The Arts Hole - Alamo XR

      '' Pick your battles they say - pah this has been ' The Arts Hole - Alamo ' for a decade already ''

an additional thought to scratch onto one of the bodies of works , within the broader series of works … It's really great being totally unappreciated in your own time !!

The Arts Hole On Tour 2019

Art By Valerio

#ABV101

Neil Young: Let's Impeach The President 2006 same year as the birth of the Arts Hole ABV101%

The Same year that Niel Young put together this fantastic little album as a  knee jerk protest reaction to , well I guess most of the stuff that I was protesting at the time too

The Arts Hole Really Took Root as this soundtrack resonated around that summer, this and Bruce Springsteen's Seeger Sessions … both great anti establishment albums

Catalogue 2019 x x x The Arts Hole on Tour x x x

Art By Valerio Presents : The Arts Hole - International Art Gallery and Design Studios -Pop up Initiative :

Catalogue 2019

A full Catalogue of all Art By Valerio Products Past and Present comprising over 100 individual ' product lines and bespoke services ' From Valerio's Arts Hole ;) from originally in house produced -limited release literature , through various painting portfolio's and designs for everything from Houses to Habitats and pretty much everything in between x x x …. of course every single one of them 101% absolutely originally devised / designed / executed and manifested by Art By Valerio and The Arts Hole Pop Up Initiative

The Second ' Catalogue ' is the full accompanying catalogue booklet that goes with the Full ' Bourgois Billionaires Boxset of 101 Original Hand rendered cartoons -(RRP £50,000 still only works out to just £500 per Original Artwork  ) detailing with thumbnail an brief anecdote each Hand-drawn Illustration within the collection 

so there you have it …..just as an example ! the second catalogue of 101 handmade products that is in itself just a single ' product ' along side 100 others within the content of the first catalogue!!!…. there is always a lot to think about at The Arts Hole international Pop Up Initiatives 

but we can only do what we can with what we have …. its with a fantastic customer and fan base that we are able to carry on smashing around the world bringing this calibre of art and community ingagement through the arts , to areas that would otherwise be deprived of such innovative notions

at the bottom there you can see a glimpse of something new !! 

I have been travelling around a fairly circuitous route for a few years now and I have become quite familiar with a few of the places on my regular ' stop off ' list ….. and so it seems quite apt to produce a few little ' guide book - sketch book ' things 

so this year I am especially proud to introduce as an wonderful addition to the ' Original Sketchbook Page ' releases ( in lieu of prints - because jeez we really don't need any more mass produced anything - even if you do call it ' limited edition ' ) 

The Arts Hole On Tour - ist : Guide to :

The Westcountry ( expanded edition )

The English Channel (expanded edition)

The Bay of Biscay (expanded edition)

Beyond the Straight (expanded edition ) 

Plymouth 

London 

Amsterdam 

Rotterdam 

Venice 

Prague 

Hamburg 

Berlin 

Tangiers 

Marrakesh 

Each hand produced completely hand-drawn passport sized ORIGINAL sketchbook  comprising 16 leaves of 100% original beautifully rendered Notations, Maps, Sketches and Watercolour Studies …. offering any avid traveller a little insight into some trails worth following , and any art collector a beautiful unique collectors edition to this artists ever expanding body of works ! 

Keep an eye out for the '' Arts Hole on Tour - ist Guides ''   as they are released throughout the tour x x x 

 

Career Prospects ?! Credit Score ?! what on earth are you blithering about you sorry little son of an Admin ....

Any one that is still self employed in the U.K economy at the moment deserves a fucking medal ! its been 15 years of relentless absurdity , with high tax tariffs and commission percentages flying off to admins of admins like you wouldn't believe … and its all left the economy in general … completely inside out and upside down !! its a basket case ! ….. so every time some utterly insulated and .Gov Interned little speck assures me of an easier way via the online application process !! I have a tendency to call it in the generally correct supposition: that its some white washed - tory style -corporate shite - incompetent government backed horse shit !  

'' Sounds Like a Load of Tory Style Horse Shit to Me '' 

''Career Prospects ?! Credit Score ?! what are you blithering about you sorry little son of an admin !! ''

any one ever seen that movie with Jeff Bridges , where he plays a washed up drunk country and western singer …. well I have days that I can very much relate to the main characters postulated predicament … that seems to happen quite often actually !! I remember when I first heard Bob Dylan , above and beyond the abrasive sound … there were some fascinating stories , full of intrigue and mystery , of adventure and turmoil …. these days, in full hindsight of the so far ! there are far too many episodes of my life that I can easily relate to even the most abstract Bob Dylan song …. I used to think that would be a great thing , but after so many miles ...the endless highway can just start to look like a careening dead set plunge towards , what many refer to as the edge ! the abyss …

maybe I just need a holiday ! but no doubt there will be windmills to fight , no matter the variety of the horizons !

Attention x 2019 XR Emergency !! Arts Hole on Tour Summer Competition x

''Wait …. WHAT??!!''

partially titled ' sketchbook page ' 

Original Artwork By Valerio 

The Arts Hole On Tour 2019 

what have we got … say four or five months of sailing around and popping up here and there offering the always well received quality in Art And Design that people have come to expect of - The Arts Hole -Pop Up Initiative- Art Gallery and Design Studio's #ABV101%

so in the interest of keeping things ' available to all audiences ' I will be giving away an Original hand rendered sketchbook page!!! ( RRP £350.00 - £550.00 EACH )  on the first of every month of the tour !! 

as I have said before I hate all this like and share stuff … everyone pandering for likes and shares , its grotesque !! especially for someone like me that prefers to be left the F alone ! 

so instead what we will do is I will take written entries from folks that would like to own one of these personalised renderings , I will swap a sketchbook page for the most original 3 paragraphs of personalised text : by all means feel free to annotate with all the imagery you would like … 

but really I want you to sit down and write something and engage in a bit of barter with me … so come on folks have a smash at it and give me some written correspondence to keep the cabin fever at bay as I am sailing around , smuggling innovation into Brexit Britain from the Grass Roots up x x x 

its been a pretty rough Decade for most of the people that I know that would call themselves ' self employed ' … and for many of us we have struggled through credit crunches , recessions , depressions , tory governments , austerity , referendums , Brexit's and god knows what else !! and the few of us that are still technically ' trading ' and that haven't been driven to despair or dementia by stress and uncertainty … are still looking to the future with fairly tentative hopes !! 

so these days whenever someone presumes that their was an easier method .. it makes me want to scream and demand what kind of overly insulated , highly privileged, piece of a civil servants gentic spillage you actually are !! …. as the title of this latest little effort and addition to the ' 101 Reasons to Choose a Vocation in the Creative Industries ' will attest … qiuite often I have to say to myself .. and not all that quietly '' what kind of tory style- council funded- mummy boy bullshit is this??'  

The Arts Hole Afloat and on Tour 2019

Well, as the title of a previous Exhibition once openly postulated ….. '' Why Not ? ''

yes lest have another smash at it! once again this year I am going to throw a load of hand rendered oddities into my little sail boat and head for the high seas !!

well actually its not quite as haphazard as all that ! but there is certainly a broad and erroneous margin of error when it comes to the scheduling of these things !!

indeed '' Time and Tide Tarry for None ''

I have had more than a few suggestions to have a go at a few little videos, so here is my current consideration that I would like to pass out for a little public appraisal ….

I have always prided my little ' unbranded - brand ' a kind of homage to the whole punk reaction to ' establishment ' as in absolutely and out rightly independent and un corporate - pretty anti government …. un edited un censored ( by Grammarly or anything else ) … and I have even written anti ' online ' tirades in my own unbridled mad rant style … just to avoid the ever popular rise of the ' you tube ' subscription or anything else of the ilk '' the digital enslavement of humanity '' as I have coined it for some time now ! …. and it has cost me audiences and revenue to be sure !

so I have confirmed some really nice international exhibitions this year ! and I will be roving back and forth across and along the Brexit border in this never ending tour that my life has become x

how would you feel about a few episodes of ' the Arts Hole On Tour 2019 ' covering all aspects of the touring expo , from fitting out the yacht after the long and damp winter , to loading a full inventory of tradable cargo ! setting sail from the mud banks and river ways of the south west estuaries …. and then bouncing around as I tend to from city to city fringe … encountering all manner of characters and circumstances along the way !!

unfortunately travelling with recording tech can become very expensive !! so I am going to assume that within the first month approximately 3 xgo - pro's , 1 x hard drive and at least 5 phones are liable to be destroyed beyond repair or lost to the bottom of the sea ( I have attempted this experiment loosely before but lost faith in tech and the sea ) !! so we will have to see how we go ….

but I am interested in your thoughts … all of them !

am I just pandering to the most common denominator by considering further trivialising this nonsense with some sort of court admissible video document ?

would you be interested in watching a loose adventure in a half edited fashion? ( I have always loved the '' Keep Turning Left you tube series so that's roughly the finished product I will be aiming for … of course just with a slightly more Gonzo- ABV101% twist )

are there any budding young film makers that might be interested in taking part in a collaboration of this nature ? ( free passage and board offered aboard ' the Old Peculiar ' between many port options along the channel )

what sort of content might you be interested in ? predominantly Art / Architecture focus ? the crafty gypsy / self employed angle / tiny houses and off grid living ? a veritable fear and loathing style pub crawl of the English channel and channel islands ?

honestly just pitch any notions that come to mind … big hugs and I look forward to hearing from you x

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7S4y91gKlubIKT0IGdTIyvYRnBESWw9F
                          ARTBYVALERIO THE ARTS HOLE ON TOUR 2019

James O'Brien vs Capitalism

oh my Goodness !!



Hooray .........I am not a complete raving Lunatic !!!



a 'mainstream' conversation incorporating everything I have been frothing at the mouth about for about 15 years !!



Thatcher !! Reagan !! The De Regulation of the financial sector !! the mis appropriation of funds by individuals and organizations , both private and public !!! the sway of power / capitol / labour ratio's



for the last decade I have been listening to that fucking Owen Jones prattling on …… this is at last a sensible conversation !!

I really don't know which bunch of self professing ' ists ' I really relate to these days …. I cant quite sit all that comfortably in a an absolute advocate for either a socialist or capitalist … maybe somewhere in between the two ? 

Its great the idea of a just and noble minded ' state ' interceding in points of ' government ' as , when and where applicable …. but its also nice for individuals to be empowered enough to have access to resource that intern renders product and or ingenuity    .... without having to resort to some Donald Trump led Administration ? …. I suppose for now I will maintain my position in the original ' ist's '  ….. the artists ! the largest collective of like minded policy advocates for manifestation of all things through aptitude and application ….. its a shame we cant unionize that ? 

The Evolution of ' The Orgy Ball ' and /or amorphous innuendo -by Valerio ...#ABV101

there have been a great deal of speculation over these as I have been producing them ….. and ever since I first started kicking these out in conventional gallery format over 15 years ago they are certainly among the ' most popular ' series of my works … and certainly one of the most discussed 

the optimata - 

all you need is love 

fractured 

if two is company …. one of the very first 'orgy ball ' distinctions  

they have taken on many shapes and themes over the years … and been executed in extraordinary scales, in both paint and personages 

A genuine ' Staple ' from the Valerio ' Signature works - since 2005

only available bt pre order ….. unless you are extraordinarily lucky enough to find one in Gallery Situ - a commodity beyond exclusivity 

however … every now and again there is the odd ' sketchbook page ' release too x x x 

The Arts Hole - Protest Pop Up initiative #ABV101 since ????

I was having a little look at my ' online content ' the other day and decided to have a go at centralising all of the many extraneous elements of my ongoing portfolio into a kind of easily identifiable ' brand ' of sorts !.... I was evaluating and compiling the portfolio additions and sequenced releases for the year and was trying to comple it all down into a kind of ' catalogue ' that will be officially released in galleries and distributors later this year during annual trading commute of my home counties and further afield which has come to be known as ' the arts hole on tour ' and which this year will feature ' the wits end ' project 2019

I was thinking of changing the name of my facebook page ( quite honestly I don't spend a great deal of time with any of that stuff … other than coming on here for these little unbridled '' diary entries '' when I don't have a sketch book to hand ) I was thinking of changing the name of the page to '' the Arts Hole '' which is the overall trading front of all of the various '' artby / designby / adventureby Valerio'' elements, when and wherever I do a pop up exhibition … but face book didn't like the idea of that … they were worried that the tens of thousands of people that I have engaged with all over the world on the basis of ' art ' wouldn't be able to identify the ' brand change ' …. hhhmm ok whatever you bunch of petty admin mooks , I am ( as is often the case ) in the middle of extremely vexing endeavours … and don't have the time for such petty administrative distractions at the moment (  yet you get away with calling a valid vocation )

so on to hash tags I thought I would re check the validity of the #ABV101.... perfect !!! anyone that likes liquer can relate to that one x

but what about hashtag  The Arts Hole???

well , well , well ….. there is already an arts hole !! whats this !! there is a group artists in Australia that have been calling themselves ' The Arts Hole ' since 2011!! the exact same year that my little protest enterprise went nuclear against the pitted administrations and so called government of the U.K !! the very same year my blog featuring the arts hole logo went live !!  …. of course way back then in the middle of a recession in what I now refer to as the arse hole corner of Brexit Britain , exposure was limited to say the least ( I think that when I first put the blog out I would get maybe 50 hits a month … these days I get a happy little average of 7000 hits a month )… and still wont endorse any of the pansy ass crap companies that offer revenue to dilute my ' brand integrity 'I have never paid for a follow or a like and I have never paid to be a 'suggested' or ' featured' post .. I don't do or endorse prints because I thin that the mania of the population is driven towards the consumption of aesthetic product ...over environmental function !...so my online engagement really does remain limited , as does my exposure ….and yet I have it seems been plagiarised more often than the star wars universe !!!


obviously ' Art By Valerio ' as well as being the official ' company name ' is the very nature of what I do …and the great little hashtag that naturally fits '' ABV101 '' is perfect  but it does seem very ' self orientated ' and obviously falls off into various categories these days - design by Valerio - architecture by Valerio and the 'green star house'  - signature paintings - illustrations by Valerio ,Cornish buddies and 101 reasons to choose a vocation in the creative industries -murals by Valerio and '' the genes on the buds go round and round ''- rebellion by Valerio,its a rather ongoing series of ongoing series of works really ….

but although it does all end with the common denominator of my own personal signature and can indeed fall under the umbrella term of contextual ' art ' …. but it doesn't make for very easy 'branding' !!

The Arts Hole - well the arts Hole was a simple little logo I devised using a Japanese principle, a indication of the Cornish flag and a drop of cerulean blue - the original logo motif was used with several parallel texts for successive releases - originally the circular design contained the simple text '' original artworks by Valerio ' but it was developed over a summer to include the arts hole element as a kind of tongue in cheek reference to my ' outwardly brusque ' nature toward anything heralding the benefits of ' convention ' at the time.

the expressly and fiercley unbranded ' brand ' was a perfect identification point for the transient nature the ' business model ' was to take over the next few years...as well as an inherent mockery of the scale that ' branding ' had taken to shifting poisons and political creeps into our homes and spheres of influence

Now as any one following these bizarre series of writings / works / reflections will know …
( see: 101 Reasons to Choose a vocation in the creative Industries )
Resorting to the arts was a contingency of a contingency of a contingency for me …. I needed a way of assuming more control over my time / labour / income / outgoings - the only valid means of protest left was assuming a state of poverty - reducing my eligibility to finance the sate ( and what a state it was, even then ) - and basically live within a very modest means from a very humble trade in a very tired part of the country during one of the worst economic downturns in the history of , certainly the region ...and quite probably the country !

and so across several summers of car boot sales and local produce fairs, jugging interim jobs in various roles in my ' spare time ' …..''Art by Valerio -The Arts Hole ''was Born

the original signage has held up very well to the test of time … and of course under international copyright law - the original painting / the graphic representation / and copyrights are all retained by me for at least 100 years ( which is why I always create all of my own signages and promotion materials - as well as it keeping very nicely in line with the express theme of ABV101 )

after several successful summers on the carboot / trade fair / festival circuit … I decided that a longer standing premises might be a worthwhile investment …..

…. this was as the credit crunch was burgeoning into the recession ( ..which became the depression that cornwall and devon have yet to see improve to this day ) so there was no way my half assed trade and part time job options in a rural economy could sustain an extortionate over inflated rent - especially considering the state of the rental options that were available -honestly offers in the region off / development opportunity , were all still the estate agent mantras of the time

so I think I invented ' the POP UP ' at this stage - I basically negotiated the free ( later commission based ) use of an empty restaurant space in my home town and set to kicking out as much art as I could over the summer to an ailing tourist demographic…. and so ' The Arts Hole POP UP INITIATIVE  was born

of course anyone familiar with the story will know that a few summers trade in the same place has always attracted would be enemies ...inlaws / councilers / politicians / mayors / governments in genral/ corporate stooges / property developers / agency representatives / advertising salesmen/ insurance salesmen / imitators / emulators /infiltrators…. percentage people of all kinds … all trying for and vying for a little increment in their income off the back of my original idea....as I said I have been imitated and plagiarised , hounded and fined for my basic little existence

ever since that humble little enterprise you wouldn't believe the tumult that has ensued, quite honestly I think that it lends some validity to some of the crack pot tin foil hat brigade … when all I am aiming to do really … the ' business manifesto ' if you like is simply '' to live humbly - grow a little bit of veg and occupy my time with the things that interest me '' … and seeing as the things that interest me seem to be of not only of economic value and pertinence …. but also aesthetic intrigue executed it would seem with suitable proficiency as to actually render trade!!!

ahhh but we live in the age of Donald Trump … the age of the charlatan and of celebrated mediocrity , where outsourcing all personal incompetence on credit is the height of ambition …. amid the plague of the percentage people …. so although I do agree with an idea that I have recently read '' you can either get better , or you can get bitter '' … I do honestly think that there is room for both in this modern age of the charlatan !!

the original point … the original purpose of this little epistle …. was simply a reflection of my current ' brand status ' and look where we are now …..

Foaming Brexit Fever from the Raving Brexit Refugee ….

Art By Valerio - The Arts Hole On Tour - The Wits End Project 2019

Art By Valerio 

presents 

The Arts Hole - On Tour  2019 

'' The Wits End ''

Plymouth 

London 

Amsterdam 

Venice 

Marrakesh

Prague 

Hannover 

You Know the problem with any government backed scheme …. the government that backs it !! back ' home ' in Brexit Britain the sons and daughters of civil servants offer a certain mediocre shade to any' profession '...and now the 'self employed ' are full of em !! 

which is why I have very little to do with any of them ;)