Across The Tracks and Through The Looking Glass

This one is on Brick Lane, East London, at number 194, Bar 2012.

Before

After

They are working their way around from Sclater Street to Bacon Street  buffing everything. Anyone painting on the remaining space is told to stop immediately and move on or be arrested.

I will be posting a memorial superpost featuring the best and the worst moments of this fantastic free space in the coming days.

It will be sorely missed by all and no doubt replaced with a mess of tags and throw-ups.

This one’s at the end of Bacon Street, London E1 on the hall of fame boards.

Elate, Fuel

This one was done on Thursday on Sclater Street, near Brick Lane, London E1, and was the first collaboration between myself and Tizer,who did the character and background, we were both happy with the end results.

There’s also a Envy piece by Envy,Time and Fued and Wisher. A massive shout to Jim Wilson who filmed everything in HD, also to Jenny, Sarah, Fued, Time, Envy, Wish, Fuel, Hit, Trix, Inkfetish and all who passed through.

The London Handstyles book is out now featuring tags by a selection of London graffiti writers from the mid eighties to the present, many who were considerably more prolific than myself. The launch party was on Friday in Rarekind Gallery below Chrome and Black graffiti art supplies shop on Bethnal Green Road by Brick Lane.

It was great to meet certain influential oldskool legends for the first time and to hook up with old friends.

The book is for anyone who wants to know more about the roots of the movement, reminisce about the mad old days or learn how to bomb their name effectively. Here’s a few shots from the party- I’ve posted pics of the handstyles rather than the heads who write ‘em.

Buy your copy and see pages from the book here

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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My piece for Meeting of Styles 2009 corner of Brick Lane & Bacon Street

photo© NoLionsInEngland 2009

                Meeting of Styles London graffiti festival 2009 was held at the heart of the UK’s graff- land where Brick Lane meets Bethnal Green Road around the backstreets in Bacon Street, Sclater Street and along the Bethnal Green Road hoardings, the site of the RichMix wall.

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Meeting Of Styles – London

I will be painting at the daytime event on the streets…

The International Meeting Of Styles will now be showcased at a one day aerosol and music festival in London on the 6th June 2009…

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A new art supplies store has recently opened and is rapidly becoming very well established in East London’s Bethnal Green Road, near the top of Brick Lane, the heart of Graff-land! Its opposite the 90 meter graffiti wall. With the Rarekind gallery downstairs exhibiting work by original first generation graffiti artists it really is worth a trip. 

Specialising in the best spray-paint and markers available they carry a full range of Molotov paints markers and inks including the classic Belton range in the full spectrum of colours. They also carry the new mtn94 range, a staggering array of markers from minis through to ultrawides and mops, unbuffable inks in the full spectrum of colours, caps of all descriptions from needle to superfat, magazines, books and accessories and claim to be the cheapest in London.

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