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Alec L.E.G.E.N.D.
Alec’s London Epic Graffiti Episode New Dawn

Graffik Gallery is host to the very first overseas exhibit of the legendary American street artist “Alec Monopoly”. The show opens on 9th June for a duration of two weeks.

Most people will recognise ‘Alec’ for the depiction on billboards, street walls and other streetscapes of the beloved Monopoly board game mascot Rich... [read more]

Alec L.E.G.E.N.D.
Alec’s London Epic Graffiti Episode New Dawn

Graffik Gallery is host to the very first overseas exhibit of the legendary American street artist “Alec Monopoly”. The show opens on 9th June for a duration of two weeks.

Most people will recognise ‘Alec’ for the depiction on billboards, street walls and other streetscapes of the beloved Monopoly board game mascot Rich Uncle Penny Bags. In a more controlled, commercial gallery setup, ‘Alec’s’ work translates from an expletive gesture towards the invisible bureaucratic juggernaut into a multi-faceted array of Pop culture icons interspersed with financially-apocalyptic newspaper clippings. What separates his efforts from other high-profile graffiti artists who have effectively transitioned into the commercial art sphere (a.k.a. Banksy and Mr. Brainwash) is a deeper attraction to the ‘anti-hero’ personas of Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro.

Alec’s show will display the colourful styles of pop art which he has implemented in his pieces adorning neighbourhoods in Los Angeles and New York — iconic portraiture of Jack Nicholson, Bob Dylan, and Twiggy, interspersed with a large-scale series depicting the Monopoly man on canvases coated in archived copies of the Wall Street Journal, sealed with resin.

Alec’s London Epic Graffiti Episode New Dawn will change the London landscape in the next few weeks. Next to the small crevices of the city’s surfaces where tags and murals thrive unabated, big bright posters of Jack Nicholson or Monopoly Man will spring up. The urban eye ignores spray-painted names — but when it’s the face of the old guy from Monopoly? London CTY watch this space!!

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