Inkie is one of the most notorious graffiti writers in UK history to emerge out of the 80s Bristol scene. He was a member of Crime Inc. Crew alongside 3D of Massive Attack fame. He has painted alongside Banksy and also Nick Walker, aka Apish Angel. Inkie is also one of the creators of Street Art Project – See No Evil. His art has been published in books: Banksy’s Bristol, Children of the Can, and Graffiti World as well as the magazines Graphotism and Dazed & Confused. Inkie is also featured in the 2007 LA graffiti documentary Bomb It.
Osch is a Chilean-born artist now based in London where as well as creating art, he lectures on architecture at degree level. Since 1996 Osch has exhibited his work in collections and solo exhibitions in Chile, Germany, the U.S, England, the Netherlands, Russia and France. Osch visits Blackpool pretty regularly and the first piece Osch created for Sand, Sea & Spray in 2011 was a complicated portrait of the late John Lennon, made up of twisting ribbons containing the lyrics from some his best known hits. Also situated in Talbot Road Bus Station, this piece sadly met the same fate as Inkie’s piece and was demolished recently but such is the transient nature of urban art.
Osch also had a piece on Deansgate which has just last week been painted over to make way for the new. His new piece, ‘Double Personalities‘ won’t be too far away from where the last piece sat as he will be back on Deansgate on a new previously unused wall. Like the London Police piece, it will be visible from the top of Deansgate.
Sand, Sea & Spray – 14th, 15th & 16th June
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