like stink on a monkey

Latest artwork I did for Scottish collective Savage Sound System's upcoming debut LP release 'Like Stink on a Monkey'.  It's been a long time coming but the LP is now scheduled for release on Monday 17th January 2011. The album features appearances from MCs ShilohZen (Jeff Morris ), Werd (Sons of Scotland (S.O.S) ) and The Riddlah (UVBeatz ) as wel...l as vocalists Jordan Moncrieff, Sacre Noir (Carrie Beattie and I vs. Nature(Matt Preston ).savage sound system

The Museum of Everything #3 -fairground and outsider art

I went to the Museum of Everything #3 in Chalk Farm this week. It is an exhibition, mostly, of the artist Peter Blake’s collection of fairground, circus and outsider art.
       
The exhibition carries the idea of magic and  fairytale transformation. The dolls, puppets, costumes and fairground paraphernalia felt uncomfortable symbols of magic, made more so by their being out of their original time and place. I had a sense of the artist-craftsmen striving to create magic  and the cumulative effect was evidence of  the singularity and passion that fairground, folk and outsider art possesses.
   
Above are some examples of my interaction with fairground art - still a strong influence on what I do.

Where I live

Morning Lane, Hackney.