Internationally renowned visual artist and producer Mohammed Ali will bring together the words of Tshaka Campbell, the sounds of percussionist Daniel Waples together with live-spray painted art. Breaking Down the Wall is on Saturday 12 November at New Art Gallery Walsall and it’s free. It looks a little similar to the Writing on the Wall … [Read more…]
Following the one-off live event back in January before part of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre was demolished, Soul City Arts in association with mac and The REP presents Mohammed Ali’s Writing On The Wall – The Documentary. Taking place 3 September, 4-7pm at the mac, the event will screen the documentary, plus live performances and … [Read more…]
I’ve still not made it over to The Hubb which is starting to feel remiss of me. They’ve got an interesting thing happening there next week which looks good – a Chinese and Arabic calligraphy collaboration.
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’ … [Read more…]
This sounds good – a new arts centre called The Hubb is opening on 29 April next to Aldi on the Stratford Road, Sparkbrook (postcode is B11 1QS, if that helps). As the flyer says, the launch will feature Sheikh Jihad Brown, Peter Sanders, Dreadlock Alien and Mohammed Ali, from who’s blog I’ve nicked this … [Read more…]
Sounds like the Writing on the Wall event at The Rep the other night went well – it even created some amusing fuss on the event page’s comments thread. There’s more Aerosol Arabic action at Bullring this weekend, with Mohammed Ali creating a big mural in the shopping centre. There’s an online interactive element to … [Read more…]
Mohammed Ali is holding an evening of live graffiti-art and poetry in The REP’s soon-to-be-demolished workshop (Kate Beatty’s photos of which you can see here) on 21 January 2010. Tickets available from The Rep. Jonzi D is directing the event with Dreadlock Alien, (the superb) Zena Edwards and Amir Sulaiman performing new poetry. After the … [Read more…]
Spiritual artist Mohammed Ali, known for merging graffiti style with Islamic art, has just won an ITV South Bank Award in the Arts Council England Diversity category. Although aerosolarabic (aka Mohammed Ali) travels worldwide to create new work he is still based in Birmingham. Recently he has painted murals in the city addressing the recent … [Read more…]