A key theme the show offers up is how spray paint links both murals and graffiti, two distinct but related artforms. Hobson’s paint splattered tool archive sits next to a graffiti wall, which visitors are dared to contribute to (with or without permission). In front of it: a scale replica of the head of the Angel of The North, the internationally renowned public sculpture which was fabricated in Hartlepool before being erected in Gateshead.
Opposite the graffiti wall is a floor-to-ceiling corner display of Hobson’s mixed media works on paper