

Dscreet, Liqen, RUN and Thierry Noir

John Dolan is an artist that all who live and work in Shoreditch, East London are familiar with although they may not know his name. They will do soon as Dolan is preparing to launch his first solo exhibition on September 19 at the Howard-Griffin Gallery on Shoreditch High Street. Dolan will be supported in the show by over 35 of the world’s best known street art and graffiti artists.

For the past three years Dolan has sat every day with his dog George on Shoreditch High Street documenting the surrounding architecture, elevating the old, decrepit buildings that are so often ignored and under-appreciated. Dolan says that “I wasn’t a building drawer. What happened was I was sitting opposite the buildings that are on the other side of the road from where I usually sit, the old decrepit buildings, and I started drawing them to practice and get it right. I thought I would do it with these ones because they’re rotten old buildings“.

ROA and Thierry Noir:

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