Local artist Req showed off his talents in New Road this week, as part of an exhibition at Ink_d Gallery, North Road. The exhibition runs to 11 July.
Req has become a master of ‘painting’ with an aerosol. Dressed up in the typical garb of a French artist, with smock and Breton hat, Req skilfully dashes off a 'photorealist' spray-painting of a women with a red flower in her hair, texting her lover. Or it could be calling a taxi. Who knows?
Brighton residents know Req’s work best from seeing it on the streets. His famous mural on the back of Infinity Foods and his portraits of John Peel and George Best on the side of the Albert Pub (next to Banksy’s Kissing Coppers) are local landmarks.
Upstairs, London artist RYCA has his silkscreen print pop-art 'Re:work' on view, including his highly desirable Acid Heads.
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