Here’s some info about the ‘Forward’ mural that adorns the building next to the Heath Mill Lane car park in Digbeth:

The wall has been painted as part of an exhibition we are putting on. We have invaded B.J. Components a small factory that produces hand made parts for classic motorcycles, we have used materials provided by them and have created 1 piece each based on the theme of Birminghams industry, typography and product design. These pieces have then been donated to and displayed within B.J. Components (the show has no commercial value at all)

Which is modest of them. ‘Them’ being Newso, Juice 126 and Zoot (whose photo it is).

The exhibition was called Forward and was at the Wild Building from 5-8 November (flyer here) but the mural remains.

(Hat-tip – hmm, I can’t remember where I saw this first now, so I’ll credit Brumblr)

Secret Wars Birmingham is, well, I’ve leave it to the rather excitable blurb:

Secret Wars is happening right now, you just don’t know! Similar to Fight Club it thrives on word of mouth. Put simply, it is a war between artists. The ultimate question however, is who will reign supreme? The only weapon they carry is the Edding pen they hold in their hand.

In the dark backstreets of Digbeth, there’s a bright shining light and a large queue of excited people…

“This is Secret Wars. There can only be one winner…. paint will spill!”

“The World’s premiere street art competition, Innovate don’t imitate!”

The next event is on 17 Jan at The Rainbow and will feature the final battles of the quarter final round, with Tony Cryze vs Newso and Sam Bevlak vs Obenzah.

Here’s a video of what happened at the last event:

Secret wars Brum quarter final from Trav on Vimeo.

using this exhibition to bridge the gap between his alter-modern abstract, studio based paintings and his crisp spray paintings, that he creates on the streets of Birmingham

Newso won Secret Wars Birmingham at The Rainbow back in March, as covered on the Monorex blog and in this rather nicely put together video:

The exhibition starts with a launch night on 14 August and will be there until 24 September.  There’s more info and examples of Newso’s work on the Jibbering Art website.