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2008 Artist Line-Up and Commissions Announced
Bob & Roberta Smith, Gavin Turk and Sir Peter Blake complemented by Miss Led, The Kuntists and King Groovy and the Horn Stars
The artist line-up of the Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair is announced as the much awaited event returns to the Truman Brewery on 8th June. With old timers such as Gavin Turk, Bob & Roberta Smith and Sir Peter Blake joined by new artists including dancers The Lady Greys, creators of celebrity puppets The Kuntists, and graffiti artist Miss Led, it’s set to be the best and biggest yet.
Curator Karen Ashton has confirmed that while some of the 60 plus artists are keeping their creative cards tightly to their chests, others have enticed us with a taster of what’s to come. Indeed, everyone’s wondering how Gavin Turk is going to top last year’s success of taking the event concept literally by selling actual car boots - signed and yours for a grand!
This year, in keeping with the bargain prices, Sir Peter Blake will be selling coveted signed prints from £25, and Ordinary Lives has commissioned a UK based brick factory to manufacture a run of bricks to replicate the original ‘brick’ mobile phones. Limited edition Pretty Taxing tax disc holders will also be for sale, including brand new artworks from Gary Hume, Don Brown, Gavin Turk and Georgie Hopton amongst others, appropriately displayed on a 1966 Vauxhall FC Victor Estate. If the excitement is too much to handle, Barley Massey and Beth Tidswell will be hosting the alternative counselling unit ‘Emotional Baggage’ for visitors to offload their troubles and woes in a fun and quirky environment.
Various Vauxhall vehicles have already been commissioned including a live graffiti-off by urban artists Miss Led and Scrawl Collective using two Astras as their canvases, The Lady Greys performing their broken dolls in a Power Red Vauxhall Astra TwinTop on the Booty Stage and Cedric Christie on his interpretation of the Art Race Car through an Astra Sport Hatch.
Artistes will be shaking their booty on The Booty Stage more than ever before, which will be curated by the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club. With King Groovy and the Horn Stars bringing their 18 piece swing and jive Big Band accompanied by a sexy French chanteuse, The Great Blondini doing a unique escapologist act and the acclaimed Hoop La La’s returning on demand after last year’s success, there’s something for everyone. There will also be plenty for the kids including a special 20 minute session of Music and Movement from Flo and Jonny Trunk playing the original sixties and seventies soundtrack on the Booty Stage.
The Artists’ Choice Farmers Market will add flavour to the day with a diverse selection of great produce. The flagship Vauxhall Corsavan decorated by Bob & Roberta Smith will be an art form in itself, and with low CO2 emissions and exemption from the Congestion Charge come October 2008, it’s the ideal vehicle for the urban farmer’s market. This will be complemented with produce recommended by artists such as Abigail Lane, Harry Burden and Fiona Banner.
Curator Karen Ashton commented, “We always knew it was going to get bigger and better each time, but this year the artists are really taking it to another level; we can’t wait. Get there early and get involved!”
Websites:
www.ideageneration.co.uk
www.artcarbootfair.com
-> Information about Pretty Taxing
www.vxcollective.co.uk
-> Information about VX Collective
www.vauxhall.co.uk
-> Information about Vauxhall Motors
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Bob & Roberta Smith, Gavin Turk and Sir Peter Blake complemented by Miss Led, The Kuntists and King Groovy and the Horn Stars
The artist line-up of the Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair is announced as the much awaited event returns to the Truman Brewery on 8th June. With old timers such as Gavin Turk, Bob & Roberta Smith and Sir Peter Blake joined by new artists including dancers The Lady Greys, creators of celebrity puppets The Kuntists, and graffiti artist Miss Led, it’s set to be the best and biggest yet.
Curator Karen Ashton has confirmed that while some of the 60 plus artists are keeping their creative cards tightly to their chests, others have enticed us with a taster of what’s to come. Indeed, everyone’s wondering how Gavin Turk is going to top last year’s success of taking the event concept literally by selling actual car boots - signed and yours for a grand!
This year, in keeping with the bargain prices, Sir Peter Blake will be selling coveted signed prints from £25, and Ordinary Lives has commissioned a UK based brick factory to manufacture a run of bricks to replicate the original ‘brick’ mobile phones. Limited edition Pretty Taxing tax disc holders will also be for sale, including brand new artworks from Gary Hume, Don Brown, Gavin Turk and Georgie Hopton amongst others, appropriately displayed on a 1966 Vauxhall FC Victor Estate. If the excitement is too much to handle, Barley Massey and Beth Tidswell will be hosting the alternative counselling unit ‘Emotional Baggage’ for visitors to offload their troubles and woes in a fun and quirky environment.
Various Vauxhall vehicles have already been commissioned including a live graffiti-off by urban artists Miss Led and Scrawl Collective using two Astras as their canvases, The Lady Greys performing their broken dolls in a Power Red Vauxhall Astra TwinTop on the Booty Stage and Cedric Christie on his interpretation of the Art Race Car through an Astra Sport Hatch.
Artistes will be shaking their booty on The Booty Stage more than ever before, which will be curated by the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club. With King Groovy and the Horn Stars bringing their 18 piece swing and jive Big Band accompanied by a sexy French chanteuse, The Great Blondini doing a unique escapologist act and the acclaimed Hoop La La’s returning on demand after last year’s success, there’s something for everyone. There will also be plenty for the kids including a special 20 minute session of Music and Movement from Flo and Jonny Trunk playing the original sixties and seventies soundtrack on the Booty Stage.
The Artists’ Choice Farmers Market will add flavour to the day with a diverse selection of great produce. The flagship Vauxhall Corsavan decorated by Bob & Roberta Smith will be an art form in itself, and with low CO2 emissions and exemption from the Congestion Charge come October 2008, it’s the ideal vehicle for the urban farmer’s market. This will be complemented with produce recommended by artists such as Abigail Lane, Harry Burden and Fiona Banner.
Curator Karen Ashton commented, “We always knew it was going to get bigger and better each time, but this year the artists are really taking it to another level; we can’t wait. Get there early and get involved!”
Websites:
www.ideageneration.co.uk
www.artcarbootfair.com
-> Information about Pretty Taxing
www.vxcollective.co.uk
-> Information about VX Collective
www.vauxhall.co.uk
-> Information about Vauxhall Motors
gmeurope
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