BRISTOLIAN AND WORLD LEADING STREET ARTIST TO AUCTION PIECES FOR CHARITY

Nick Walker, world-reknowned sellout artist and infamous player in Bristol's graffiti revolution of the 80s, is to donate some of his work the Mad Hatter's Ball and Art Auction in aid of Art Action for Kids in Bristol.

With an inate ability to mix beautiful delicacy and humour with the most hard hitting of political and religious messages, Walker's artwork has become highly desirable and sought after the world over, with sellout art shows from LA to London to Paris.

Notably the 'Walls on Fire' graffiti artist sold £750,000 worth of paintings and prints within hours at the start of his first one-man U.K show, back in 2008.

Walker's contribution to the Art Auction and is hoped to bring them one step closer to reaching their £500,000 charitable target.

For more information on Bristol's Mad Hatter's Ball, email info@madhattersball.co.uk.

 Striking examples of Walker's work:

 

BANKSY makes his mark in Devon

An 8ft-high mural of a young boy drawing a robot was discovered splayed across a wall of the Grosvenor Hotel, Torquay, by the hotel's owners on Monday morning.

The owners first thought it was some local graffiti (impressive!), but after people started raising their Banksy-esque suspicions the hotel boarded it up for protection and are planning to cover it in Perspex so that people can see it.

Although Banksy hasn't officially confirmed the work as his own he has since posted a picture of it on his website... hmm!

Me likes a lot.

On a similar note, if you're interested in the underground works and thoughts of some of the worlds best street artists you MUST (if you haven't already) watch the Banksy Film 'Exit Through the Gift Shop'... in it's own sardonic words; 'the incredible true story of how the greatest graffiti film of all time was never made'. In my own; hilarious, exciting and insightful, yet as irreverent as it is revealing...

 

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