Urban Art Association

i think the new term is now "Urban contemporary art". So chic

Pictures on Walls and Pest Control

Everything at Dismaland

Love Steve.

Is Lokis still on?.

Love Lokis.

Is Lazarides still doing his big Fair Ground project in London this year with street artists creating an amusement park?

It was mentioned last year about this project by Mr laz.

When will tickets be available ?

I fancy a f**k in the muck

Steve Lazarides plans to open a temporary fairground—complete with rides, music, street food and, of course, art—next to the O2 arena

"The London art dealer Steve Lazarides plans to open a very different kind of fair at the end of next April. The former representative of the street artist Banksy is due to build a temporary funfair on a ten-acre site next to the O2 arena in southeast London.

Designed by artists, the functioning fairground will include a wall of death, carousel, shooting ranges, music acts and gourmet street food, but it will also act as “one big performance piece”, Lazarides says. There will also be an over-18 section for adults.

Around 20 artists, musicians and performers are due to participate including the Parisian photographer JR, Robert Del Naja of the music group Massive Attack and the DJ and producer James Lavelle, who is co-organising the show with Lazarides. “I wanted to include people who have pushed the boundaries of culture,” Lazarides says.

JR is due to create a giant snow globe; while the Portuguese street artist Alexandre Farto (who goes by the name of Vhils) plans to carve a face into the ground that will double as a maze.

Tickets will cost around £15 and the fairground has a maximum capacity of 5,000. None of the works will be for sale, according to Lazarides, who says that he hopes to recoup costs via ticket sales. There are also plans to send a core element of the fair on a tour around the world, possibly starting in the Middle East."

theartnewspaper.com/market/art-market-news/london-dealer-puts-the-fun-back-into-fairs/

he swears a lot in a good way

"The man who made Banksy famous"

Actually I think that statement is pretty accurate. I mean it does appear it was his involvement that really kicked things off for Banksy, and even after their split it was largely Steve's continued promotion that kept the ball rolling.

What do you think?

I think if Steve Lazarides was still officially involved in brand Banksy I'm sure things would be much much better than they are now. Maybe that sounds like a crazy thing to say, but honestly I think he could have handled things much better over the years. Even with his hands tied by not being officially connected to Banksy, he has done an incredible amount to spread the Banksy name in the right circles in the art world.

I like Banksy installations ( Dismaland , Walledof hotel ) and artworks in the streets since he walks in his own ....
Ok Lazarides helped ( not so hard when you know the People famous or infamous with a big wallet ) , as some others have done with their artists ... and he made a lot of profits also
Funny that Invader also this year seems to have taken distance.
Just a question Daniel : do you make this ode to Steve Lazarides because a lot are criticizing him yesterday or today ?
To speak about famous, yes ( for us and a lot ) , Banksy and Invader are famous ... But less than some " People " that does not merit it anyway.
Look, in the Dismaland queue, people even some youths , a lot, did not know really who was Banksy ?! They did not know per example that he was, he is an artist...
incredible no ?

nice sepia morons cameo

Easy to villify such a public figure and as Daniel said, people wouldn't work with him unless he was good at what he does regardless of his extracurricular activities. People are so quick to pick up the flaming torches and pitchforks!

As a business model of people keep buying and he will keep selling them. He wouldn't do it if the market wasn't there