site at Temple Meads this year, where a particularly impressive "Last Supper" scene has taken shape... 

Here are some "Work In Progress" pictures taken over the past week; look out for these and other works in various posts to come:

You can see my pictures from last year's event here.

Andrew

See No Evil 5

This is the fifth and final collection of pictures from See No Evil - at least on these pages as I have more to post over on my Tumblr blog from time to time. You can see all the posts in the series here. My favourite in this set is the third picture, what's yours?

Enjoy!

Andrew

See No Evil 4

Regular readers will know I've been very taken with the See No Evil event in Bristol and I make no apologies for posting another few pics from the event. 

The last of this selection - an image of Christ - is one of my favourite pieces from the whole project. The first is of an empty hazardous waste suit lying in the window of an empty building. Attached to its chest is a sign saying "Banksy is not here" and a further sign on the window says "Banksy is not coming (he said to say "hi" though)". You can also see some of the other art and, ahem, myself, in this one!

Andrew

See No Evil 3

Here's another collection of photos from Bristol's Street Art Project "See No Evil". This selection features some of the larger-scale pieces:

You can find more photos from in and around Bristol (including previous See No Evil posts) here.

Andrew

See No Evil 2

Here are some more pictures from Bristol's Street Art event, "See No Evil". You can see the first batch of pics here.

The last one is my favourite of this batch and one of my favourites overall... note the bikes in the corner are real - there just happens to be a bike rack there!

Andrew

See No Evil 1

Last weekend saw the See No Evil street art project take over a street in central Bristol, transforming a series of grey, concrete façades into a riot of colour. 90% of the art is permanent and will only be removed as and when buildings are demolished and/or renovated.

I managed to take some pictures whilst the works were in progress, as well as some later in the week following the "unveiling" of the various pieces. Here are a few of those work-in-progress pics - there's something incongruous about seeing graffiti artists working on scaffolding and cherry-pickers!

Andrew