[bs]

any one pop down yesterday? Got some great feedback and good couple of thousand through the doors which was great. Apparentley its ben on tv in italy, USA, Brazil etc which is great to hear

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Jun 23, 2009 17:49:55 GMT 1 bs said:

any one pop down yesterday? Got some great feedback and good couple of thousand through the doors which was great. Apparentley its ben on tv in italy, USA, Brazil etc which is great to hear

Popped in yesterday and thought the Icon wall was definitely the most stunning work. Apart from the pieces on the ramp it was the closest to a street piece. The other wall felt a lot more restrained (which is no insult btw). Well done to the Collective. I hope it won't disappear forever behind a closed loading bay door.

Strangely, one of the stewards kept hassling people who wanted to take photos which was weird. She started swearing at me at one point which was quite funny. Managed a few photos on my flickr if you want a look.

[casualt]

I agree with MikeeP the icon wall was miles ahead of anything else that was done down there. snik, dbo and DAC looked like their collaberation was much tighter than the other groups. finishes were cleaner and the images appeared to jump off the wall more than anything else. i don't know what the brief was but i didn't really get the pieces that were done going up the ramp as they seemed a bit out of context as to what the other art was doing. in the future the RAH should allow other artists to go in and do even more of the loading bay to fill in the 'gaps' between each of the pieces to merge them altogether.

[Dan Kitchener]

The icon wall was in fact the wall with Jimi Hendrix, Pavarotti, The Albert Hall building etc, the other large wall was by DBO, Snik and Fin, the wall with Churchill, The Beatles etc ( can't think of the name of the wall ! ). This wall was done by projecting photos and then filling them in for the large figures, then adding shading with paint brush, and lower down actual cut stencils were used, hence why it was so super crisp! The icon wall was done in a similar method, although had a more freehand approach in areas, esp with the paint splats and the Albert hall that I did, I did with cans freehand and detail with paint markers. The logo wall myself and Blam and Babel did with a mix of freehand can and freehand can over projections, so a real mix of styles on all the walls. The ramp wall was very last minute addition that we didn't know we were to do, myself and Eyesaw cracked into this on the monday and covered as much as we could in 6 hours straight, using stencils and freehand can! In hindsight it would have been great if we'd had longer to do this ramp wall, but it was very last minute and we were shattered after 4 days of painting solidly! Glad everyone liked it, everyone involved put in huge amounts of time and effort!

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Thanks Dan, summed it all up perfectly. Did the RAH talk about any further events? I think casualt is right about the opportunity to bring all the pieces together. Would be interesting, although I can't imagine what theme the management would agree to. Can't let you lot loose in there unrestrained. ;D Anarchy at the Albert Hall, coming some time....maybe.

[Dan Kitchener]

No, I don't think any further events in this vein are planned! Yes great shame we weren't let loose, I'd have filled the walls with bloody great big robot demons!

never mind at least I got a couple of pieces up on the ramp!

[G-Man]

Didnt manage to get there on Monday tied up with bloody work all day

Can you still get to see it or is it locked up now?

[Dan Kitchener]

all locked up for ever now! unless you're a delivery driver!

loads of pics of flickr, so that's your best bet mate

[Pistol]

I think what you guys have done is superb, a real good result. However I am gutted as I have been asked to paint a pub garden wall with music and rock stars. I was really excited about the whole project and and have started drawing and cutting stencils, however how the f*ck do I follow that!
You are a bunch of Complete Bast8rds

[bs]

ha, dont stop u from having ur own go mate!!!!

Ye, the icon wall was by me,grafter,eyesaw and Dan, well thats the name the press seemed to give it, call them what u want,lol
I liked the way there were 3 very different approaches to each wall and reckon they all came together well at the end, as for other artists getting in there in future, would be great though would be very suprised if it happened!

[Little Art Book]

Great stuff guys. Well done!

[bs]

Just here to give you the heads up on the canvas release of my Jimmi Hendrix. My version of Jimmi was used as the main advertisement for our recent exhibition LOAD at The Royal Albert Hall and ended up as the main feature of the icon wall



I will be releasing an edition of 8 Jimmi canvases, details below:



Jimmi

Edition of 8

Dimensions - 100 cm X 70 cm on thick set canvas

A variety of various colours to be used, have a say if you so wish

£400 including postage in the UK

All hand painted, very heavily finished, all the texture and all on topot of work goes into these babies!



Have attached a picture of Jimmi from The Royal Albert Hall and a previous Jimmi canvas which was put out last year, though this was a huge one off piece



Hit me up if your interested on [e-mail]







Easy



Ben

[grantb]

no doubt these canvasses will be great. love the textures in your paintings.

[bs]

New piece 'Shallom'



First take on this picture, mixed medium on road sign, feedback welcome as usual. Will be on show along with load of work from some of the other Wonderland guys at Austin Gallery AKA Benny's Bar, 119 Bethnal Green Road in the show 'Sign of the Times' from Thursday
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[Adam J Higgins]

i like!

[Danny O'Connor]

Good stuff Mr Slow!

[bs]

Hey all, The Wonderland Collective are holding a small group show at Austin Gallery AKA Benny's Bar throughout July. It will be opening from tomorrow night and few of us will be around for a few beers, so if your about, pop in and have a look, some really nice new pieces on show

Austin Gallery
AKA Benny's Bar
119 Bethnal Green Road

[Fake]

Wish I could be there!

[bs]

Show set up now, few pics

[Martin DK]

Have a good one Ben! Looks good

[bs]

New piece today, Dali on Canvas



Opened up little Big Cartel shop, so its available here along with few other bits

benslow.bigcartel.com/

Another new piece did the other day titled Laura

[schlomo]

to be honest ben, i prefer the older stuff. Not a fan on dali as think your style suits feminine faces better, and i think the bridge near his right eye (our left hand side) is a bit obvious. I also think the colour on your other pieces really made them stand out man, so not sure if black and white is as good.

sorry geez, i really like your stuff, but dont think these are your strongest.


edit- although having just looked a bit more on your flickr i should say the detailing on laura is stunning.

[schlomo]

Sorry again, scratch that bit about the bridge on Dali, i just saw the image you used and now understand. apologies for mentioning it.

[Mish Mash]

The Laura piece looks fantastic.

[bs]

Heres a new piece I have just finished, trying to build up a nice collection of portraits at the moment, really trying to work out exactly which way I want my work to go

[UpFest]

Beautifal Ben :-)

[Coach]

Very nice Ben!

[bs]

cheers guys,lots of them lined up and in various stages of completion

[kay7four]

Well done, I really like the way the drips turned out.

[Collection 1]

Wow!! I like her eyes!Good work Ben!!!