Studio Journal 4

This piece was painted by David Walker for the opening night of King of paint, a new spray paint shop close to the Bear Pitt.

This is Niels Shoe Meulman's (also known as Shoe) piece for 'See no Evil'. He is an internationally known artist and graphic designer. He was born and raised in Amsterdam, Netherlands where he is also based

This is Nick Walker's monumental piece from 'See no Evil' - An Urban art project that took place August 2011.

This is one of the most viewed Banksy pieces located at the bottom of  Park Street.

Whist walking around Bristol I noticed all the different types of graffiti including some of Banksy's art work which seems to be one of the main attractions of Bristol. In relation to this I have created a graffiti themed title page in my sketch book. I did this by drawing out the letters in black marker pen and then cutting them out of the page. I then stuck down a map of Bristol on the next page so that it was behind the lettering.

Banksy

  Banksy is a graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter. Banksy's work was born out of the Bristol underground scene which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Banksy started out as a freehand graffiti artist as one of Bristol's DryBreadZ Crew (DBZ). From the start he used stencils as elements of his freehand pieces, too. By 2000 he had turned to the art of stencilling after realizing how much less time it took to complete a piece.

Stencil on the waterline of Thekla, an entertainment boat in central Bristol. The image of Death is based on a 19th century etching illustrating the pestilence of The Great Stink.

Banksy's stencils feature striking and humorous images occasionally combined with slogans. The message is usually anti-war, anti-capitalist or anti-establishment. Subjects often include rats, apes, policemen, soldiers, children, and the elderly. 

Banksy's first film, Exit Through the Gift Shop, billed as "the world's first street art disaster movie," made its debut at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The film was released in the UK on 5 March 2010. In January 2011, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary for the film. 

Trailer Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTlm6dU2xHk