ART FOR AFRICA TEMWA PRESENTS
CONTEMPORARY URBAN ART AUCTION
SATURDAY 24TH MAY FEATURING WORK BY WORLD-RENOWNED ARTISTS AS WELL AS LOCAL UP & COMING TALENT, RAISING MONEY FOR TEMWA’S SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS IN MALAWI, AFRICA.
ATTIC BAR
STOKES CROFT // BRISTOL . VIEWING FROM 6PM AUCTION STARTS AT 8PM PROMPT
ART FOR AFRICA 2014 Art for Africa is an annual Bristol auction in aid of Temwa - an organisation working to support the rural communities of northern Malawi. The auction provides vital funds to enable us to continue our work. Fundraising to start Temwa began in 2001 and lasted until 2003. During those two years it was incredible to witness the kindness & generosity of the creative community in Bristol who raised the majority of funding needed to get Temwa off the ground - over 80% of the income to start Temwa came from music & art events in Bristol. The first art auction in aid of Temwa (formerly Temwenani) was held at the Tobacco Factory in August 2003. Many of the artists, who have been involved since the beginning, did not know Sophie &Jo, they just trusted that these two women from Bristol were going to do the right thing with the funds that they helped to raise. That trust really meant a lot, and the Temwa founders ensured that every penny was carefully managed. By the end of 2003 Sophie & Jo travelled to Malawi to start Temwa’s first project the building of a community centre whilst training brick layers. As Temwa has grown and developed so too have the careers of those artists who supported Temwa in the early days. Today these artists still support us and they have never forgotten Temwa as a charity that they helped to start. The artist connection was cemented even more when FLX went to work on a community art project with Temwa in Malawi in 2011. So now here we are, 11 years on and Temwa has really developed as an organisation! We aim to fight poverty, hunger and disease by running projects in a number of key areas including; agriculture, microfinance, health education and schools support. Our projects reach a community of 40,000 people across a network of 89 villages. Each piece in the 2014 collection has been donated, meaning all the money raised goes directly to Temwa. We are hugely grateful to all of the generous artists, the sponsors and volunteers for making this event possible. We truly could not be more appreciative for the hard work and dedication that all involved have put in to ensure its success.
TEMWA Founded in 2003 Temwa works in a remote area of rural northern Malawi. Nkhata Bay Northis a network of 89 villages with a population of 39,000. These isolated communities live here with limited electricity, no running water and high levels of HIV & AIDS. With impassable muddy roads in the rainy season and a ferry that only arrives here once a week, the Malawian government has admitted that these people’s needs are being neglected. Temwa aims to fight poverty, hunger and disease. Whilst our projects aim to benefit every member of the communities we serve, we focus on specifically reaching vulnerable families - those affected by HIV & AIDS, female - or child headed households, or families hosting orphans. Temwa has grown organically from the needs identified by the communities we serve. This has resulted in a range of holistic and interconnected projects covering different programme areas including; agriculture, skills and entrepreneurial training, health education and schools support. We train villagers to grow a variety of vegetables and fruit to improve the nutrition in their diet. We plant trees to combat the devastating effects of deforestation. We run HIV testing clinics and work to combat the stigma surrounding those who test positive. We build school blocks and fund students through their secondary school education. But crucially, these projects are driven by the communities we serve. We believe that they must remain at the centre of all that we do. All decisions made and project developments are led by the communities themselves. We aim to provide the resources to enable these people to lift themselves out of poverty and create lasting change for their own future. 2014 marks the ten years since we have been in Malawi, after Jo and Sophie raised the first £25,000. It also marks the 10th anniversary since the opening of Temwa’s community centre in Usisya, which saw the training of 14 bricklayers, a huge milestone for the organisation.
To find out how you can get involved with these celebrations visit www.temwa.org
INFORMATION The Attic Bar, Stokes Croft, Bristol Saturday 24th May 2014 Viewing starts 6pm. Auction starts 8pm To register for the sale and for general enquiries, please contact: Katherine Lewis - 07765 256817 or alternatively email katherine@temwa.org BUYING AT ART FOR AFRICA There are three ways you can bid at this auction: in person, by phone, or by leaving a reserve/absentee bid. Please make arrangements before the sale if necessary. BIDDING IN PERSON You do not need to register; you can just turn up at the event to bid. Your details will be taken after you have placed a successful bid on a piece of art. You will be expected to pay for the art when you collect it or once it has been delivered after the event. Alternatively, you can pay by cash or card on the night; in which case you can take your purchase home with you. Cash or cheque payments are acceptable. Payments can be taken by credit card on the night, although a small credit card fee will be applicable. RESERVE BIDS The Art for Africa team will execute bids on your behalf if you are unable to attend the sale. Reserve (or absentee) bids are accepted either in person or can be sent by telephone, emailkatherine@temwa.org The Art For Africa team or Temwa does not accept liability for failing to execute reserve bids, or for any errors or omissions. PHONE BIDDING This can be arranged and the phone bid will take place live on the night, please contact katherine@temwa. orgif you would like to arrange this. LIVE INTERNET BIDDING This will not be possible at this event PAYMENT If you are a successful bidder, payment will be accepted by debit card issued by a UK bank, in cash, by bank transfer or by all major credit cards, although please note we’re unable to take American Express. Payment may also be made by Sterling personal cheques drawn on a UK bank account. COLLECTION OR DELIVERY Before being able to collect your purchases you are required to pay the hammer price. If you are not collecting art on the night, you will be given a receipt. Please obtain this receipt acknowledging payment. Collection of the purchased lots can be arranged the following day at the venue. The artwork can also be posted, but full postage and packing costs will be charged to the successful bidder. FURTHER INFORMATION The colours printed in this catalogue are not necessarily a true reflection of the actual item. Entry to the event is free.
WEAPON OF CHOICE
Weapon of Choice started out as a monthly live graffiti and hip hop night, inviting some of Bristol’s finest artists to paint in front of a live audience at the beginning of 2007. Within the space of just 18 months, the name became central to the burgeoning Bristol graffiti and street art scene, with the night hosting a who’s who of up and coming and established graffiti writers. This reputation led to the opening of the first Weapon of Choice Gallery space on St Michaels Hill in 2009. Brought about as a showcase for the talents of the regions, most sought after graffiti, street artists and illustrators, it became a hub for both the artist and the fan. Solo and group exhibitions allowed people to rub shoulders, collaborate and share their passion for their craft. It also allowed a multitude of people who had previously plied their trade illegally to move their activity into the open. In May 2011, the gallery moved to Bristol’s popular retail area, Park Street. Involvement with international street art festival ‘See No Evil’ and blossoming regional festival ‘Brisfest’ has ensured that Weapon of Choice is now widely recognised as a key torchbearers of graffiti and street art in the area and beyond. Weapon of Choice has been supporting Temwa in a number of ways over the years, by linking up Temwa with artists, Cheba (Director) has donated numerous pieces of artwork over the years, plus as a sponsor we always help promote the event to our networks. www.weaponofchoicegallery.co.uk
UPFEST
The Upfest Gallery, Bedminster; Bristol’s most diverse range of original and printed contemporary art, street art & graffiti inspired artwork, also offering framing, t-shirts, POSCA markers and over 350 colours of spray paint. The gallery doubles up as Upfest HQ whilst we host The Urban Paint Festival, Europe’s largest urban arts festival attracting over 300 artists and 20,000 visitors. Bristol enjoys a combination of a vibrant community of free spirited street artists, many legal painting walls and a very compliant local authority. This has helped Bristol become recognised as the capital city of street art in the UK and the natural home for Upfest - Europe’s premier live street art festival. The likes of Bristol born artists such as Banksy, Inkie & Cheo have demonstrated how urban and contemporary art can engage vastnumbers of the general public. Upfest is now an integral part of this movement and is helping to support a new generation of urban and contemporary artists. Although we will be taking a break in 2014 from our annual festival, you’re still be able to get your yearly dose of street art magic from the Upfest arena at this year’s VolksFest (6th until 8th of June), visit our website for tickets. The Upfest Gallery, 198 North Street, is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am until 6pm and Sunday 11am until 4pm or visit our website www.upfest.co.uk The Upfest crew is very pleased to be supporting Temwa’s ‘Art for Africa’ event, an amazing group of artists getting together for a such a great cause, best of luck to all involved. www.upfest.co.uk
LONDON WESTBANK GALLERY The London Westbank is a contemporary art gallery based in Notting Hill. With an eclectic collection of artists’ embracing the distinguished, the controversial and the cool; Westbank pride themselves on displaying energetic and exciting work from well-established and emerging talent alike. 2013’s highlights were vast, including award winning exhibitions abroad with sister company Urban in Ibiza at Ocean Beach, Atzaro and Ibiza Rocks. We were fortunate enough to exhibit at the prestigious Henley Festival, The International Summit and Moniker Arts fair, as well as orchestrating high profile art commissions with glossy magazines such as Global brand ‘Pacha’. 2013 solo shows included POSCA urban artist of the year My Dog Sighs, Pahnl, Art is Tra$h, Copyright, Mr Brainwash, CHEO and Mark Bode. Dedication to charitable community work remains integral, recent collaborations include work with Hepatitis C, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Age Concern, Temwa and The Last Night a DJ Saved my Life Foundation. It is with LNDJ earlier this year that we launched our new Arts Charity on which this ground breaking event is based; Smile Britannia’. Smile Britannia was a charity launched in March 2013 at the Houses of Parliament with the Last Night a DJ Saved my Life Foundation. Dedicated to the use of Art as a tool for social regeneration and community; Smile Britannia aim to provide an accessible education to London’s youth in urban and street art. Using world class graffiti and contemporary artists we will teach youths cutting edge artistic techniques and styles, making a profession in ‘Art’ a viable career option for later life. In December 2013, London Westbank along with Last Night a DJ Saved My Life Foundation and Temwa hosted a ground breaking art auction fundraiser for Smile Britannia. A collection of 36 unique pieces were created on the theme ‘What Makes You Smile About Britain’. The collection went under the hammer at the Houses of Parliament, raising over £80,000 for the three charities. www.londonwestbankgallery.com
CO-LAB
Selling the work of over 100 local artists and businesses, Co-LAB provides ‘a window in Bristol’s independent art scene’. For the last year, the shop has been based on Nelson Street, a bastion of independent spirit in the commercial hub of the city centre. The shop reflects this location: a community minded centre for arts and interest. Moving on from this area after a successful twelve months, the shop is soon to re-emerge in Broadmead, with the new building housing a larger group of artistic businesses. From there, it will continue its work on a larger scale: working with more local artists, reaching more people and allowing more people to sell their work. Head down there to say hello, and gain an insight into Bristol’s thriving creative scene. www.bristolcolab.com
PRSC
Since 2007 PRSC has worked to promote civil liberty with particular focus on public space. Sweeping, painting and speaking out are all a part of their resistance to zealous regulation of independent initiative. Their lead has encouraged others to do the same and as a result the area has become a hub of confident creative dissent. Stokes Croft China is PRSC’s principal income generator. Whilst money remains tight, complete autonomy is maintained without funding. All workers are volunteers and all money from the sale of china goes towards running, among other things, a well equipped painters’ yard which facilitates much of the extraordinary street art unique to the area. www.prsc.org.uk
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TEMWA WILL BE DRAWING A RAFFLE ON THE EVENING. TICKETS WILL COST £1 EACH, PRIZES ARE; 1st Prize Will Barras original, hand painted skate deck. Mixed medium on wood. 2nd Prize Framed Inkie print 3rd Prize Framed Shelby Mansell photograph
LIVE PAINTING ON THE NIGHT There will be live painting in the courtyard of the venue on the day, taking place from 6-9pm. Artists painting will include Epok, 3Dom, Mr Jago, Greg Minto, China Mike, Lokey, Sepr and more! Artists will work on collaborative pieces and, let’s face it, we all enjoy watching some of the UK’s most talented artists creating pieces in front of our eyes. All artwork created will be sold at the end of the auction. Many Thanks go to Pieminster who will ensure that these artists are fed throughout the evening.
FLX Lot no: 1 Title of Work: Madiba Mandela Dimensions:42cm x 59.4cm Medium: Framed artist proof screenprint Estimated value: £100 Felix ‘FLX’ Braun is a local legend, who has been painting graffiti since the mid 80s. Involved with Temwa since 2003, he visited and worked with Temwa education projects in Malawi in 2011, after undertaking a monumental ‘drawathon’, drawing for 24 hours non-stop, to raise funds and awareness of Temwa’s work. He has also written books on the local graffiti and street art scene (Children Of The Can, Pt.1 & 2, Tangent Books, 2008 and 2012) and is co-director of local aerosol murals company Paintsmiths Of Bristol. The piece he has contributed to this year’s Art For Africa is an artist’s proof of his latest print celebrating the life of Nelson “Madiba” Mandela. The print evokes the one-time South African President’s earlier life as a revolutionary firebrand. Madiba was Nelson’s clan name; the name South Africans referred to him by; and the name they chanted in their hundreds of thousands when he passed away. (Produced in conjunction with PRSC and printed by Jacknife Posters and Mark My Words Screen Printing).
Dan Yeo Lot no: 2 Title of Work: Hope Dimensions: 60 x 40 plus frame Medium: Framed digital C41 print Estimated value: £75 Dan Yeo is very much part of the Temwa family. At the end of a year-long communications internship he went to work in Malawi, to visit Temwa’s projects and spend time with the people who are benefitting from our work. Through interviews and photographs Dan has built a picture of the people of Usisya and the hope they have for the future.
Mary Collett Lot no’s: 3, 4 & 5 Title of Work: The Well Dressed Wolf I, II, III Dimensions:28.2cm x 37.8cm Medium: Hand Printed Lino prints on Somerset paper with chine colle wallpaper / beano comic Estimated value: £45 each A Bristol printmaker based at Spike Island, Mary is a regular exhibitor each year with the North Bristol Artists. She has exhibited several times at the Royal West of England Academy, including a show in 2010 called ‘Four’ in which Mary was one of the four artists involved. Nominated by Venue magazine as one of the 6 ‘emerging artists’ from the 2007 RWA open exhibition, Mary has also exhibited her prints in galleries and cafes around Bristol and in the Affordable Art Fair.
Andy Council Lot no: 6 Title of Work: LondiniumDrakos (The London Dragon) – Unique printers proof Dimensions: 50 x 40 Medium: Archival pigment print on 310gsm fine art stock. Hand signed and dated by artist. Estimated value: £100 Andy Council is an artist, maker and illustrator based in Bristol UK. His work takes inspiration from the city and other urban landscapesand is a highly individual, detailed amalgamation of architecture,structure and character. Creatures, usually dinosaurs, are made up ofsmaller components such as buildings, landmarks, cars and tanks. His work is mostly drawing based but he is also a very active artist inthe Street Art scene producing large scale spray painted murals of hisbeasts. His work also takes the form of painting, multimedia and sculpture. He has exhibited internationally and has work in BristolCity Museum’s permanent collection. www.andycouncil.co.uk
Scott Barden Lot no: 7 Title of Work: Across the Rooftops, Totterdown Dimensions: 22.9cm x 17.8cm Medium: Oil painting made into a giclee print from photo. Limited edition of 100, signed by artist Estimated value: ÂŁ50 Scott Buchanan Barden creates expressionist oil paintings using thick, bright colours. Many of his images depict scenes from Bristol either on canvas or as a giclee print or as a mural. www.scottbardenart.com
Shelby Mansell Lot no: 8 Title of Work: The Pier Dimensions: 51 x 41 plus frame Medium: Digital framed print Estimated value: £100 Born in Australia, Shelby was given her first camera for her 8th birthday and has been taking photographs ever since. She has a fascination with capturing fleeting, quiet moments in time and during her three years studying for a degree in Documentary Photography at University Of Wales College, Newport, she was able to travel to America and Eastern Europe making work around the concept of innocence, loneliness and lost childhood. Shelby’s images have been exhibited as part of the Telegraph Travel Photographer of the Year and the Sunday Times Ian Parry Award. Now based in Bristol, Shelby concentrates on portraiture within her local community.
Keith Lot no: 9 Title of Work: Fanning the Flames Dimensions: 60cm x 60cm Medium: Stencilled spray paint on canvas Estimated value: £150 Keith moved to Bristol in 2005 and found himself in a city full of great music, art and culture. In 2011, whilst on a career break, and influenced by the great art that surrounded him in the streets, he decided to teach himself to paint using the ”Bristol Style”, the medium of spray paint. Keith mostly paints scenes from the streets that inspired him in the first place - distinctive buildings,important moments in time and the individuals that make up what is the essence of the fantastic city that is Bristol. He helps out at the Stokes Croft art gallery “It’s all 2 much” and thanks to the encouragement from the guys there - Chris, Mark, Jim and Jules - he exhibits and sells his work.
Jim Starr Lot no: 10 Title of Work: Marilyn Dimensions: 36.6cm x 60.8cm Medium:Mixed media on canvas Estimated value: £250 - £300 Jim’s use of pop culture and pin-up imagery is guaranteed to inspire anyone who loves the louche and the lowbrow. His work fuels the spirit and strikes a chord in the soul, continuing to resonate long after the first glance.After an initial brush with spray stencilling in the mid-90’s, Jim’s eye was drawn to screen printing. Using a mixture of original screen printed material, his own photography, freehand drawings and found collage, Jim creates unique and sometimes complex hand-pulled prints, with no two turning out the same. Jim’s bigger images are printed onto canvas and reworked and refined using acrylics and spray paint.His current work reveals his borderline obsession with timeless and universal icons. These easy-on-the-eye images skilfully offer an entry point into a complex world which offers much more than first appears. Jim’s love of travel and his insatiable appetite for all that is lo-fi flows through his images. East meets West, white trash snuggles up with the glitterati, good battles evil and much more in-between.As well as numerous solo and group shows in London and Bristol, Jim has painted and drawn on location worldwide and was an Expedition Artist for BSES Expeditions on four occasions. His work also appears on T-shirts, clothing, club flyers, records sleeves and canvases.Jim is represented in Bristol by the See No Evil gallery and It’s All 2 Much Art Gallery.
MKWF Lot no: 11 Title of Work: Land of the Free, 2014 Dimensions: 32.4cm x 42.2cm Medium: Spraypaint on paper Estimated value: ÂŁ200 MKWF is a Bristol based painter who works in stencil, screen print and freehand. It can take a long time to get from A to B as I stop to photograph and observe forms in the cityscape both deliberate and random. Nature also features heavily within my work: Badgers Nature Not Nuisance please visit www.mkwf.co.uk
Andrew Burns Colwill Lot no: 12 Title of Work: What the Bus Driver Saw Dimensions: 50cm x 80 cm Medium: Framed, Giclee Print on 315gsm Innova Art Paper - Artist Proof signed by the Artist & the Bus Driver! Estimated value: £150 - £200 The Artwork of Andrew Burns Colwill (British, b.1957) A fine artist of fifty years, Andrew’s artwork adorns homes around the world where it delivers layers of hidden meanings within his technically brilliant work. His complex history adds a rawness and reality check that the viewer can stumble across as other elements of his work draws you in.
Kiran Chahal Lot no: 13 Title of Work: Untitled Dimensions: 52 x 42 Medium: Unique hand finished print Estimated value: ÂŁ80 My aim is to create work saturated in colour, which adds warmth and feeds the imagination, which entertains, reassures, enlivens, celebrates, educates, and, when necessary, diverts attention.Within all my projects I look for as much user involvement as possible, as I believe the experience has instant rewards (pride, empowerment, a sense of ownership of the space), which is heightened in settings where users can feel powerless and detached from their surroundings. As my images show, my public artwork is shaped around the possibilities of the surroundings, and it is usually within the limitations of a space that I thrive, finding imaginative ways to transform impersonal environments. In most cases, my work is designed to integrate with the fabric of the building, winding around fittings and fixtures, trailing from walls and onto ceilings.
Scot Burgoyne Lot no: 14 Title of Work: Untitled Dimensions: Various Medium: Original, one off designed china tea pot, cups and saucers Estimated value: £150 - £200 Scot is an artist living and working in Bristol. His work is exhibited all over Bristol including Room 212 Gallery and PRSC gallery. I take my inspiration from music, film and the powerful imagery found in propaganda posters and sculpture, such as those from the Soviet era. The Pop Artists have also influenced my painting, particularly Peter Blake, Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns. This unique piece of fine china has been created by Scot and kindly donated to Temwa by Stokes Croft China, part of the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft.
Claire Marie Diaz Lot no: 15 Title of Work: Untitled Dark Dimensions: 61 x 90 Medium: Oil on Canvas Estimated value: ÂŁ90 My focus over the last few years has centered on painting and psychoanalysis, and the interaction between these two activities. Donald Winnicott, a founder member of The Independent Tradition in psychoanalysis says: “It is in playing, and only in playing that the individual child or adult is able to be creative and to use the whole personality, and it is only in being creative that the individual discovers the selfâ€? My painting has allowed me to recover a capacity for play, lost since childhood, and allowed my creativity an expression in my paintings. I painted for many years exclusively in oils until recently when I started playing with inks and discovered that the vibrancy and subtlety of the colours and the fluidity of the materials allow evocative yet abstract images to emerge onto the canvas which are exciting and satisfying. I prefer to leave my paintings open to the understanding and interpretation of each individual person who looks at them. It is the creativity of the the other, the viewer, I want to provoke rather than offer something finished and complete in itself.
Claire Marie Diaz Lot no: 16 Title of Work: Untitled Brown Dimensions: 30.6 x 61.4 Medium: Oil on canvas Estimated value: ÂŁ80
Jillo Wisternoff Lot no: 17 Title of Work: Rainbow Keyboard Dimensions: 19.9 x 60.1 cm Medium: Emulsion paint on canvas Estimated value: £80 I am a Bristol based artist with 2 talented musician sons, who paints pictures about music and colour.
Deams Lot no: 18 Title of work: ‘Be Nice’ Dimensions: 61cm x 30.8cm Medium: Acrylic/Posca/Spraypaint Value: £150 ‘Spray it don’t say it’
Thom (Tafika Arts) Lot no: 19 Title of Work: Ilala Scene Dimensions: 46 x 35.5 Medium: Framed mixed media on canvas Estimated value: £60 Thom is based in Usisya, one of the communities where Temwa works, and comes from a family of artists. Over the last few years Thom along with his family have worked with Temwa on a number of community art projects; In 2011 Bristol artist Felix ‘FLX’ Braun undertook a community art project in Malawi, this project saw Thom, FLX and a group of artists from the community complete several murals in and around the Usisya Community Centre. The pictures submitted are of the community of Usisya and the beautiful 1930’s Glaswegian ferry called the Ilala This ferry circles Lake Malawi and is a lifeline to the remote lakeshore communities that it reaches. In Usisya the llala arrives on a Sunday, it then travels further north and returns on a Mondayheading south back to the town of Nkhata Bay, taking a week to make the round trip. The arrival of the ferry is a highlight in the week for many community members.
Thom (Tafika Arts) Lot no: 20 Title of Work: Elephants Dimensions: 46 x 36 Medium: Framed mixed media on canvas Estimated value: ÂŁ60
Thom (Tafika Arts) Lot no: 21 Title of Work: Ilala Sunset Dimensions: 62 x 35 Medium: Mixed media on canvas Estimated value: ÂŁ60
Thom (Tafika Arts) Lot no: 22 Title of Work: Zebras Dimensions: 46 x 35 Medium: Mixed media on canvas Estimated value: ÂŁ60
Bex Glover Lot no: 23 Title of Work: Melting Dimensions: 60.5cm x76cm Medium:Spray paint/acrylic Estimated value: ÂŁ200 Bex Glover is a Bristol based artist, creating contemporary, nature inspired artwork with an urban edge. Bex also works as an illustrator & graphic designer, running freelance design practice Severn Studios. Bex Glover Lot no: 24 Title of Work: Hover Dimensions:20 x 80 Medium: Spray paint/acrylic Estimated value: ÂŁ80
45 RPM Lot no: 25 Title of Work: Tiger Flash Dimensions: 45 x 61 Medium: Acrylic and spray paint on wood Estimated value: £250 45RPM is a member of the WHAT collective, who are part of Bristol’s vibrant art scene. Sketchbooks are integral to his work: he uses them to store odd items, which he collects day-today and then integrates into his drawings, creating interesting juxtapositions. “Chalk and cheese is my drawing style, messy old backgrounds with clean lines... I sketch until I hate 5 things I have drawn, but love one.” His books are packed with ephemera: wallpaper, photos, shopping lists, old adverts, and newspapers. If he finds something stained, torn or faded, it goes in his sketchbook. The collage aesthetic runs throughout his work: “If I like a page from my sketchbook, I will replicate it on canvas. Sometimes only a bit will change. I take as much time on a sketchbook piece as I do on a canvas for a show.”
Mau Mau Lot no: 26 Title of Work: Untitled Dimensions: 24cm x 30.2cm Medium: Spraypaint and acrylic on canvas Estimated value: ÂŁ300-400 UK artist, Mau Mau, has been painting street pieces for the past 15 years. Combining stencils and free hand, his languid style and distinctive characters make his work instantly recognisable. Constantly painting, all over the world, Mau Mau art brightens up spots from Bangkok klongs to Hackney canals, Glastonbury festival to the Trenchtown frontier and Devon barns to the Berlin Wall. One of the street art talents to gain recognition in the wake of the Banksy frenzy, Mau Mau has never been one to shy away from big issues. His designs document the times and come wrapped in dark humour. His canvasses have been auctioned at Sothebys and Bonhams and his print releases sell out within minutes.
Rich T Lot no: 27 Title of Work: Untitled Dimensions: 41 x 51 cm Medium: Spraypaint on canvas Estimated value: £200 RichT moved to Bristol in 2002 and started the “”WHAT”” crew with 45RPM, He has been developing his style in the cityever since. Equally at home painting on the street or doing more traditional pen and ink illustration work. Often dark but always fun with bold lines and bright colours. RichT explores the lighter side of the dark side.
SPzero76 Lot no: 28 Title of Work: False Idols Dimensions:61cm x91cm Medium: Acrylic, emulsion, spray paint & posca Estimated value: £420 SPZero76 is an illustrator and street artist based in Bristol, UK. Some of his recent clients include Posca, Rip Curl, Red Bull, Mambo, Boulogne Council, Imperial Tobacco, The Bristol Old Vic and Peavey. SPZero76 has a varied portfolio, which includes magazine art, wall art, album covers, flyers, computer game art, corporate illustration, children’s trading cards and t-shirt designs. He also produces live art for businesses, festivals and club nights and has been involved in many successful exhibitions at galleries throughout Europe. SPZero76 is part of the Lost Souls street art collective with Squirl, Captain Kris and Si Mitchell and also part of the Cretin collective.
Lot 29 Title of Work: Captain Riks Size: Print – 42.5 x 52.5 cm T Shirt - Mens large Medium: Print - 4 colour screen print, framed and signed. Unique Artists Proof of limited run of 10 prints, none of which are available to purchase. Medium TShirt: Unique screen printed t shirt, number 21 of a run of 20 limited edition T-Shirts. This is the only tee with the print on the front of the shirt. Estimated Value - £125 RAW and KTK crews’ Mr Riks brings a diverse flow, with a strong depth of colour and style that is indicative of his long established pedigree as a writer in the South West. Bio taken from ‘Children of the Can’ by Felix ‘FLX’ Braun.
SEPR Lot no: 30 Title of Work: Untitled Dimensions: 40.6 x 50.8cm Medium: Spraypaint and paint pen on wood Estimated value: ÂŁ150
Mr Mead Lot no. 31 Title of Work: Time Wolf Dimensions: 30 x 42 Medium: Giclée Print with Ultrachrome Pigment Inks on Hahnemuhle Museum Etching Paper 350gsm Estimated value: £90 Mr Mead is an artist who admires the surreal and otherworldly sides of art. He uses a traditional drawing technique working with dip pen and ink. Mead’s terror and intrigue for animals dressed as humans stems from his memories of Reginald Mills’ 1976 ballet film, “The Tales of Beatrix Potter”. Deciding to embrace his fear Mead has recently found a passion for more the traditional artistic techniques and has developed his ink based style to create dark inhuman characters blending the animal, human and mechanic, a super species he nicknames ‘Bio-Mechanical Anthropomorphism’. Mead’s practice is inspired by artists such as Koji Morimoto, Remi Wyart and Shaun Tan. He is also highly influenced by the surrealist American contemporary art scene. Working from the eminent Jamaica Street Studios in Stokes Croft, Bristol, Mead creates artwork for folk tales, album covers and poster designs alongside producing his large-scale works. He also launched a new edition of playing cards, each adorned with one of his characters.
Diggs Lecomber Lot no: 32 Title of Work: NYC Water Towers Dimensions: 79 x 58 Medium: Laminated inkjet print on dibond panel Estimated value: ÂŁ250 Bristol based photographer specialising in creating cityscapes and architectural images through both traditional photographic techniques and more modern digital processes. I am happiest with a camera in my hand wandering the streets of Bristol and other great cities, trying to capture a sense of stillness and tranquillity in otherwise busy and chaotic environments. Kindly paid for and printed by the guys at LatentLight.com
Phil Ashcroft Lot no. 33 Title of work: Zygon (Osaka version) 2002 Dimensions: 25.3cm x 20.3cm Medium: Acrylic on canvas Estimated value – £150 Phil Ashcroft explores ideas of narrative and the spectacle within landscape. Combining influences from abstract expressionism, British landscape painting, Japanese woodcuts, and graphic street art, Ashcroft integrates varied styles to present a vision of environmental, financial and political threat, creating a world of semi-surreal settings, cartoon-like motifs and the detritus of the modernist ideals of the past. Solo exhibitions include Galacticos, Gamma Transport Division, Edinburgh (2013); Toxicity, Margaret Harvey Gallery, UH Galleries, St Albans (2006); Yeti In Hong Kong, EXIT, Hong Kong (2005) and Nitro Deluxe, Deptford X, London (2001). Ashcroft is a finalist in the prestigous John Moores Painting Prize 2014. He was previously a finalist in the Celeste Art Prize 2007 and selected for Contemporary Art Society’s ARTfutures 2007 and 2005, Bloomberg SPACE, London.
Steff Plaetz Lot no: 34 Title of Work: Untitled Dimensions: 40cm x 39.6cm Medium: Spray paint and acrylic paint on canvas Estimated value: £300 Steff Plaetz began painting in Bristol in the early ’90s, developing a loose and spontaneous style incorporating a uniquely ‘freehand’ stencilling approach based on ‘automatic’ drawings and sketches which retain their rawness through to the final artwork. He was along with his friends Will Barras and Mr Jago one of the original three core members of the hugely influential ‘Scrawl Collective’. Inspired as much by his globally nomadic lifestyle as his soft spot for quality sci-fi, Steff collides his ideas about bleak futro-industrial landscapes with dream-like snapshots of urban activity. His infinitely sustainable resource of imagination runs as wild as the acrylics and spray paints that colour his works. Steff has exhibited his works internationally in Tokyo, New York, Osaka, Paris, Hong Kong, Brussels, Barcelona, Glasgow, Cologne and of course in his home city London. He has been commissioned and collected by Ian Brown, Michael Stipe and David Holmes amongst others.
Lokey Lot no: 35 Title of Work: In da Yard Dimensions: 50.8cm x 75.8cm Medium: Medium Spray paint, Posca, acrylic, emulsion on canvas Estimated value: £175 Lokey was born and raised in Bristol. His passion for Graffiti started in the mid 1980’s through a chance meeting in a local park, with some kid’s break-dancing who had returned from their holiday in America with hip-hop mix tapes and photographs of Graffiti. They told him he had to have a street name, a tag, and from that point on he was hooked and after playing about with a few other tag’s he became Lokey. He is the youngest veteran of the Bristol Graffiti Phenomenon, with over 20 years of experience in the once underground scene, which is now very much a part of the day to day lives of Bristolian people. His writing style has progressed, over the years, from simple Bubble letters in the early days, through to Wildstyle and now the 3D lettering, that he is most known for. Lokey has exhibited at numerous galleries across Bristol including at The RWA, Weapon of Choice Gallery, Upfest Gallery, The Farm & The Emporium to name a few... and he has also exhibited as far a field as Abu Dhabi. His main love is painting on walls... the more the merrier and the bigger the better
Lokey Lot no: 36 Title of Work: Low Grav 3 Dimensions: 30 x 24 Medium: Medium Mixed media – spray paint, emulsion, acrylic and ink on canvas Estimated value: £100
Epok Lot no: 37 Title of Work: The Reader Dimensions: 59 x 89 Medium: Acrylic on canvas Estimated value: £650 EPOK makes up one 5th of the ‘Infamous Last Words’ Crew. He is 5ft 10inches, but his style weighs a tonne. Unequal measures of 25% classic letters, 65% future mess and 10% Cider, the result is a potent cocktail of nervous energy with a bitter twist. Specialising in outdoor letter arrangements, EPOK has been an active graffiti writer since 1996. His indoor work primarily consists of acrylic paintings and screen prints.
Greg Minto Lot no: 38 Title of work: Art for Africa- Painting number 6 Dimensions: 60 x 70 cm Medium: Spray paint and acrylic on canvas Estimated Value: £450 Aside from his more traditional live graffiti work, since 2000 Gregor has developed a personal painting style he calls ‘Instinctivism’. Combining elements of surrealist, colourist, abstract and impressionist theory with freestyle graffiti, this style employs imagination and instinct without the use of preliminary sketches. With no preconceived idea of the end result, Gregor freestyles through the piece until it is finished to his satisfaction. Due to the non-linear nature of this work, some pieces can take up to five years to complete. ”To freestyle is to learn at speed and not to worry about over or under working a piece,” Gregor says. “I instinctively make marks of varying speed well into the piece, leading to a more considered, deliberate approach towards the end. Understanding the relationship between neighbouring tones and exploiting the frequent accidents that occur help me to steer the piece. “People often come up with many different interpretations of my work when they examine it - and I hope each piece inspires playful, energetic discussion between them all. Enjoyment of the intrigue that this style offers, I think, is the key to its longevity.”
Bo 130 Lot no’s: 39, 40 & 41 Title of work: Untitled Dimensions: 25.1 x 35.1 cm Medium: Mixed media on canvas Estimated Value: £90 each Born in 1971 in Milan, where he currently lives and works.Bo130 imagery is a trip into his state of mind. In his work, childhood memories get into the mix with black music, different cultures, food, sex, comics, aliens stories, calligraphy and tribal art; everything get remixed and layered in a very controlled yet spontaneous and intuitive order …almost like a mental archive of an alien visiting our planet. The result is a lysergic juxtaposition of colors and shapes, stratified in different techniques, exploring and blending printed and hand drawn techniques, analog and digital, mouse and brush, acrylics and spray paint ,stencils, stickers and markers.He refers to his painting style and technique as “Annunakian Tribalism” During the 90’s he lived in London and short periods in New York. In London he studied at Central Saint Martins and graduated in Graphic and Media Design at London College of Communication. Hooked in the graffiti game since 1985, through the years he has consolidated valuable experiences with galleries, museums and walls around the world.
Antje Meyer Lot no: 42 Title of Work: Flower of Thoughts Dimensions: 29.5 x 24cm Medium: Acrylic on board Estimated value: ÂŁ45-55 Antje Meyer is a German artist and art therapist now based in Bristol. She participated in various projects which combine art with social puposes. Between 2007 and 2013 she studied and worked as an art therapist and street painter in the Netherlands. In her art work she uses a diversity of materials and techniques, such as painting, collage, ink on paper, chalking and sculpturing. Most of her art work is abstract mixed media, inspired by people, stories or nature and reflects on her experiences during her travels. In 2009 she won first prize at an arts presentation for newcomers in Nijmegen, the Netherlands and in 2011 a prize at a street painting festival in Geldern, Germany. “What I find most beautiful with artistic work is to experience the process of making it, and that you can tell a story without using words. Art expresses and art connects. It is a global language.â€? http://antje-meyer.exto.org/
3Dom Lot no: 43 Title of Work: Mr Business Dimensions: 60.1 x 89.7cm Medium: Acrylic, spray paint, paint pen & collage on wood Estimated value: £150 Renowned graffiti artist, illustrator and character designer 3DOM has been creating stunning pieces of art for over 15 years. His artwork and installations have been seen by thousands of music lovers at festivals such as Glastonbury, Boomtown and in and around the city of Bristol where he lays his hat. He paints his characters all over the world, and they stay where he can’t. His work could be described as ‘A Childs cartoon, mixed with semiology and surrealism, something for children to enjoy and adults to dissect’
Fernando Messias Lot no: 44 Title of Work:Portus Dimensions: 30 x 40 Medium: Oil on canvas Estimated value: ÂŁ375 I paint losing all sense of time and engaging my imagination as if writing with colours and compositions.
AkaRaT Lot no. 45 Title of work – Salvation Train Dimensions - 100 x 100 Medium - Mixed media using spray paint, acrylic and emulsion on canvas Estimated value – £150 Works out of Bristol in mixed media using spray paint, acrylic and emulsion. Exhibitions in The Globe, Hay on Wye, The Square Bar, Bristol, The Farm, Bristol, Cafe Ronak and King of Paint Wall, Bath.
Jim Starr Lot no: 46 Title of work: Hells Angel Dimensions: 44.5cm x 72.9cm Medium: Mixed media on canvas Estimated value £400 - £500 Jim’s use of pop culture and pin-up imagery is guaranteed to inspire anyone who loves the louche and the lowbrow. His work fuels the spirit and strikes a chord in the soul, continuing to resonate long after the first glance.After an initial brush with spray stencilling in the mid-90′s, Jim’s eye was drawn to screen printing. Using a mixture of original screen printed material, his own photography, freehand drawings and found collage, Jim creates unique and sometimes complex hand-pulled prints, with no two turning out the same. Jim’s bigger images are printed onto canvas and reworked and refined using acrylics and spray paint.His current work reveals his borderline obsession with timeless and universal icons. These easy-on-the-eye images skilfully offer an entry point into a complex world which offers much more than first appears. Jim’s love of travel and his insatiable appetite for all that is lo-fi flows through his images. East meets West, white trash snuggles up with the glitterati, good battles evil and much more in-between.As well as numerous solo and group shows in London and Bristol, Jim has painted and drawn on location worldwide and was an Expedition Artist for BSES Expeditions on four occasions. His work also appears on T-shirts, clothing, club flyers, records sleeves and canvases.Jim is represented in Bristol by the See No Evil gallery and It’s All 2 Much Art Gallery
Microbo Lot no: 47 Title of Work: Hide and Seek Dimensions: - 30 x 40 cm Medium: Acrylic on canvas, 2005 Estimated Value: £200 Born and raised in Sicily, at present microbo lives and works in Milan. after her studies and a splendid adventure as part of an underground publishing collective, she lived part the Nineties in London, where she studied deeper into graphic and multimedia. In London she has met Bo130 from which it arises an important artistic and personal collaboration. Since 2000 they decided to move to Milan, and almost at the same time both begin to make their presence on the street, through the use of posters, stickers and stencils and freehand drawings. Because of the bad reputation of graffiti at the time, Microbo and Bo130 began to organize the first events in Italy of “alternative art from the street”, to make known to a visually polluted skeptical public, the potential of what later was called “street art”.
Shikha Kuehn Lot no: 48 Title of Work: Your Love Dimensions: 50 x 70 cm Medium: Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm Estimated value: £350 Shikha Kuehn is a local international who gravitated to Bristol for its inspiring people and creativity. Specialising in the medium of photography she has been capturing all things odd and beautiful for over a decade. This love for image backed by a strong work ethic has lead her down a very productive path over the last few years. Brain child of ‘Odd and Eden’ Studio, collaborator of ‘Positive Image Art’ and lecturer at City of Bristol College, Shikha seeks not only to do good with art, but also to pass on her knowledge to the next generation of photographers. Shikha is committed to creativity and beauty in all its forms.
Niall Lemoir Lot no. 49 Title of work – Blue Flowers Dimensions - 100 x 200 Medium - Mixed media painting using oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas Estimated value - £200 Born in 1988, Bristol. Undergraduate at Bath School of Art. With influences from street art, numbers and the city. Using the outside as a canvas as well as the inside, to place stencils on the cityscape. Exhibited at Cafe Ronak and King of Paint Wall, Bath.
Chad Woodward Lot no: 50 Title of work: Eggman Dimensions: 41.9cm x 59cm Medium:3-colour, signed and numbered screenprint onto 300gsm recycled paper. From a limited edition of 30 prints only Estimated value: £60 I’m an illustrator/designer based in the beautiful (mostly) city of Bath in the UK. I take most of my inspiration from Music, Movies and Video games and I’m an avid comic enthusiast (or massive geek if you’d prefer). I’ve been drawing since the first time I rammed a crayon up my nose and fired it at a piece of paper ‘til present day where I work as a professional crayon technician. http://chadwoodward.blogspot.co.uk/
Rob Wass Lot no: 51 Title of Work: Night City Dimensions: 55cm x 55cm Medium: Acrylic on Deep Box Canvas Estimated value: ÂŁ300 - ÂŁ400 Artist Rob Wass was previously known as DATA. He is an exceptionally gifted artisan who is known for his abstract cityscapes, birds and butterflies. Experimenting with materials, he creates vibrant artworks that fuse nature, architecture and geometry. His artwork balance delicate lines and texture with beautiful bright colouring.
Will Barras Lot no: 52 Title of Work: Waiting Dimensions: 56 x 76 Medium: Acrylic paint on Waterford Watercolour paper 300lbs/640gms Estimated value: £400 - £600 Will Barras is an artist living and working in London. He grew up in Birmingham and moved to Bristol to study graphic design. Will became one of a new crop of young artists working within Bristol’s world renowned street art scene. This led to Will appearing in ‘Scrawl’ the book, and becoming a founding member of the Scrawl collective. ‘Scrawl’ originally published in 1999 was a seminal book documenting a new movement in street art, graphics and illustration. He was chosen as one of the original artists for the collective, noted for his representations of fluid movement, unique narrative driven composition and line work. “There is a fluidity and energy in Will’s work that, although constantly changing, has always existed in a world entirely of his own making. His figures appear to be in a state of perpetual metamorphosis - caught for a brief moment between one manifestation and the next. always at the mercy of the swirling forces that surround them. From his early scanned and reworked doodles through to his recent, rich, mixed media work. Will has mastered every medium with a dynamism constant in all his work.” Felix Braun. author of “Children of the Can”
Paul McGowan Lot no: 53 Title of Work: Terror Chamber Dimensions: 46 x 46 Medium: Hand finished print 1/100 Estimated value: £1,000 Paul McGowan studied at Falmouth, Winchester & Bath School of Art and spent 3 years as artist in residence at the Eden Project. In June 2010, armed riot police were sent to Mauger Modern Art to investigate an installation titled ‘Bad Ladder’, part of his ‘Precipice’ tour. In 2010 he commenced work on a series of artworks for ‘War Child’ reflecting on the charities key concerns. The work took 3 years to complete and has just been released as a touring show. In 2011 art thieves raided his ‘Knuckle Buster’ studio stealing the majority of Paul’s life’s work.
Paul McGowan Lot no: 54 Title of Work: Angel Cake Dimensions: 51 x 51 Medium: Hand finished print 1/100 Estimated value: ÂŁ1,000
Lot no: 55 Title of Work: Fresh Since ‘88 Dimensions: 29.6 x 41.8 Medium: Hand finished unique print created for the EPMD gig in London. Estimated value: £150 Inkie is one of the most prolific graffiti writers to emerge from the 80’s Bristol scene. Inkie has worked as head of design for SEGA, Xbox and Jade Jagger’s in-house designer. Dubbed “Banksy’s right hand man” by the Daily Mail, Inkie’s work has been publishes in the books Banksy’s Bristol, Children of the Can, Graffiti Worls, Street Fonts and magazines GQ and Dazed and Confused. His work is coveted by celebrity collectors including Robbie Williams, Jade Jagger, Massive Attack, Sean Pertwee, Jude Law, Roni Size and Stephen Dorff. Kindly donated by London Westbank Gallery
Inkie Lot no: 56 Title of Work: In The Disco Dimensions: 42 x 59cm Medium: Unique artist proof printed on 330gm heavy weight cotton rag art paper and framed Estimated value: ÂŁ200
RAFFLE TEMWA WILL BE DRAWING A RAFFLE ON THE EVENING. TICKETS WILL COST £2 EACH, PRIZES ARE; 1st Prize Will Barras original, hand painted skate deck. Mixed medium on wood. 2nd Prize Framed Inkie print 3rd Prize Framed Shelby Mansell photograph ‘Does Your Mother Know’
THANK YOU At the end of 2013, Temwa celebrated its 10th anniversary. Reaching this important milestone offered us a chance for reflection and provided an opportunity to thank everyone who has played a part in getting Temwa to where it is today. Temwa was started by myself, and Sophie Elson (now Guise) in 2003. From 1999 to 2000, we lived and worked in Malawi and witnessed first-hand the devastating effect the HIV epidemic was having on ordinary lives there. We saw a friend and colleague, Lotti Nkwazi, die a slow, long and painful death from this dreadful virus. The nearest hospital could not offer any support and was illequipped; the doctor at the hospital informed us that Lotti was one of hundreds of people dying in their homes from HIV and that his story was not uncommon. Sophie and I returned to the UK determined to do something to help, but we could not find an organisation dedicated to development work in the north of Malawi, so we decided to start our own. As we were in our early 20s, we reached out to the network of people around us in Bristol … what happened next was remarkable. The Bristol music and art community rallied around to help us fundraise: Tom and Krishna Quarell, Ben Bloodworth, Cathy Gremin and the Babyhead/Monster Piece crew organised countless parties at The Thekla, Lakota and The Park bar to raise money to start the project. Becky Hubbard (now Morgan) organised a huge Full Cycle event at The Level, Laura Ballin organised our first art event, and Marie from Marine Parade organised a breaks night at Cargo in London with the UK’s top breaks DJs. We would like to send a heartfelt ‘thank you’ to everyone involved in these events in the early days – there are just too many musicians, artists and DJs to mention (it would take up the whole page!). Temwa would never have started if it were not for them and for the many, many people who organised, performed, promoted, decorated venues, and came down and paid the door fee! A huge ‘thank you’ to everyone involved. In 2003, Sophie and I returned to Malawi with the £25,000 needed to start the first Temwa project – the building of a community centre in the Nkhata Bay District, which involved the training of local bricklayers. Since then, music and art events in Bristol have been – and are still – instrumental in raising funds to keep Temwa running, and we cannot thank everyone involved enough – the kindness and generosity of all these talented people is just overwhelming. We want to send out a huge, huge, ‘thank you’ to all the artists, musicians, DJs, sponsors, designers, volunteers, interns, trustees who are involved with Temwa, and everyone who has come to support Temwa’s events. You all keep this organisation going! Special thanks also to Justin Goodall and Olly Guise. Last but not least, ‘thank you’ to Sheena Wynne, Kat Lewis and all the staff, volunteers, partner organisations, trustees and community members in Malawi who make our projects on the ground successful. The Temwa team in Malawi are just incredible, and they work tirelessly.
Jo Hook
Co-Founder & UK Director
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