Exhibition: Flower of Life

Paulo da Silveira has been displaying his work on SHOP's art walls throughout March, the show was called 'Flower of Life' and explored the human figure in tessellation.

Paulo became infamous last autumn after inadvertently skateboarding through a Remembrance Day parade in the centre of Bristol.  The road had not been cordoned off and he was unaware that it was Remembrance Day.  As his art work extends daily to the outfits he wears, he was quite literally demonised by the tabloid press as he happened to be wearing horns which were then interpreted as devil's horns and thus as a insult to the parade.  Paulo was arrested and taken to court

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2231431/Has-respect-Disgraceful-moment-man-dressed-devil-gatecrashed-Remembrance-Day-service-skateboard.html

Paulo's philosophy on life and art could not be further from the hate-figure he was made out to be.  'Exploring the human figure in tessalation' refers to his belief that we are all connected and should love and help one another through life.

Here's some pictures of the inimitable Paulo's exhibition at SHOP: