From an edition of 175, Nick Walker‘s ‘The Empire’s State’ will be available for purchase at the Black Rat Press‘ stall at the London Art Fair this Tuesday (January 13) for £475.
The guys over at UK Adapta have put together a sweet interview with UK scene stalwart, Nick Walker. Head here to give it a read.
1 in 11 men will get prostate cancer – an alarming statistic, and a largely unknown fact. To generate awareness of this, 11 internationally renowned urban artists have all been commissioned to create works to be auctioned as part of Bonhams’ Urban Art Auction on 24th February, with proceeds from the works going to The Prostate Cancer Charity, the UK’s leading charity working with people affected by the disease.
These top artists including D*Face, Dan Baldwin, Eine, Pure Evil, Gerald Laing, Andrew McAttee, Blek Le
Rat, Mr Jago, Nick Walker and Xenz are reaching out to everyone to raise awareness of alongside the broad appeal of urban art. Prior to the auction, an exhibition will be held at The Truman Brewery from 12th to 17th February in order to preview the huge works.
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The Old Truman Brewery, 15 Hanbury Street , E1 6QR
Opening Hours: 12.00 – 18.00
Images courtesy of Idea Generation:
(c) Pure Evil for The Prostate Cancer Charity, www.prostate-cancer.org.uk
(c) Andrew McAttee for The Prostate Cancer Charity, www.prostate-cancer.org.uk
Following in Banksy’s cherry-picking footsteps, Nick Walker has doled out a nice mural for New Yorkers on 6th and Cooper in East Village.
It’s official, our boys are rocking the city and it’s great to see – gwan.
Pics courtesy of Wiggo.
Originally seen at the Nuart festival in Norway, Nick Walker has re-created his ‘Coat Of Arms’ piece for the viewing pleasure of his local brethren in Bristol. The piece is situated on the side of Vicenzo’s Pizza on Park Street.
After the jump check the piece out in context.
From mid August up until the beginning of this month a selection of our green and pleasant land’s finest urban artists flew out to Stavanger in Norway for 2008′s Nuart festival.
After the jump, we’ve hand-picked our favourite pics from the UK Artists involved, so sit back, relax and enjoy. Pics courtesy of Wall Kandy’s head honcho, No Eyed Dear, check the rest of his sets here.
It seems everyone’s in the corporate social responsibility game these days, even Black Rat Press. The very successful gallery are teaming up with homeless helpers The Big Issue Foundation to put on an impressive show this Saturday, August 9.
Pure Evil‘s ‘Heath Ledger CMYKrink’ portrait on glass, 6 by 4 feet (pictured), has been submitted alongsid original works from the likes of Dotmasters, D*Face, Eine, Mantis, Matt Small, Swoon, Nick walker, Peter Kennard, Cat Picton Philips, Ron English, Herakut, Jamie Reid, Andrew Mcattee, Charming Baker, Robert Sample, Elbowtoe, Hush, Pure Evil, Julian Opie, Miss Bugs, Modern Toss, Ruth Marten, Dan Baldwin, Peter Blake, Logan Hicks, Armsrock, Cyclops, Beejoir, Chris Stain, Labrona, Antony Lister, Copyright, Gaia, K Guy, James Mylne, Eelus, SPQR, Neverwork, LET, Dog Byte, Static, Jef Aerosol, The Krah, Pam Glew, Mr Jago, C215, Part2ism, Tony Gray, David Walker, RYCA, Dr D, Mighty Monkey, Ame72, Christophe Remy, Rene Gagnon, Zac Walsh, Bandit, Blek Le Rat, oliver Winconek.
All works will be sold in usual fashion and not auctioned. Fore more info visit BRP directly here.
From 6pm on Tuesday June 17, Dreweatts is holding the first Urban Art sale to be held by a UK regional auctioneer at Village Underground, Shoreditch.
As well as hauling together works from all the usual suspects like Banksy, Faile, Micallef, D‐Face, Nick Walker, Eine, Swoon, Paul Insect, Adam Neate, Beejoir, Matt Small, Blek Le Rat, Seen, Lucy Mclaughlin and Goldie, the sale will also showcase a number of newly executed works by the likes of Inkie, Dicy, Mudwig, Graham Paris, Eko, Silent Hobo, Dr D, Jim Starr, Motorboy, Mau Mau, Guy Denning, Cyclops, Adam Koukoudakis, Flx, Pinky, Dora, Mr Jago, Rowdy, DBO, Kev Munday, Eelus, Hine, Tinho, Titi Freak, Carlos Dias, Ramon Martins and SPQR .
All works going under the hammer are on show at the Ultra Lounge in London (from now until June 1), at the Paintworks Gallery in Bristol (June 5 – 10) and finally at Village Underground (June 13 – 17).
For more info visit the Urban Art Fair here
Source: Gawker.com
Banksy: millionaire street artist, fierce cultural critic, celebrity darling of the art world. The man’s prestige has been immeasurably enhanced by his anonymity. He insists on it, and it gives him an air of mystery that only increases his allure to the media, fans, and collectors alike. An alleged photo of him was widely circulated last year, but it certainly didn’t result in his real name being printed in his omnipresent media coverage. Those in his inner circle insist on strict concealment of his identity. Theories, of course, abound. But today, Bucky Turco at Animal NY believes he’s stumbled upon Banksy’s true identity. Combined with some corroborating evidence we got ourselves, the case is plausible—though far from proven. Now this would be big news:
This morning, we got a tip about a sighting of Banksy painting on the side of Thunder Jacksons in NYC. Bucky Turco went and took pictures of the work. Shortly afterwards, Gothamist and others proclaimed that the piece was in fact by Nick Walker(pictured)—another well known stencil artist from Bristol, England.
Well.
The piece at Thunder Jacksons is by Nick Walker. You can see the theme in his own photos on Flickr. Our own original tipster wrote in to say, “I stand corrected. It wasn’t Banksy – it was Nick Walker…the pics of the artwork show a signature that happens to be Nick Walker’s. Youtube has some videos of Nick Walker working and he is the guy who was at TJ’s last night.”
But, asked for more information, the same tipster added this: “While he was outside doing his stencil sombody asked if he was banksy and he said he was.”
Nick Walker said he was Banksy. [This is also corroborated by Gawker commenter chickenjungle, a.k.a. Abbe Diaz, here. She says she was at Thunder Jacksons last night and heard Walker say the same thing]. With that in mind, allow us to quote liberally from Bucky Turco’s just-posted item at Animal NY:
According to a waitress at the newly stenciled Thunder Jackson restaurant, who witnessed Banksy painting the wall last night, “the whole thing took him about 15 minutes.” When asked if she was positive it was Banksy, she emphatically stated “yes,” and then awkwardly added, “Banksy is Nick Walker, they are the same person. Oops, I don’t think I was supposed to say that.” When pressed on why Banksy would use different names, she spilled, “He uses that identity because of visa and passport issues.” The waitress added that Banksy is going to make a big announcement about his identity but not while he’s in town, “He has a whole master PR plan, but he’s waiting till he leaves the country.”
Wow. If true.
Walker is often described as a predecessor, friend, and/ or rival of Banksy, and has certainly benefited from Banksy’s publicity himself. He told Bloomberg last month:
Walker said that he had got know Banksy in Bristol, western England, in the late 1990s when he was invited to be part of the “Walls on Fire” group of graffiti artists.“We don’t talk too much now,” he said.
Now let’s run through the case against this theory. It started with an unsolicited tip. It has only a handful of sources. Theoretically, any of them could be lying, exaggerating, or misinformed. But it’s worth noting that none of them have any readily apparent reason for making any of this up. We’d be happy to hear some art experts weigh in on Nick Walker vs. Banksy from a technical angle; but the similarities in their styles are obvious and unmistakable.
So, smart people: is Nick Walker Banksy?
