I’m a huge fan of art, especially when its art that represents the urban lifestyle and culture that we experience on a daily basis living in a city like Cape Town.

Mafuta Ink has come up with one of the best concepts for an art auction that I have heard of in years! What they’ve basically done is collected the broken and discarded skateboards that littered the streets and closets of the Tony Hawk wanna-be’s of our generation and instead of letting the shaped wood and steel rot away and cause more damage to the environment they removed the trucks and bolts and sent the plain wooden boards away to some of their and our favourite local artists to breathe new life into them.

The event is aimed at finding a home for each unique piece of urban art and exposing the talents of some gifted local artists. These guys just want to help each piece find its perfect owner.

Artists who’s pieces will be on show at the Co-Lab Studio on 63 Roeland Street on 26/11/09 from 17:05 – 22:05

are:

Baka

Mr Slippers

Trudy Plankton

Dizzy Tyd

MachineMan

Khoza

Rist

Hanno Van Zyl

Peace Kidd

Mike Jones!

Nolan Oswald Dennis

See you guys there!! I am so amped to pick up at least one work for my wall!!!

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