Punch in partnership with the Sauce Gallery, Custard Factory Birmingham present Swifty’s Pop Shop.
Pioneering typographer, sleeve designer and artist Swifty will be setting up shop at the Sauce Gallery in Birmingham’s Custard Factory from Saturday 12 December. Everything from originals and one off prints to T-shirts, skateboards and stickers will be for sale in The Swifty Pop Shop.
The Pop Shop,will feature Swifty’s Newsagents installation.This life size shop front was partly inspired by Peter Blake’s ‘Toy Shop’ and the artist’s fond memories of a local village newsagent in Lancashire .
The Shop will also be home to the A-Z of Swifty Show, including pieces based around everything from Action Man to Zebedee from the Magic Roundabout.
The Pop Shop will be open to the public at the Sauce Gallery, 5 The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Digbeth and has been extended to run until the end of March 2010!
Listen to a great interview UK vibe did with Swifty and check out some more of his images by clicking here.
Check out photos from the fantastic launch night and the final preperations below:
Below are photographs of Swifty at work putting together the billboard for the exhibition.
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