Easy as ABC with Eine
Street art lovers and Shoreditch locals certainly knew Eine long before Cameron gave of of his pieces to Obama (his wife’s idea, it seems).
The guy’s been in the graffiti business for 25 years. The shop shutters seemed like a great support. He just wanted to do the E originally. Came back for the I, N and E. Decided to go for the whole alphabet. He would have settles for abandonned shops but there just wasn’t enough of them around. Deep breath - he stepped in and asked. The owners’ enthusiasm was amazing. The guide 1000 things to do in London even advised to track all of them down! That would be tough these days – most of them have been tagged over.
This summer, Eine and Electric Blue gallery worked together and convinced the shop owners of the street to let them turn Middlesex into Alphabet street…
It will not be easy to get them all - they are only visible when the shutters are down. Do go to the end of the street for a bonus!
Eine recently finished another piece upper in the street - glorious in this greyish autumn:
The idea was to promote the coming show, Faces - a few pieces form Eine but also D*Face, Zevs, Goodall, Cezar.
If you could not get the whole alphabet, stop in from of the shop window and watch that video - each letter is shown being painted then going backwards.
You’ll find Eine’s work in the basement - a bit more political, with a Rubik Cube touch…
You may also stumble upon other pieces in Shoreditch such as this wall. The Londonist has a map for you.
The alphabet and letters flying away on a yellow wall both are on Middlesex st.
Electric Blue Gallery
64 Middlesex Street
London E1 7EZ
Faces runs until Nov 16, 2010 - free
The ANTI wall is on Ebor st, a step away from the Albion.
The artist will also be joining the Moniker event, Oct 14-17 2010 (thanks for the tip Céline!)
13 Responses to “Easy as ABC with Eine ”
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Excellent l’idée des lettres sur les rideaux de magasins ! je suis admirative devant la créativité de tout ces artistes, merci pour ce post.
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My pleasure! très chouettes cet article récapitulatif! même si l’artiste a fait un alphabet complet dans middlesex street, je conseille quand même d’aller traquer les lettres à travers shoreditch, ca permet en plus de tomber sur d’autres pepites street art!!
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Dis donc qui lynche-t-on dans la deuxième image? Comme quoi, on peut vouloir égayer les murs de sa ville, mais aussi vouloir faire passer des messages.
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Chocoralie says:
Le street art en general a cet effet – une surprise aux coins de rue, quel bonheur plutot que des murs gris sans interet!
Celine: peu des autres ont survecu. On en trouve encore du cote d’Old St.
Lili: super avec des enfants qui adorent cette chasse aux lettres!
Nath: celles-ci sont en gallerie et pas en exterieur. C’est effectivement tres different de la neutralite de sa neutralite habituelle. Peut-etre une reaction au cadeau offert a Obama?
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