We’re still in the process of giving back all the stock from the CiB Shop. One of the items in particular stands out – not because it’s the biggest (although it is) but because it’s amazing.
Back in January, The REP hosted Writing On The Wall which featured:
world famous aerosol artist, Mohammed ‘Aerosol Arabic’ Ali for a one-off evening of live graffiti-art and poetry in The REP’s due-to-be-demolished workshop
The workshop was painted from floor to ceiling – here’s a work in progress pic:
In fact there’s a whole website dedicated to the Writing on the Wall project.
The finished piece was photographed by SalShan Photography and reproduced on a canvas 2.5m wide and 50cm high. It’s beautiful and drew many an admiring look hanging in the CiB Shop just behind our till (not least from me – it’d look great in my house).
Anyway, it didn’t sell in the end and it’s currently sat in the office, which seems a shame. This should be taking pride of place somewhere.
Here’s Pete holding it up (in a somewhat Angel of the Midlands-type pose):
You’ll notice it’s still partly in it’s protective wrapper – we’re taking care of it. Here’s a detail (in case you didn’t get the scale of the original work from the first picture, that’s a door in the bottom right-hand corner):
And here’s the signature on the back – no. 1 of 50:
If you fancy owning this thing then get in touch. The price is £850. You’re welcome to come in and inspect the goods before buying.
Ah there’s a video too. Seriously, someone should snap this up.
Hi what di I get for £75 supporting CiB, please – keep up the good works – i find the Harte research bizarre – there are lies damn lies and statisics – take yr choice with those figures! bit like a survey i found yesterday – “every day in the uk 1.3 mill unopened yogurt pots are thrown away 5500 chickens but 5.1 mill potatoes and 1.6 mill bananas” now those are real statistics – not!!!!!!!! Tt
Hi Tony. There’s info on the CiB Supporter thing here http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/cib-supporters/
Point taken on the statistics, tricky business.
Blimey, let’s not call them the ‘harte statistics’ – they ain’t mine, I’m just pointing them out. They aren’t that bizarre I think and in general, knowing business and employment trends in the creative sector seems worthwhile.