OUTSIDE IN

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Photo : John Roger

OUTSIDE IN. STAVANGER NORWAY
CLOSES AUG 7TH.
Featuring 140 works from over 30 of the worlds leading urban artists..

Banksy, Os Gemeos, JR, Blu, Blek le Rat, Barry McGee, Ed Templeton, Mark Gonzales, Shepard Fairey, Dolk, Dan Witz, Borf, Faile, Jose Parla, Jeremy Geddes, David Shrigley, David Choe, Dotmasters, Swoon, Bast, Logan Hicks, Escif, Herakut, Ha Ha, Nick Walker, Charles Krafft, Martha Cooper, Steve Powers, Kaws, Retna, Chris Stain, Skewville, M-City, Date Farmers, Mark Jenkins & more..

We were looking at Deitch’s Art in the Streets and thought there were a few important artists missing. We were also a tad jealous so thought we’d knock up our own little provincial version here in Sunny Stavanger. Pop 120 000.

Dug through the portfolio’s and ripped everything down from the office and homestead walls and voila. 140 works from 30 of the worlds leading practioners of Street and Urban Art (or something like that), From Jeremy Geddes in Australia to Bäst in New York, David Shrigley in the UK to Charles Krafft in Seattle. The Gonz and Ed Templeton to Banksy and Os Gemeos AND BEYOND... I think you’ll agree, we pushed the envelope on what can rightly be termed "urban art", we've seen street art fans tastes develop far beyond a liking for the early humorous one layer stencil (Thanks Banksy) and it now embraces the likes of Hyperrealist oil painters such as Geddes as well as.. well, you get the point I guess.

The framing bill almost killed us, but what the hell, we have our own little expo. Over a thousand people through the doors and this little unlikely wooden housed city on the West Coast of Norway again, rekindles its love affair with all things 21st century street.

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