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Streets Ahead: Bristol Street Art 2020 at The RWA

The Royal West of England Academy, Queen's Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1PX

Tel: +44 (0)117 973 5129

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Streets Ahead: Bristol Street Art 2020 at The Royal West of England Academy

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*** Due to the coronavirus closures, the RWA have had to make decisions on their upcoming programme. They hope to bring Streets Ahead to Bristol in 2022. Sign up to their mailing list to be the first to hear the developments ***

Streets Ahead: Bristol Street Art 2020 looks forward to the future of street art and the exciting new directions today's artists are heading in.

Bristol has long been at the vibrant centre of the global street art scene but over the last decade the practice of graffiti art has evolved, encompassing new forms, media and concerns.

Focusing on artists who are pushing the boundaries of street, graffiti and urban art, the exhibition will span installation, interactive art, sculpture, sound art, collage, light-based works and performance as well as fresh perspectives in mural painting. Streets Ahead takes visitors on an unexpected journey from the street to the studio, and via many a detour, as wall paintings merge into canvases, shipping containers become stages, objects are found and lost, musical instruments are made from inflatables and lettering jumps from the walls invading three-dimensional space.

Specially commissioned new collaborative works are being realised, reaching into the realms of tattooing, spoken word, film-making and activism. The artists exhibited in Streets Ahead are not only dreaming up dynamic new aesthetics but are using their work to tackle universal crises; confronting urgent political, environmental and mental health issues. Street Art's uniquely compelling nature can be instrumental in building bridges between faith communities, celebrating diversity and making bold social statements.

This exhibition will be a major reassessment of street art recognising the impact made beyond the city walls. It celebrates the vision, ambition and diversity of the art form that has grown out of Bristol's inimitable scene.

Streets Ahead is curated by Felix Braun and Luke Palmer who originated Crimes of Passion, an exhibition that took place at the RWA 10 years ago. Since then the pair have remained embedded in the street art scene. Artists include: 3Dom, Alex Lucas (Lucas Antics), Andy Council, Aspire, Bex Glover, Cheba, Duncan McKellar, Epok, Filthy Luker, Mohammed Ali, HazardOne, Richard Shipley, Sepr, Shab, Soker, Sophie Rae, Ziml, Zoe Billboard Gibbons and Zoe Power.

Graffiti Lab Graffiti Lab is a space for visitors to participate in workshops, discussions, games, activities and crafts. Visitors will be invited to contribute to a collaborative large-scale wall piece created with ACERONE and FLX. The work will grow as audiences add to it over the course of the exhibition. FREE with your admission ticket.

Street Art is taking over the city this summer! Streets Ahead is part of a citywide celebration of street art including Vanguard | Bristol Street Art: The Evolution of a Global Movement at M Shed from 6 June–1 November 2020. This landmark show will celebrate Bristol's instrumental role as the birthplace of modern British Street Art through a display of many unseen and rare works by leading British and international street artists.

Time: 
10:00am - 5:00pm

Tickets:
On the door -
Ticket with donation: £6
Ticket without donation: £5
Concession ticket (unwaged, disabled, retired): £5
Under 18s and students: FREE RWA Art Pass Holders: FREE
Purchase an Art Pass Friends of the RWA: FREE
Join today National Art Pass holders: 50% discount on ticket price

Joint ticket prices - 
See both the RWA and MShed exhibitions for a special price of £10!
Joint tickets will be available from RWA and MShed.
Ticket with donation: £10
Ticket without donation: £9
Concession ticket (students, unwaged, disabled, retired): £8
 

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