The first artist taking over the walls of SHOP's Arts Space in 2013 (in it's new form, as part of the new SHOP layout), was Bristol-based Brett Atkinson. His wall pieces created in electrical tape attracted lots of people to the space, including a fair few interested in the No More Page 3 campaign, which his largest image was in support of.
Here's what Brett had to say about his work in the exhibition:
“How do I it?” (I’m asking on your behalf – you’re welcome!) I use electrical tape to draw with. I started drawing with electrical tape because when I was preparing for my first ever public exhibition – fourteen years ago – I had no money and I just happened to find some laying around. I still have no money, a theme that I’m pleased to say has stuck, and electrical tape is only 62p a roll (my show cost £2.48 and there’s tape leftover for next time). I make this point because I know people think they don’t have the time or money for creative pursuits. It’s not really about football, but it does feature ’Ka-Powell!’, after it was kindly voted for by people from the football Twitter-sphere - where I exist in an internet sense.
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| Adding the finishing touches... |
As part of the new Arts Space arrangement, SHOP also asks exhibiting artists to fill out a short questionnaire. Here is Brett's:
ARTIST QUESTIONNAIRE
Why is creativity important to you?
There’s a lot of time when I’m not eating and sleeping – why would I want to waste any of it on things that don’t matter?
Tell us about your show:
The title is a slightly pretentious way of saying, “some of the stuff of my life”, and is stolen from the lyrics of a song that I’ve been listening to a lot recently, so it fits quite neatly. I draw football things mostly, I hate The Sun newspaper and I love my cat Casey more than she will ever understand.
Where can we find out more about your work?
I’m a football blogger (who isn’t?) and regularly post new pictures on my site www.bifurcated.co.uk
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| 'No More Page Three' |
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| 'Casey' |
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| 'The Sound of the Life of the Mind' |
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| 'Casey' |
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| 'Ka-Powell' |
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