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Moving home

The Art of the State blog has moved to a new location. You can find it here: Art of The State Blog You can also like Art of The State on Facebook, or follow Art of the State on Twitter. If you have a...

02 jun 11

The street art circus comes to town

So its been a while...too long in fact. I kind of gave up on the blog for a while to take a break after seven years - thanks to those of you who emailed in to see what was up. In the meanti...

28 mar 11

Dran My Everyday Life at the Pictures On Walls Marks and Stencils pop up shop

Picturesonwalls pop up shop Marks and Stencils opened its doors to the public earlier this week. Forming a major part of the store is an exhibition by French artist Dran. Entitled My Everyday Life&nb...

27 nov 10

Temwa Art For Africa Charity auction

Eelus work up for auction at the Temwa charity auction in Shoreditch, December 4th 2010 I wouldnt normally mention a street art / urban art auction but this one is a bit special. Temwa is a Bristol b...

24 nov 10

Dotmasters Mad print

Recently released is a short run two colour hand pulled silkscreen print by Dotmasters (50 prints at £30 each) of his Mad Pride poster design seen on recent demonstrations against the benefit cu...

24 nov 10

Dran at Pictures on Walls

Everytime I go into Pictures On Walls one piece of artwork catches my eye - its  Free Speech by Dran - an artist from Toulouse with a gift for drawing.    Free Speech by Dran So its go...

19 nov 10

Altered State - first solo show by Mantis

For only a few days an East End pub will be the unusual venue for the first solo show by Mantis. The Lord Napier pub in White Post Lane, Hackney Wick will temporarily be home to an exhibition of pain...

08 nov 10

New Yorks Underbelly

New Yorks Underbelly Gallery - opens and closes. Artofthestate is a sucker for access to man made underground tunnels and street art so when a story appeared over the weekend in the Sunday Times...

01 nov 10

At last the buff has a point

Seems the Toasters have been very busy in London town of late. An all too common site in some areas are the grey, white and black blobs of paint that the graffiti removal teams leave behind when obli...

19 oct 10

Moniker International Art Fair

I stuck my head around the door of the Moniker International Art Fair last week. Its objective is "to advance networking between international galleries, artists, collectors and buyers with Monik...

17 oct 10

Art on the street

Its been a while since the last post on this blog so this is an extended one based on a lengthy walk around London last Friday looking for art actually on the street. Kicking off in Brentford (d...

03 oct 10

Three new Banksy pieces up on Wooster

Following requests and suggestions you can now see every post regarding Banksy from artofthestate over the past seven years along with additional information on a separate blog: http://aots.co.u...

14 sep 10

Banksy Exit Through The Gift Shop DVD pack / Banksy in Hastings?

Has Banksy been to Hastings? Found on Rollerzorros flickr stream (which is full of interesting Banksy items). This piece also appears on the frequently on the money the banksy forum. source...

25 aug 10 1 person likes this

Meeting Of Styles 2010

International Meeting of Styles 2010 - 21st August 2010, Highbury Studios, Hornsey Street, Islington, London (nearest Tube Holloway Road) This years international event sees 60 artists from all over ...

18 aug 10 1 person likes this

I like that, no hang on. no I dont

  When I first saw this piece on Romanywgs Flickr stream I felt a little uneasy about its location. In fact while hed got a great photo and I thought the street art by Specter looked stunning I ...

11 aug 10

Schoonys Boy Soldiers show update

Most shows consist of unpacking some canvases and choosing where to put them and how to light them. Schoonys upcoming group show Boy Soldiers is totally different to this tried and trusted appro...

10 aug 10

Catching up with Elate

Elates (aka Jon Hammer) blog has recently been updated with a few great articles but pick of the bunch for me was this writers meet up which looked like a lot of fun. I seem to remember that the last...

09 aug 10

Beyond Punk at the Signal Gallery

Been too long since a bit of punk rock was featured on this blog but the Signal Gallery have given me the perfect excuse. Beyond Punk features art from a batch of first and second wave punk...

07 aug 10

Ben Eine and RYCA in Hackney

Feet firmly on the ground Ben Eine teamed up with RYCA yesterday to paint these new hoardings in Hackney, East London. With a font comprised entirely of dots with smiley faces it turned into a m...

26 jul 10

Whitecross Street Party /

A couple of upcoming events well worth taking a look at:  Rise of the Non Conformists, Whitecross Street. As well as a two day street party two dozen artists will be turning the street into a gi...

22 jul 10

Ben Eines gift to President Obama

Yes you read that headline right. In a strange turn of events that probably has left Ben Eine thinking he may have entered a parallel universe a painting of his has apparently ended up in the mits of...

21 jul 10

Ludo returns to London

Ludo has made a welcome return to London in recent weeks with works from his Natures Revenge series appearing all over the East End of London. I managed to track down a few last Friday but if you wan...

13 jul 10

And theres more

While I love Shok-1s recent monochrome fixation the colour in this latest piece really makes the image pop off the wall. Shok claims that hes only working his way back to full colour at present&...

04 jul 10 1 person likes this

More Shok-1 on the streets of London

Loving this punker on the side of Shok-1s latest vehicle makeover. The vehicle itself is an old bus converted into a mobile tattooing parlour and if you get a chance to see it in person check out the...

23 jun 10 1 person likes this

Alphabet Street

Been a while since the last post. Partly because Ive been taking a bit of time out and partly because theres been nothing going on. Well, except for Eine painting an entire new alphabet in just one s...

16 jun 10

Candy Shop Open

Candy Shop - A Burning Candy pop up show, 8th May to 22nd May 2010 at 10 Palmers Road, London E2 OSY. Thu - Sat, 1-7pm. Check highrollersociety.co.uk for details. Dont know Burning Candy? They a...

12 may 10

Phoolan - a craftivism piece by Carrie Reichardt and Nick Reynolds

The Elephant Parade in London recently started with a scale and scope in an outside art project that has rarely been seen before. Over 250 elephants were custom painted by artists...

07 may 10

There is a Fourth Way - Vote Toaster

It's election day tomorrow where we get the chance to put an X in a box to choose between the Conservative/Labour duopoly that's been in control for all our lives (with apologies to any readers who w...

05 may 10

Return of the rat - More Banksy in San Francisco

With a big thanks to Warholian again and the photographers credited here are 5 more Banksy pieces that have surfaced in the San Francisco area over the past few days. Fishermans Wharf - Alcatraz Tour...

04 may 10

The Mighty Mo Line (aka The London Overground extension)

This week saw the launch of the latest section of the London Overground to go live. Running from Dalston Junction down through to New Cross it runs straight through areas like Hoxton and Shoreditch a...

01 may 10

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