6562. Ikea Wall of Fame (2)

Posea, Zaki Dee and BG183, Ikea Wall of Fame, Bristol, October 2024
Posea, Zaki Dee and BG183, Ikea Wall of Fame, Bristol, October 2024

This is the second section of the long and exciting new wall of fame at Ikea. DJ and Record producer brought together street art and graffiti talent from Bristol and around the world to celebrate 30 years of his record label, Metalheads.

Posea, Zaki Dee and BG183, Ikea Wall of Fame, Bristol, October 2024
Posea, Zaki Dee and BG183, Ikea Wall of Fame, Bristol, October 2024

In this section we have an extraordinary split portrait piece by Posea. The vertical line separates the faces of DJ Doc Scott, and a version of the tin man from the Wizard of Oz, picking up the yellow brick road theme of the whole collaboration production. Posea’s skills are perfectly showcased in this contrasting portrait.

Posea, Ikea Wall of Fame, Bristol, October 2024
Posea, Ikea Wall of Fame, Bristol, October 2024

The mushrooms and flowers are courtesy of Zaki Dee and the skyline and flying monkeys (I think) are by BG183. More from this unique wall in due course.

6534. Ikea Wall of Fame (1)

Zaki Dee, Nicer, Fade and BG183, Ikea wall of fame, Bristol, October 2024
Zaki Dee, Nicer, Fade and BG183, Ikea wall of fame, Bristol, October 2024

Something big happened in Bristol over 17-20 October in the Ikea car park, just off junction 2 of the M32. Goldie, a British music producer and DJ who is also an accomplished graffiti writer and whose work has appeared in Natural Adventures several times, organised an international paint jam to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his record label Metalheadz. In doing so, he invited artists from the New York-based Tats Cru to join a selection of Bristol artists, and some others from the UK and beyond.

The challenge was to paint a themed collaboration – the yellow brick road from The Wizard of Oz (more on this another time) on this enormous wall. In doing so a new wall of fame was created, and one which I hope will host further such productions. This is the first in a series of photographs from the wall, starting at the left-hand end.

Zaki Dee, Nicer, Fade and BG183, Ikea wall of fame, Bristol, October 2024
Zaki Dee, Nicer, Fade and BG183, Ikea wall of fame, Bristol, October 2024

In this first section, The writing is from Fade, who is no stranger to Natural Adventures, and he is accompanied by the rather gory witch character by Nicer, some floral decoration, running through the entire production, by Zaki Dee and a section of New York skyline by BG183.

I will be posting more from this incredible paint jam in due course, and hope to provide some sense of scale of the production.