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art car boot fair 2007 photo report
art car boot fair 2007 photo report
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Fancy some art, guv?

Sometimes it feels as if you can’t move for celebrity artists in the East End of London. Gilbert and George taking their daily walk to their favourite restaurant, Tracey Emin getting uppity about the dirt on her doorstep…

Well, for one day only, on 08 July, the great and the good of the British art world were invited to step away from the commercial stranglehold that galleries seem to have on so much of their creativity, and rub shoulders in cheap and dirty fashion with the Great British Public by hosting their own stalls at The Art Car Boot Fair in Brick Lane, E1.

With people like Peter Blake and Gavin Turk promising to set up stall, we sent Nicola Dracoulis along with a camera, and a leg waiting to be signed…


Rowan Kerek 12 July 07
For details of next year’s event keep your eyes on www.artcarbootfair.com.
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