Sorry We're Fucked - 20/20

3 x Oli Bennet Secret Postcards

2011-06-13T13:02:00.000-07:00

We've got 3 secret postcards included in the Oli Bennett Secret Cards charity fundraiser.

Can't say which they are - it's a secret! But you can view all 270+ cards here and guess: www.olipostcards.com/archive

Over 100 artists have contributed. There's an online raffle this week, and the 'do' where the vast bulk of the cards will be sold is on 20th June at Westminster School.

Oli Bennett was a young guy who died in the 9/11 attack. A trust (kinda like The Prince's trust) was set up in his name to help other ambitious but underprivileged youngsters.

Upfest 2011

2011-06-06T21:23:00.000-07:00

Did a smaller piece this year in the hope it wouldn't take so long. Seems that's not the way it works.

Quite pleased with how this turned out, pretty tight and moist, not the usual mess. :D

Wanted to do another piece Sunday but the rain said no.

Mucho thanks to Steve, Jake, Emma & Kim, plus supporting cast for another great weekend. Lots of stuff still to buy on the Upfest site, with money going to NACOA.

Hand sprayed stickers for Upfest '11

2011-05-30T15:07:00.000-07:00

At least 20 of these jumbo THIS! stickers will be available to buy at Upfest 2011 in Bristol next weekend, with proceeds going to NACAO.

Each is hand sprayed and in a unique colour way - they measure about 6 inches square each.

Nearly coughed up a lung from all the paint fumes so won't be doing any more for a good while!

Sand, Sea and Spray - Blackpool 2011

2011-05-24T10:19:00.000-07:00

Possibly the most fun weekend ever. Our homage to a Blackpool boy, despite rain stopping spray for a couple of hours. This was in the smoking yard at Club Sanuk.

Massive thanks to Robin for sorting the weekend out, and to Caroline and Kerry too for showing us the beautiful highs and lows of Blackpool. Too many good pieces happened all over town - see the rest here.

New THIS! stickers

2011-05-15T22:44:00.000-07:00

A few test stickers of our latest childish design. Wanna get a better hand model though.

I.S.O. big, fat chunky builder's hands with nails bitten right down. Will be holding our own Hand Idol finals at Upfest this year. :D

Woburn - Bedford St Gallery - Exposure!

2010-08-29T15:27:00.000-07:00

Another great weekend in Woburn, painting in the sun, meeting new peeps. Crazy painted sheds dotted all around the village as part of the Exposure! event, and loads of cool canvases e.t.c. in the gallery.

Thanks to John & Johann for setting this up again, and to Ben & the guys for the invite. :)

Supercans at The Hobbit

2010-07-26T16:47:00.000-07:00

Third time down in Southampton - you know it's always gonna be good, esp when you've got a live Steel Band doing covers of Brown Girl In The Ring right in your earhole half way through the afternoon.

Loved giving this old telly a makeover though. Was the highlight really. Need to do more installations!

The actual piece we were going to paint got banned before it even made the wall (NB. never let anyone in on what you're actually planning) which kind of threw us and the final wall ended up a bit empty. Maybe we'll finish it off next year and post a pic then. ;^)

Cheers to Stickmeister for another awesome weekend.

Supercans 2010 - Southampton

2010-07-10T16:20:00.000-07:00

Lots and lots of dub reggae and hopefully sunshine in Southampton, courtesy of Stickee.

Come on down to The Hobbit, Saturday 24th July. Got the biggest beer garden you've ever seen, and it's gonna be chock full of sweet smelling paint fumes.

The Hobbit pub is precisely here. And they've got a website here.

Upfest 2010 - Bristol

2010-06-06T21:02:00.000-07:00

Much more relaxed this year being spread over two days, and confined to one area. Gave us chance to go off and catch what else was being painted. Plus lovely, lovely sunshine meant we could ramp the background drips right up coz they were drying in a trice.

Here's the finished piece... logo ended up slightly off, but fuck it.

Big thanks to Steve, Kim, Jake & all the UpFest team. Sweet times.

Stickers Stickers Stickers

2010-06-05T21:36:00.000-07:00

Loads of new stickers for Upfest 10 - courtesy of Stickee the Stickman, and Don.
Ta chaps. :))

Oiiiii

2010-06-03T00:25:00.001-07:00

Lil test spray for this year's Upfest piece.

Sprays for Upfest

2010-05-28T00:20:00.000-07:00

A few hand sprayed TVs on card made specially for Upfest. Will be on sale in the Tobacco Factory over the weekend.

On Tour

2010-05-24T23:56:00.001-07:00

Upfest 2010 -:- Bristol -:- 5th/6th June

2010-05-10T22:35:00.000-07:00

Upfest'10 incoming!!! Somehow even bigger than last year. Can't wait - see ya there.

Check upfest.co.uk for a myriad of pre-show events and location details.

Fucked signs now @ POW

2010-03-12T22:48:00.000-08:00

With one of our mega-signs now gracing the POW window, the Sorry We're Fucked perspex signs are now also available to buy at Pictures On Walls' gallery (46-48 Commercial Street, E1 6LT).

Woburn Wonderland

2009-08-31T21:45:00.000-07:00

Great day painting in the middle of a Miss Marple village. Sun, barbecue, mojitos... so relaxed. Pretty pleased with how this turned out, esp considering we left the base mulsh (was meant to be yellow) back in London.

Loads of other cool work on show at the Bedford Street Gallery for the next few weeks - if you can't trot along they got loads up on their website.

Big thanks to the Wonderland Collective for the invite, and to John & Johann, and all the guys at The Black Horse pub for putting on the event.

Giant 'Sorry We're Fucked' sign

2009-08-25T17:54:00.000-07:00

Just knocked up this oversized version of the Fucked sign for the 'Nothing To Display' show opening on Friday.

Nothing To Display - Woburn...?!???

2009-08-22T20:31:00.000-07:00

Never been there before, but we're gategrashing Wonderland Collective's 'Nothing To Declare show at The Bedford Street Gallery. :D

Show starts Friday 28th August. Live painting and fun on Saturday 29th in the pub next door.

Southsea Skate Park

2009-08-12T15:45:00.000-07:00

Massive area to paint - it's totally blank!
Check this guy's arial shot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcus-hunt/32530884/

Sunday 30th August 2009 - Bank Holiday Weekend.

Down To Bargate

2009-07-26T05:08:00.000-07:00

Mucho fun down in Southampton at Supercans.

The finshed piece could've done with a background pattern, but sumink had to give when you get delayed bigtime on 'the shittest motorway going' (© FarkFK).

Fin & Pistol did the awesome Bowie, PJ Harvey & Manson pieces on the shed next door. Shouts to XWWX and LukeDaDuke too for fun & games into the small hours. :)

Supercans 2009 - Southampton

2009-07-22T14:33:00.002-07:00

Supercans paintfest is nearly here!! Saturday 25th July 2009. Fingers x'd for the sunshine.

Get down to Southampton's biggest beer garden (fact.) for some painting, drinking and heavy, heavy reggae. Loads of artists gonna be there - loads more than on the flyer.

The Hobbit pub is here, and they've got a website here.

New TWE-NTY Stickers

2009-06-20T15:40:00.000-07:00

New round logo, based on the sprayed vinyl's from UpFest. They come in Purple/Yellow & Turquoise/Yellow, and are printed on vinyl - no rain ain't gonna wash these away.

Big thanks to Stickee for sorting them.

They'll be available at the 20/20 Online Megastore presently.

UpFest 2009 - Bristol

2009-06-06T21:24:00.000-07:00

Here's our finished piece. A great, great day and such a relief that the forecasted downpours fucked right off. Met lotsa kool new peeps - big hello's to MLSS, Dora & Monky who we painted next to.

Massive thanks to Steve, Kim, Tim, Matt & Jake for making this year's show so smooth & fun to do.

Bring on the aftershow.....

Upfest pre-spray party - Old Bridewell Police Station

2009-06-06T01:57:00.000-07:00

Friday night in the cells - well, painting in the stairwells on the eve of Upfest.

Received an emergency callout to cover some 'offensive' work that someone had sprayed beneath K74's monkey. We obligingly put a screaming girl on top of the big cock.

Meanwhile Ben Slow's exploding paint corridor was getting some additional decoration.

Upfest Tests

2009-05-25T13:15:00.000-07:00

A few colourway tryouts for part of our piece this year.

More Vinyls

2009-05-21T15:07:00.000-07:00

New circle logos on 12" vinyl.
Stickers coming soon via Stickee. :)

We Hate Love ~ We Love Hate

2009-05-19T16:07:00.000-07:00

Playing with a few ideas.
Having a bit of a tDR moment (on 10" vinyl, no less).

Dr Spin

2009-05-10T16:29:00.000-07:00

Had Damien Hirst round for the afternoon. He insisted on bringing his souped-up potter's wheel so we could make spin paintings. We made him listen to this as we worked.

These'll more than likely end up as backdrops for things available at UpFest. Yours for a million quid each (remember 50% goes to charity).

Upfest '09 - Bristol Urban Paint Festival

2009-05-07T23:36:00.000-07:00

Happening Saturday 6th June 2009 all over Bristol.

To say we're excited about this is a slight understatement. 140 artists doing live painting over 7 sites right across the city, all weekend. Last year's was BIG - this is gonna be stupidly huuuuge!

There'll be a variety of artist's pieces for sale on the day, all raising money for the NACOA charity, plus t-shirts available featuring our Pimp My UpFest piece from last year.

Get the fuck on down - see upfest.co.uk for full event locations and details.

Biting Monster Munch

2009-05-03T14:38:00.000-07:00

Blew all our Bank Holiday pocket money on a 6-pack of Monster Munch and 6 tins of paint.

Pickled Onion flavour still kicks it.... om nom nom nom.

Catch it

2009-04-06T13:35:00.000-07:00

A few test sprays dropped around Prick Lane at the weekend. Though they probably all blew away. :D

Razorblade Kisses

2009-03-25T15:20:00.001-07:00

Managed to smack a few of these up outside Urban Scrawl last night despite the (lethal) drizzle.

Go check out the show - loads of great work from Fark, DanK and Ben Slow to name but three. All new stuff. It's on for another two weeks at The Muse at 269, Portabello Rd.

New perspex FUCKED signs have arrived!

2008-12-17T13:51:00.000-08:00

The new screenprinted 'Sorry We're Fucked' perspex hanging signs have finally arrived!

Order now and you'll get them in time for Xmas (UK only - last orders will be taken at 23.59 on Friday 19th Dec). All the pre-orders we received will be sent out first thing tomorrow as soon as we've finished threading them all up. :)

CLICK HERE TO BUY

POW Open Day - 20/20 stickers for sale

2008-12-05T17:31:00.000-08:00

The Pictures On Walls open day (which actually lasts 2 days) starts tomorrow. We're well excited that they've made some brand new 20/20 FUCKED stickers to sell amongst all the art and mayhem. Just ask a POW staff member nicely.

We'll be taking a few cheeky little stencils down to decorate their wall - see you there bright and early.

Hand sprayed signs available at Urban Riddle (4th Dec 08)

2008-12-03T15:58:00.000-08:00

A few of the hand sprayed 'Sorry We're Fucked' signs we created for UPFest 2008 will be available to buy at the Urban Riddle show (Thur 4th Dec 08).

Twenty were made in this special 'charity edition'. Remember 50% of the sale price goes to charity.