'New scourge' Street art stickers divide opinion

THEY'VE been turning heads and causing quite a reaction across the city centre and in Bedminster - a new kind of particularly niche form of street art has sparked controversy in Bristol - a city which was last week named among the top places in the world to visit, mainly because of its street art.

- Tristan CORK

Last weekend, mystery Birmingham artist Sgt Wilko arrived and spent the weekend pasting his unique artwork on shop fronts, phone boxes, walls and signs down East Street and North Street in Bedminster, along with various locations around the city centre.

The artworks are effectively large stickers, but are handmade relief or screen prints that are then pasted up on walls as a rapid way to display art. Sgt Wilko who goes by 'Wilko Official' on Instagram is contributing one half to a popup exhibition, alongside fellow artist Boxi, at That Art Gallery, at the top of the Christmas Steps in Colston Street next month.