Here’s some shots of the work on display and the launch:

After the show was the after-party- ‘Tights & Leggings’ held in the most amazing building in all of Warsaw:

Seriously! It was held here! But due to the amounts of vodka consumed it really is best i don’t show any pictures…..

For those that didn’t make the party Pigeon Promotions and Recoat Gallery put out these three mixtapes from the DJ’s of the night:

MIXTAPE 1DJ KOKORO                           MIXTAPE 2 RAD ONE                     MIXTAPE 3 SUPRA 1

Click the links to enjoy.

Thanks once again to Pigeon Promotions, Recoat Gallery, Dr Sneaker, -Ali, Amy, Theo, Jakub, Mateusz, Radek, Maciej, Lukasz and Kasia, Franek, Jowita, Gabi, Ewa, Ania, Ciocia Kasia, Teezy Schmeezy, Chikuma Tsuboi for the great times and awesome polish hospitality!!

Will post full info soon.

Its been a while- but those that have been following my blog for a while know i love a good give-away!

Look back at past competition entries here

Well this time you have a pretty exclusive prize up for grabs!

As a final celebration of my collaboration with VNA magazine we are giving away the baseball bat that features on the cover. Since the shoot i have hand painted the bat and now it can be yours….this is probably the only baseball bat i will ever paint so this is a pretty unique piece of art to be won!

To win all you have to do is tell us in 200 words or less:

Why do you want to win this bat?

Please email your entries to: info@insaland.com

And the best answer as chosen by us will win! Additional photos/drawings submitted with your answers will be considered and probably majorly increase your chance of winning.

Five runners up will also be chosen and get a copy of the mag!

DEADLINE IS 25th MAY

GOOD LUCK!

Must credit James at www.burningeye.com.au for the awesome photo and cover image!

A lady by the name of ‘AstroWifey’ emailed to show off her INSA tribute nails!

Pretty RAD!

See her blog HERE

She will of course be getting a tee and goodies in the post.

If any of you think you can do better- with some sick ass INSA nails or any other original INSA tribute, send over pics and good ones will get hooked up!

Yesterday i uncovered an old box of stuff and found a bunch of things from my time in prison…

In a couple of months it will have been 10 years since i was locked up in HMP Brixton for vandalism.

I thought i would share a little bit of it on here. Below is a drawing i did while taking a crap:

All i could do to pass the time was drawing- although the only things i could get my hands on were biros, lined paper and shitty felt tips.

It turned out drawing was quite a desirable commodity so i ended up doing a good trade of girlfriends names and naked lady sketches in exchange for magazines, weed and biscuits!

Below are a few of the drawings i kept:

Cos i only had a few dry felt tips and i didn’t want to use them up i coloured everything in this dotty pointillism style.

As soon as i was released i went on to use this dotty style in my painting for a while, which i would never have done if it wasn’t for all those days and crappy felt tip pens- so i guess contrary to my primary beliefs there are benefits to sending non violent graffiti artists to jail……….

Here is a recent private commission i painted….

‘Dunk-Hi’

Spray paint, marker on canvas- 80cm x 110cm 2010

Untitled

1980s white leyland van, black and gold spray-paint- South London 2010

At the launch party 100 special edition magazines will be available. Another 50 have been put into normal circulation so keep you eyes peeled and you could be lucky enough to find one!
These 150 feature hand screen printed cover

are signed,

and come with very special INSA x VNA lighters and stickers!!!!

3 different lighters to collect!!

If you unable to make the party please contact VERY NEARLY ALMOST to get your copy!
Or you can go here get your hands on a standard VNA issue 11HERE

VNA Issue 11 on Vimeo.