Sutton Coldfield Festival of Arts

Sutton College fine art lecturer Ian Cook is always first on the grid when it comes to developing quirky pieces of work.

Ian, 24, has already enjoyed plenty of success with his paintings and sculptures which uniquely echo the motor industry.

Ian, previously a student at the college, paints using radio-controlled cars instead of a brush, and creates sculptures out of parts of die-cast model cars.

This week he used a vacant retail unit in The Mall Sutton Coldfield to come up with one of his “auto-drawings”, as he calls them, to promote the Sutton Festival Of Arts.

That piece, and his rendition of The Mall logo, will be hung in one of the shop windows throughout the Festival.

The artist, whose colourful work goes under the title Popbang, is inspired by his Solihull birthplace, close to the home of Land Rover.

Some of his other pieces went on display at the Gaydon Heritage Centre car museum in Warwickshire in May, during the Land Rover 60th anniversary weekend, after they were created “live” on the site.

“All the artwork I produce has a sense of fun about it and is intended to be easily accessed,” said Ian.
“Quirky and unique ideas are powerful and can have an instant impact in today’s throwaway society.”

Visit www.popbangcolour.com