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

Dubl Trubl Teufelsberg, Berlin

Theres a storm a comin; Dubl Trubl put on their wet weather trackies and went on a little excursion to the old NSA spycenter Teufelsberg... in Berlin

SOFLES — LIMITLESS

Instagram: @sofles @selinamiles @drapl @fintan_magee @butchdaddy @ironlak www.facebook.com/ironlak

Shot/Cut: Selina Miles.
Art by Sofles, Fintan Magee, Treas, Quench.
Soundtrack by DJ Butcher (track-listing below).
 www.sofles.com www.ironlak.com www.selinamiles.com www.facebook.com/fintanmageeart

DJ Butcher track-listing:
1. Get Busy Pt. 2;
2. Cocaine; featuring vocals from Stick Figure's 'Ring the Alarm'.
3. All in check.

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.

East End Photo Dump

Shoreditch Photo Dump

‘Paranoia on Paper’ – Collector’s Box Set

Sickboy and Word To Mother present the ‘Paranoia on Paper’ Collector’s Box Set,
a celebration of 5 years of sketching.

Each box contains:
1 x presentation box, hand-made and finished by the artists.
1 x 125 page, black book with pink, foil-embossed cover. Hardback and hand-bound. The book is designed in the style of SB and WTM own sketchbooks, offering a rare insight into their private work. An edition of just 50, this beautifully designed piece is a homage to their mutual addiction to sketching. Every book is one of a kind, with a stickered and customized page created by the artists on the day of release. It also includes two hand-drawn comic strips, illustrating the escapades of the dysfunctional duo.

1 x tear-out screen-print, individually signed and numbered.

2 x dye-cast enamel SB and WTM badges, only available with this release.
Each Box Set is signed, numbered and authenticated.

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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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Shoreditch

Brick Lane Graffiti

Some bits and pieces snapped around Brick Lane this morning.

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

Beijing State of Mind

This is Iron Mikes travels from Beijing, China during 2011. Graffiti, bikes and traveling with good friends. UP Magazine and Lewinsky collaboration.

Stussy - Haze in Las Vegas

Back in 2009, New York graffiti legend Eric Haze rolled through Stussy's Las Vegas store to paint a giant wall piece. Check out this video documenting the process.

Hackney Wick Graffiti

Some snaps from the Wick, East London.

Disposable fanzine - 45RPM

This looks fresh: Disposable Zine

42 page full colour, matt finish, glue bound A6 fanzine. 42 photos all taken on disposable cameras of graffiti and general tom foolery. Plus free 27ex disposable camera with flash, hand tagged. And a colour photo print of one of the photos from the fanzine. Look at the fanzine, get the itch, then go have fun and use the camera… Get one here:

Shoreditch Car Park Graffiti

A few shots of some of the work in that has recently been painted in the Shoreditch High Street car park in East London.

Not Guilty Zine - Issue 5

New issue of Not Guilty fanzine

Number 5 is 72 Pages, front to back full colour.

Quir ATS interview
Ocir Londons imported burner smasher
UFS Crew Interview

UK's most UK focussed graff zine. New stickers included! Bag yourself a copy here.

NUG for Fame Festival

Some crazy illegal action from NUG at Fame Festival in the south of Italy.


NUG for Fame Festival 2011 from fame festival on Vimeo.

NoFussJustPhotosLondon Zine

Open publication - Free publishing - More 45rpm

Bristol artist 45RPM has been to London loads over the last month, and has put all the pictures together that ticked his boxes in this zine. Check it.

Fire extinguisher Graffiti