Want to find out more about Aerosol Arabic? Check him out on YouTube!
Green Street Promo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5BMTNPmYX8
BBC Newsnight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lmeMG7NtTA
Southbank Awards:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5azddnP3Hw
Green Street Graffiti Art & Poetry
Acclaimed graffiti artist and poet make art on London street-corner
Internationally acclaimed graffiti artist and South Bank Show Award winner, Mohammed Ali, will be creating his first London street-mural, sponsored by charity relief organisation Muslim Hands, on Green Street, Upton Park, East London on Saturday August 29th 2009.
Mohammed Ali -aka Aerosol Arabic- is known for his unique fusion of graffiti art and Islamic script with messages of peace, poverty, justice and brotherhood. Mohammed will create his message-based mural, which deals with issues relevant to the whole of humanity and to people of all faith, on the side of the Zam Zam Bookstore on the corner of Green Street and Harold Street.
While Mohammed paints the mural, various renowned poets will also perform throughout the day for the public.
Mohammed Ali has travelled across the globe and painted his thought-provoking murals as far afield as New York, Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur, Toronto and Singapore. He has now teamed up with Muslim Hands, a UK based international relief organisation, in creating murals across the UK.
Audiences will open their fast at dusk in unison on this busy London street corner. During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims around the world use this time for spiritual reflection while sacrificing ones desires such as eating and drinking.
Mohammed says of his forthcoming London mural, “I’ve created conscious message-based murals around the globe, in many multicultural societies. Now it’s time to come back home and deal with issues on my own doorstep, by using public-art as the new language for change, and there’s no better time to do this, than during the month of Ramadan – a time of reflection and contemplation.”