Zero Cents: post-modern graffiti thug?

My initial impression of Zero Cents was ‘Get me away from him.’ I am glad to say though, after he had finished his joint, relaxed a little and I had stopped staring at him like I wanted out, things warmed up. Forget Banksy, Zero Cents is the street art phenomenon of the future. Zero Cents: [...]

AME72: A Mancunian in Tel Aviv

Raised ‘up North’, AME has a tinge of Mancunian swagger about him, but meeting him on the beachfront of Tel Aviv is not merely a dodgy experience for me. AME is a full time guerrilla artist, making his living from doing street art and selling work to buyers around the world. He has to be [...]

Tate Triennial: Altermodern

Curator-bashing is the art historian’s new favourite sport. Poor Nicolas Bourriaud, curator of the Tate’s fourth Triennial exhibition, Altermodern. The premise of the show is that we have entered a new phase of post-post-modernity called Altermodern. It’s all about globalisation, decentralisation and the artist as traveller. The show has been criticised as ‘the residue of [...]