Online Arts Editor Helena Raymond-Hayling and local arty party animal Kitty Marryat give you a window into the artistic soul of your favourite Bristol night out.
Lizard Lounge / The Lounge: Pop art
Basic, colourful and tacky. Reminiscent of your primary school years, where let's face it — you peaked. Filled wall to wall with carbon copies of the same people, and home to men who — like Warhol — will retain their virginity well into their fifties.
Andy Warhol, Marilyn (1967) Flickr / cammaert
Bunker/Analog/Gravity: Dadaism
Does anyone really know what it is? Riddled with identity crisis, mystery and in a constant state of metamorphosis.
SWX: Graffiti
Is it a deep political statement about our turbulent society? Or is it a mindless crime against the streets of central Bristol?
Motion: Abstract Expressionism
Pretentious and messy, but ultimately just a shallow pit of hypermasculine circlejerking. Make sure to watch out for the expressive flailing and the iconic drip that puts Pollock to shame.
Lakota: Surrealism
An institution which sanitises the kooky and edgy side of human consciousness and throws in some posh sadboys to make it fit for general consumption. As inconspicuous as Magritte — 'No officer, ceci n'est pas un nos-bar'.
Mbargo's: Cubism
Not much to it, basically just full of squares.
Cosies: Op art
Small and lesser known than its bigger cousins, this venue can get super freaky and has the power to confuse endlessly.
Love Inn: Conceptual Art
Try as much as you can to get it, but in the end it's just a repurposed toilet. With an undeserving place next to some of the big names, everyone will claim to like it but no one actually will.
Mr Wolf's: Impressionism
Universally appealing and inherently inoffensive, even your nan likes it. All round solid crowd and stands the test of time.
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