The Right Side of the Tracks Exhibition At BSMT Space

On the 19th of November BSMT SPACE will open a show like never before! Three Graffiti legends Kaos (Stockholm), Marr/Marvel (Malmö) and Rocco and his Brothers (Berlin) will be descending on London and shifting the gallery a gear in true Old School style!

Kaos is regarded a graffiti King, the original vandal in motion and a myth from the Swedish Graffiti scene. He will show us how Scandinavian writers have come to represent the true spirit of Nordic graffiti- playful, easy combinations with fast moves. He started writing in '85/'86 with a compulsive urge to paint that hasn't died over 30 years later! Kaos also started the Topdog crew in '97, who as a crew and individuals has influenced more than one generation of writers.

Marr/Marvel/Eurotrash/Tropical Viking hails from Malmö, southern Sweden- a city famous for their purple commuter trains. Marr picked up on graffiti at the young age of 13 in '94/'95 while hanging out skating in Industrial Malmö. Almost 20 years later with over 1000 trains and 1000 walls under his belt, Marr has come to understand Graffiti was the best way to find out about himself, the fast-working nature of cans and markers have shaped his style. Active in the most illegal forms of Graffiti, he says "You can always make something out of nothing- that is Graffiti".

Berlin born Rocco and his Brothers has his roots in Graffiti and is still an active writer but his work has taken a radical shift in style- illegal installations that have been mystifying press and officials as they pop up all over Berlin in abandoned or restricted zones. These socio-political, satirical pieces are deeply rooted in Graffiti and they are about to be given an identity as this artist reveals who has been behind this controversy! Watch this space!

'The Right Side of the Tracks' will opens November 19th, 6pm.
For guestlist RSVP via: info@bsmt.co.uk.
The show will run until December 1st, 7pm
BSMT Space , 5D Stoke Newington Road, N168BH London.

OKER ‘Going Against The Grain’ London Exhibition

StolenSpace is very proud to present ‘Going Against The Grain’ the inaugural solo show by one of the most prolific writers of the London graffiti scene, OKER.

OKER has been painting for over 20 years. His throw-ups were all over South London, and with trains running across the city, he has made an incredible contribution to the London scene, influencing many of the younger generation of writers throughout the years. He is one of the very few graffiti writers in England who can call themselves ‘all city’, having been up in every area of London.

OKER claims he turned to graffiti as a form of self medication in his difficult early teenage years. When he walked along the tracks with other like minds, no one was interested in his personal life, this world was purely about him as a graffiti artist, as ‘OKER’.



After a short spell of living in New York and building relationships with the Kings of New York, he then returned to London bringing NYC's bombing style with him, gaining the respect from artists such as Eine, Barry McGee, KR and Banksy to name a few…



In 2000 he was sentenced for graffiti and in 2013 again for 2 years for painting on trains. This lead him to rethink his practice, ‘Going Against The Grain’ shows not only OKER’s artistic development, but also a development in the way he thinks about his art and an important step in his artistic practice. He can now safely move forward without the worry of being arrested on his opening night. He served his time, and this inaugural solo show will show how far he has come.


Opening Reception : 04.08.16, 6 - 9pm
Exhibition Dates : 05.08.16 - 28.08.16
StolenSpace Gallery, 17 Osborn Street London. E1 6TD

Spraying Bricks - WORD TO MOTHER

Spraying Bricks flew out with London based Word To Mother, to San Francisco, in November last year for his show 'California Coming Home'. Outside, inside, paper, glass, salvaged wood, canvas, baseball bats, skin...Word is diverse in his medium and many of his influences are from everyday life and the positive people that surround him.

Berlin DBL TRBL Show | Urban Spree

DBL TRBL formed like Voltron in Berlin and blew things up. Gallery show, Concert and Montana threw in some squirt for big rapspray murals on the Urban Spree gallery plus some street scribbles with the riff raff, all documented in Impossible film analogue goodness. Starring the DBL TRBL mandem on road with music provided by Civil Civic, Chips For The Poor and Der Sultan Katzorke.

Petro.wikki,wikki,wikki,wikki. Cult of Rammellzee.Russell Maurice.

Upcoming London show for one night only, featuring the work of Petro.Cult of Rammellzee and Russell Maurice.

Show opens the 1st aug,6pm till 1am.
Grow., 98c wallis road,hackney wick,london,e95ln.

video by Lu Lyndon

SURROUNDED BY IDIOTS Exhibition

The ID crew comprises some of the most eclectic and prolific artists in the global graffiti scene today, with each artist boasting what can only be described as their own ‘signature’ style.

Formed in 1996 by brothers ‘Shucks’ and ‘Tizer’; the ID crew was started as a collective of friends who felt that they were underrated. The inclusion of the letters ‘ID’ after their names gave each member a drive to continually set the bar higher for themselves, whilst also carving their own niche within the scene.

This, their very first crew show, provides a fascinating insight into their individual practices, the way the collective works together, and their influence on UK graffiti.

Duration: 09th January – 2nd February

The Graffiti Life Gallery

26 Cheshire Street

London
E2 6EH

Aeon - Bogan In London

If you don't know what a bogan is, here's one of the best, doing Oz proud. Graffiti artist Aeon features in the July issue of VNA magazine rockin mullets, beerguts and bad tempers.

Horfee Imaginarium London Show

Topsafe London are pleased to announce Horfee’s debut London show- Horfee’s Imaginarium 4 Wilkes Street London March 14th. Contact horfe@topsafelondon.com for catalogues, RSVPs and tattoo appointments.

Spraying Bricks - Episode 5 - INKFETISH

October 2012 saw the launch of Tom Blackford's, aka Inkfetish's, first solo show. Spraying Bricks was fortunate enough to catch up with him a couple of weeks prior to the execution of this piece to mark the launch of his solo show, named Imaginary Friends. Held at the Blackall Studios, East London, Imaginary Friends explores childhood mythologies and fears of adapting to a surreal adult world and also marks Tom's progression into the fine-art world.

Tom was born and raised in London, and has been creating street art for over a decade, building a successful career as both a muralist and illustrator. His love for Japanese animation and pop culture has seen him produce work for Pixar & Blue Sky Studios and publications such as Vanity Fair, Bizarre and Graphotism. His fascination with Japanese animation that drove him to grace the streets of Tokyo and create large murals for Manga Entertainment ad his own brand of visual iconography.

Vinnie Nylon - Poptimism Exhibition

Welcome to Poptimism, the first solo show in London by Vinnie Nylon. Vinnie Nylon has been involved in the street art and graffiti movement for over 25 years, producing walls, print, paintings, graphics and billboards for a variety of small and international companies and commissioners.

This all new body of work is born out of a lifelong collecting obsession, a visual playground in which all of the collected toys and mascots meet head on, a collision designed to level the fields of high and low art. Where old meets new and ultra cute takes on a slightly sinister undertone.

Since the mid 90s Vinnie Nylon has been placing an army of candy coloured characters and advertising mascots onto canvas and walls. A new spin on old favourites, a savage twist on others, all harking back to a simpler post war era when the distinction between childhood and adulthood was so much clearer. Lost icons that are no longer employed to distract us from the austerity of mid century Britain and America take on their new guise to reclaim their rightful place in a new visual universe.

Television as smokescreen, popular as social acceptance, reality sugar coated with a big goofy smile slapped on it. Poptimism reintroduces, reevaluates and explores the themes of seduction by ad media, sentimental attachment and mass production.

The works on show include vintage petrol cans, sticker art, fanzine and screen print as well as a number of new paintings and mixed media pieces. Trademark bright colours and thick impasto sit beside the more demure offerings of hand finished print and collage pieces.

The frame is the door that leads into a world of visual pop delights and plastic fantastic high low art for all to enjoy, so step inside and keep it pop, never stop playing.

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SHOK1 - China Heart Noose - Revived

PETRO at Galleries Goldstein, London

One not to miss - PETRO's Beg, Borrow, Steal exhibition opening at the start of next month, 1st March 2012, 6.30 # 9.30pm. Show closes 10th March.

"Galleries Goldstein at Goodhood (GaG), is an exciting new collaborative project. It is a permanent, artist run space, dedicated to showing new art. GaG is located in the Goodhood Workshops which are opposite the well established and massively successful Goodhood store in Hoxton, East London."

Galleries Goldstein at Goodhood. More info: info@galleriesgoldstein.com
20 Coronet Street - London - N1 6HD