Pic: Sam ChristmasThere is no surer sign of an areas up&comingness than artists moving in to the larger premises. But when a large (in the famous sense) artist moves into an area - this is fantastic for the neighbourhood!!
According to the Evening Standard (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/es-magazine-fashion/article-23600332-details/Jake's+progress/article.do) - this is exactly what Jake Chapman has done.
I am sure that the whole of Hackney Wick will welcome the arrival of Jake into our streets, cafes, lives & community events!
Please Jake - if you have any influence over your friends & contemporaries - please suggest to them that they also make the short hop from Shoreditch to the Wick - we need as many movers & shakers as possible to start putting Hackney Wick on the map for the RIGHT reasons!!
Welcome!
2 comments:
Hi Sóna
I love it that these famous people are starting to populate the Wick!! Doesn't that Banksy guy also have a studio somewhere about these parts?
Is there any way you could invite David Beckham down to Hackney Wick - not that I fancy him (much) or anything mind - it's just that he used to play up on the marshes when he was younger - and he might be willing to give our kids a few quick lessons dontcha think?
Avril
Brilliant!!
I don't know to much about art - but the stuff behind him looks nice.
But I LOVE the fact that famous people are checking the Wick out. Especially the art world.
I really hope that - as part of the Olympic Legacy - many more creative businesses and studios establish themselves in Hackney Wick. If the IPC/Media Centre leave a creative industry behind, all this upheaval will have been worth it!
Of course, if someone wants to leave a huge land for allottments behind - I'd be a lot happier!!
Paul
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