Alias Arts

So it’s been a while…too long in fact. I kind of gave up on the blog for a while to take a break after seven years - thanks to those of you who emailed in to see what was up. In the meantime Art Of The State itself has turned 10 years old t…

Picturesonwalls pop up shop ‘Marks and Stencils’ opened its doors to the public earlier this week. Forming a major part of the store is an exhibition by French artist Dran. Entitled ‘My Everyday Life’ it includes a character called Scribouill…

Recently released is a short run two colour hand pulled silkscreen print by Dotmasters (50 prints at £30 each) of his Mad Pride poster design seen on recent demonstrations against the benefit cuts. A full scale original also appeared in the …

Everytime I go into Pictures On Walls one piece of artwork catches my eye – it’s  ‘Free Speech’ by Dran – an artist from Toulouse with a gift for drawing.
  
‘Free Speech’ by Dran
So it’s good news to hear that POW are putting on two sho…

For only a few days an East End pub will be the unusual venue for the first solo show by Mantis. The Lord Napier pub in White Post Lane, Hackney Wick will temporarily be home to an exhibition of paintings, sculpture and work on paper from the artist wh…

New York’s Underbelly Gallery – opens and closes.
Artofthestate is a sucker for access to man made underground tunnels and street art so when a story appeared over the weekend in the Sunday Times Magazine (subscription required) that combined both…

Seems the Toasters have been very busy in London town of late. An all too common sight in some areas are the grey, white and black blobs of paint that the graffiti removal teams leave behind when obliterating graffiti and street art. They like to …

I stuck my head around the door of the Moniker International Art Fair last week. It’s objective is “to advance networking between international galleries, artists, collectors and buyers with Moniker becoming an annual event, establishing a solid reputa…