Are there any limits to Chu’s talent?
Not content with putting on a blinder of a solo show, 51 Degrees, Chu hasn’t just got back to London and rested.
He has created a 360 tour of his exhibition.
We hope to be able to put this up on this website soon, but in the meantime click the image below to see a virtual tour of the Fifty One Degrees solo show by Chu, curated by Jibbering Art, Birmingham April 2009
Chu, Energy, Zoot, Newso, Philth & N4T4 all got together on Easter Saturday to take the Rainbow Warehouse boundary wall.
The Adderley Street side of the wall pings at you, it looks like Newso’s fists are smashing section’s of Zoot’s trademark Z and Philth’s figure and starfish intermingle between it all. Energy & Chu took the Lower Trinity Street side of the wall.
Chu’s new sign looks really crisp, loving the fact that he even lined up the lamp post that obstructs the view from over the road!!
Really excited about Chu’s imminent exhibition, 51 Degrees which launches on St Georges Day, 23rd April from 6pm and then runs for two weeks.
Jibbering Art are curating a beast of an art exhibition in an old 10,000 sqft warehouse, slap bang in the middle of Birmingham’s creative hub, Digbeth.
With pioneers of UK graffiti, exhibiting alongside the new wave of street artists, this is a show not to be missed!
Artists confirmed are: Aida, Best Ever Crew, Blam, China, Chu, Cyclops, Dave Gaskgarth, Dora, Dscreet, Inkie, Jay Bo, Jinpow, Juice 126, Kem, Kid Acne, Log, LX.ONE, Mac 1, Newso, Part2ism, Plimsoul, Pure Evil, Remi/Rough, Rowdy, Semor & Co, Sickboy, Sweet toof, Timid, The Krah, Vermin & Zoot.
Line Steppers promises to bring together a diverse mix of styles and a broad range of mediums from oil paintings to sculpture, screen prints to large installation pieces.
With an area of the exhibition dedicated to artwork under £75, “Line Steppers” will appeal to many tastes and many pockets.
Aerosol cans become unstable at 51 degrees, pyramids are built at 51 degrees, secondary rainbows are only visible at 51 degrees, daisies open up to the sun at 51 degrees, and the northern hemisphere begins above the latitude of 51 degrees. If the graffiti tradition of adopting a number after your tag (similar to Taki 183, from 183rd Street, NYC) then the artist Chu’s number is definitely FIFTY ONE.
This new collection charts a journey in the UK from the town of Walsall to the city of Birmingham, along the A34 road, the flagship route for bus number 51. This journey passes Chu’s secondary school, crosses the busiest stretch of motorway in Europe, co-habiting with a plentiful supply of pedestrian walkways and vehicular spine routes through socially disparate areas and estates throughout north Birmingham.
12 new paintings and simultaneous, limited edition, screen print releases will be shown alongside a warehouse space containing an installation created specifically for this comeback show and we can’t wait.
