Deaner Jam 21st & 22nd May

As part of The Deaner Show that opened on Friday (20th May) at The Upfest Gallery in Bedminister, a paint jam was organised for the weekend in the Vector car park on Raleigh Road Opposite The Tobacco Factory.

Here are a few photos from Saturday’s jam featuring Epok, KaiOne, Zesk, Stae, Shade, Khoi, Bandito, Lokey, Zase, Ryder, Mr Riks, Deksi, 3rd Eye, Bowsell and Soker.

The walls will remain for the next two weeks when they will be repainted as part of the annual Upfest ’11.  It’s worth checking out The Deaner Show too, some really nice work work in there.

Zesk, Stae, Shade & Khoi

Lokey, Bandito, Ryder, 3rd Eye, Deski, Ryder, Mr Riks, Zase, Boswell, Soker

Zesk

Stae

Shade

Khoi

Lokey (unfinished) & Bandito

KaiOne & Epok

More photo’s available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/27892381@N04/sets/72157626778564744/

Come & Join The Future – Paris Solo Show

We dropped by the King Of Paint last night to take in the new solo show from Paris – ‘Come and Join the Future’.

The new collection of work sees Paris taking a  brightly coloured journey into abstractism, it is colourful, fun and, judging by the red dots going up .. popular.

The show opens to the public at 7.30pm this evening so …. Go and join the Future we think you’ll like it!

Here’s a little taster.

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For more photos go to

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27892381@N04/sets/72157626759941202/

And of course The Deaner Show opens at the Upfest Gallery in Bedminster tonight, plenty of time to fit both shows in though.

Also as part of The Deaner Show there will be live painting taking place in the Vector Car Park on Raleigh Road (off North Street, opposite The Tobacco Factory) over the weekend.

THE DEANER SHOW – 20th May – 31st May

Opening this Friday 6.30pm @ the Upfest Gallery (198 North Street, Bedminster)

Featuring artists who have painted the walls at Dame Emily Skate Park, Bedminster,  Bristol over the past 20 years!  And that’s quite alot!

“Dame Emily Skate Park in Bedminster was, and still is, the most important and frequently painted graffiti hall of fame in Bristol.

It was where the city’s first crew, the Z-Boys, took their initial, tentative steps into writing – on a ramp, rather than a wall – and was the location of some of the biggest jams ever held in Bristol.

Over the years thousands of writers from Bristol, the UK, Europe, and indeed all over the world, have got up on its legendary walls. The Deaner as it is affectionately known, is an ever-evolving physical record of the city’s graffiti history. If walls could talk we’d be here all day (and many of us still are, whenever we get the chance). To peel away the layers of paint on the walls of the Dean Lane hall of fame would be to reveal the very history of the city’s graff scene”. – FLX