Across The Tracks and Through The Looking Glass

 

Phosphene Generation: Cropped from Original Oil Painting- Inverted in Photoshop

 

I’ve started some new canvases, based on some old ideas. Some of these are mutating and jumping off onto paper into graffiti outlines.

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There’s a new Elate piece at the corner of Brick Lane and Bacon Street…

 

 

Brick Lane was in a state of urgent need of some proper graffiti, We have been decorating it…

photo © Romanywg 2009

Elate

Keen

Elate  Keen

Elate

Nearest tube Liverpool Street or Aldgate East.

Elate  Fuel

Keen  Fuel

Elate

Envy  Don  Aks

Keen  Elate

 

 

 

Hats off to old school graffiti writer Petro for putting on a smashing opening night. His exhibition is just off Brick Lane at The Old Rag Factory on Heneage Street.

Petro is showing lots of affordable paintings and prints based on the letter-form alongside more quirky and conceptual stuff.

It makes a refreshing change to see artists who are actually passionate and animated by showing their work, that is what it is all about in my book anyway and gave the evening a brilliant atmosphere.

To rock graffiti letters on panels and make it work is hard but Petro pulls it off with awesome style, check the pictures….

Petro’s show is only on this weekend 25th and 26th July 12-7 pm so I would make every effort to get down there if you can possibly manage it. There is a map further down the page, nearest tube Aldgate East,Whitechapel or Liverpool Street.

Petro has a website here

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Libertine’s in Sheraton Street, off Wardour Street, Soho, held an exhibition celebrating 25 years of graffiti by legendary old school London writer Skore on Thursday 16th July.

Unfortunately it was only open for a couple of days and by the time you read this post will be long gone. I thought I’d upload some shots anyway…

There were photos of Skores work with a great piece by him in the reception area, with some characters by Crok. It was great to see so many old faces there and was the start of a mad evening that descended into chaos back East…. Read Skore’s personal history of London Graffiti here

Keep an eye on Skore’s unique and eclectic work here…

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Many thanks to Skire for this classic shot of an early Elate ‘EL’ throw-up taken in 1989. This is on the District Line tracksides in Bow, East London and done with Fugi, Spasm & Pusher.

If anyone else has any old Elate flicks I’d be very glad to hear.

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Andy Seize has been painting graffiti since the eighties now he’s taken pop art to a stunning new level as only an old school graffiti writer could. His show is on until Monday 13th July 2009 from 12 to 4pm

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The Unnameable

Major Problems

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