Which art movement best describes your favourite Bristol night out?

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.

Time’s up? Stick it to the Man Ray #Metronome #ManRay #ReadyMade #MadeReady

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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.

It looks like February is never going to end. Here is something to lift the spirits. Mural on Indian Red Ground, 1950, #JacksonPollock. [Photo from a visit to #TMoCA in October 2015]

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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.

#moma #nyc #picasso #girlwithmandolin Girl with Mandolin

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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.

Claude Monet “water lilies”, impressionism 💓

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