Across The Tracks and Through The Looking Glass

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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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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I was invited in to paint a small piece of this monster wall by Aks, graffiti artist and the events

co-ordinator. Situated between Shoreditch high street and Brick Lane and opposite the new Chrome and Black shop with the Rarekind Gallery downstairs, this is London’s graffiti central. In the next street is Sclater Street Hall of Fame.

This is now East London’s most visible and longest graffiti wall and is at the heart of the most graffitied area in the country. The wall is a youth project organised by Richmix for young people to learn graffiti with experts and professionals such as the legendary Prime, a face I Iast saw at the Covent Garden ‘writers bench’ in around ‘89.

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Stumblin’ Earthman was in Brick Lane Gallery while the show was on and came up with this video.

He never was much good on his feet bless him, his hand’s not the steadiest and his camera’s prehistoric, but it’s the best we’ve got so it’ll have to do.

Thanks to everyone who came to ‘A Moment of Watching Something’, my debut show which ran from 28th November until 8th December 2008.

Special thanks to all who came  out of the woodwork and enjoyed themselves at the Private View on the 27th. In response to requests I will post a playlist featuring some of the tunes we were playing as soon as I get the chance. Private view shots are coming soon also….

You can see an exhibition slideshow here

Unfortunately the owner of the Brick Lane Gallery let us down in a big way despite paying a small fortune to rent the space and hanging a groundbreaking show.

After problems with the house lighting, much of which failed due to old bulbs, we had no internet connection for much of the time we were in the building, while we waited three whole working days (!!!) for the owner to get a new password from his ISP. I apologise to all who were affected by these problems, especially the bloggers and news media who were expecting shots of the show in time to enable their readers to get to us while the event was still on.

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