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Back in March Bristol’s best graffiti artists, designers and illustrators vied for the chance to be given one of 26 sets of pure, white, unadulterated Russian Nesting Dolls to customise at their will.
The products of the fertile imaginations of the likes of Cheba, Heidi Gough, and Mr Jago can now be seen at the Matryoshka Army exhibition.
I was so excited to see this – who doesn’t love a Russian Doll? And despite being given the exact same ‘canvases’ to work with the designs couldn’t be more different. One of my favourite sets simply had ‘chicken’ ‘egg’ ‘chicken’ ‘egg’ on each ever decreasing doll, while Heidi Gough’s designs were beautifully intricate and sensual.
You can see a very cool little video of Albinal’s dolls, which I love, here. Also worth a look are the ‘refuse-niks’, each little Matryoshka covered in tiny items of rubbish! All sets are available to buy so be sure to get down there soon!
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The Army have their own blog here
– Karen Dawe
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