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The Martin Jones Archives – Part 10
Filed in Uncategorized, August 26, 2010, 2:56 pm by bozbozSwatch Watches skateboard ramp commission/Wildstyle T shirts. Photo: Martin Jones.
In 1989 I was asked to organise a celebration of street culture (including the International Street Art Competition) on the sea front at the Humberside resort of Bridlington. One of the attractions was Neil Danns’ Swatch Watches skateboard team who performed on massive portable half-pipe [...]
The Martin Jones Archives – Part 9
Filed in Graffiti Art, Urban Art, August 12, 2010, 5:43 pm by bozbozGoldie sprays a West Midlands Travel double decker bus for Bass M&B’s new cocktail drink, Pink Lady, West Midlands Travel Walsall spray booth, 1989. Image – Martin Jones
The Pink Lady bus was one of several commercial commissions and trade shows I obtained for Goldie between 1987 and 1989. Others included Swatch Watches skateboard ramps and [...]
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 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 [...]
