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Founder of the Mutoid Waste Company here in Notting Dale/Frestonia in1982 with iconic artworks like the skull bus and original warehouse parties.He has since toured Europe and provided the onsite design for the 2012Paralympics Closing Ceremony and the Glastonbury 2013 Phoenix.Joe RushPOP MODERNPortobello Film Festival has specialised in the frontiersof non corporate art since 2000 when we first invitedJoe Rush over from Italy to display his robots andmodels in a circus tent in a North Kensington park.Succeeding years showcased Les Freres Ripoulin(from Paris), Jamie Hewlett of Tank Girl and Gorillazfame, Eine and the maestro Blek Le Rat. Film Festivalcover artistes included Ralph Steadman, Pure Evil,Andrew Logan, Dotmasters, Big Jesus Trashcan andMr Le Rat.UK leads the world now in fine art popular culture withintegrity. Hard on the heels of the pioneering work ofBanksy street art is massively enjoyed by ordinarypeople. It's still possible to pick up original pieces,Solo Onestencils and prints for next to nothing of you look hardenough...but beware eBay and fakes...while at the sametime urban art is fetching a fortune in auction houses.Art is fun again and not the domain of a few snottynosed chin strokers.For these reasons we are launching the annualPortobello Urban Art Festival showcasing the best ofthis new exciting movement that will surely be ascelebrated as Impressionism, Surrealism, and Pop Art,and putting the work in the gallery environment itdeserves.Many thanks to the Louise T Blouin Foundation andespecially Amy Gibson for their help and vision insupporting this project.West Ten Fade Outa programme of 11 short filmsabout the urban environment ofNorth Kensington. Films by SandraCrisp, Dee Harding, Colin Legge,Pat Naldi, NewRedHouse, HelenPetts, RandL, Rickster andConstantine Gras.Screening at the Louise BlouinFoundation from Wed 28thAugust – Sun 1stSeptember.Curated by Constantine Gras whowill give a talk about theprogramme on Saturday 31stAugust, 2–3pmWest London street artstar, his Paralympicsstencils last yearcovered London and hecurates our sister showat The Muse onPortobello Road.Code F CVeteran old school graffer. The curator ofthe world's biggest, ever changing streetart gallery in Brixton.10