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The Martin Jones Archives – Part 8
Filed in Graffiti Art, Urban Art, August 6, 2010, 2:39 pm by bozbozThe 40’ foot long Goldie mural sprayed live for BBC Children in Need, November 1988 – image – Martin Jones
This was an attempt to establish a new category of record, specifically for spraycan mural painting. The occasion we chose was the annual BBC Children in Need telethon, based at BBC TV studios at Pebble [...]
The Martin Jones Archives – Part 7
Filed in Graffiti Art, July 16, 2010, 5:39 pm by bozbozGoldie at Sun Street factory studio, Wolverhampton in 1987, with his ‘TAT’ mural. Image – Martin Jones
Goldie created a range of canvases experimenting with different styles for the ‘Rockin’ the City’ show in 1987. In recognition of his outstanding work he was made an honorary member of New York’s TAT crew and invited to return [...]
The Martin Jones Archives – Part 6
Filed in Graffiti Art, July 9, 2010, 6:05 pm by bozbozGoldie and the Transatlantic Federation: left to right, Nicer, Goldie, Brim, Bio, T Kid, Vulcan; Brighton sea front 1987.
In 1987 I brought over some of the best graffiti artists in New York to create an exhibition of canvases alongside Goldie and Bristol’s 3D (later of Massive Attack). The New York crew was TAT (Tuff Ass [...]
The Martin Jones Archives – Part 5
Filed in Graffiti Art, July 7, 2010, 3:04 pm by bozbozGoldie mural, in the foyer of Hawthorne House, Chervil Rise, Heathtown, 1986.
Goldie had a flat in Hawthorne House, a high rise block in Heathtown, Wolverhampton, where he went to live after leaving care at the age of 18.
It became the centre of operations for a vast campaign by Goldie and his night time crew ‘The [...]
The Martin Jones Archives – Part 4
Filed in Graffiti Art, June 22, 2010, 12:46 pm by bozbozBirdie and Goldie run past their ground breaking ‘Future World Machines’ mural which was produced live as a showcase work for the public, at ‘Night Writers’, the Supreme Graffiti Team’s first gallery show, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, August 1986. Photo: Martin Jones.
Goldie’s Future World Machines was undoubtedly the finest mural to come from the Supreme Graffiti [...]
