After two sell out shows with Weapon of Choice Gallery and various group shows in Bristol and London I felt it was time to embark on my most ambitious show to date. Anything art related in Bristol tends to fall into two categories; small up-and-coming street art galleries like WOC, Upfest and King of Paint with a strong underground following or more sober, grown up affairs at ‘up-market’ galleries. I sat down with Mike Bennett and Joe Young from See No Evil Gallery to discuss this rather limiting division – what did people really want from a show?
The incredible Art from the New World show at the Bristol City Museum and of course the now infamous Banksy Show at the same venue successfully conjoined art and an event in one but as a result they divided the art world I inhabit – the hardcore guys hated the pretension and the arty crowd disliked the ‘street’ element.