Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Martin, whose artwork is used throughout The Beat Is The Law website and which can be purchased from our shop, has a main exhibition of his work entitled “Trust” in the Yorkshire Artspace running throughout October. The artwork for The Beat Is The Law will be on display at the launch party 9th October.
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Phil Wolstenholme, creator of one of the pieces of artwork for the film and brought to animated life in the MEDIA section’s The Listening Room , celebrated 20 years of creativity with a great retrospective at the Workstation over the summer, the exhibition, which included his art for The Beat Is The Law, was extended due to popular demand.
“The breadth of material on show may puzzle those expecting a single theme or some overarching theory on which to hang an opinion (or indeed a review). But at a time when so much visual art relies for validation on mission statements and other textual baggage, it’s pleasing to find work that displays confidence in versatility and pure visual pleasure.”
David Thompson – Eye Blog, 28th July 2009
Purchase a Wolstenholme limited edition signed print from the shop
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
“When Martin did the posters for the Leadmill, I would look out for them on the walls of our city. I was as interested in them, as much as the bands they were promoting. Sometimes more so. He made the often boring art of advertising a gig, into an event in itself.”
Richard Hawley.
When I interviewed Martin for the film last year it became apparent how important Martin has been in the development of the city’s music scene especially for his hard work setting up the Leadmill from scratch to his Leadmill posters that now can be seen to represent the changing times in music throughout the 80’s. I was very excited when Martin agreed to revisit that period and style to produce artwork for The Beat is The Law that summed up for him what the 80’s were all about. The result is very powerful and really does sum up an era beautifully. The artwork has also been incorporated into the website design.
>> Limited edition signed silkscreen prints are available from The Beat Is The Law shop <<
Martin recently went on a pilgrimage to America’s West Coast where he met for the first time the people that inspired him and his style of art and where he was also asked to produce commissioned artwork for well-known artists. He has also just published a fantastic book of his Leadmill posters.
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