Street Gallery

On Saturday I joined Bristol Photography Group as they went a walk round the Stokes Croft area of Bristol, known for its independent spirit and street art - including the famous Banksy "Mild Mild West". Here are a selection of the pictures I took:

Andrew

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

Argon - Photographs of Urban Bristol

It's been a while since I did a post of photos I had taken and it's about time that was rectified. Here, therefore, are some that I took on Saturday when I went out a walk which took me from home, to my new house and then back via Arnos Vale, Avon Meads and the Whitchurch Way cycle path.

Andrew

Bristol Graffiti

Aside from the major pieces of street art, such as those created for the See No Evil festival or various Banksy works, Bristol is also home to a lot of random, small pieces of work: Here's a small selection of some that have caught my eye:

Andrew

N.B. Masthead for this piece courtesy of http://www.graffiticreator.net/

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