{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"Pure Evil: Specter in London!","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/specter-london-pure-evil/specter-street-art-l.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-08-09T21:59:55Z","description":"Until August 24th, the worth seeing UK debut solo-exhibition by Brooklyn-based urban artist Specter will run at the Pure Evil Gallery... ","html":"\u003cp\u003eFor a few days, the interesting UK debut solo-show by Brooklyn-based urban artist \u003cstrong\u003eSpecter\u003c/strong\u003e is running at famous Pure Evil Gallery. As you maybe know, I’m fortunately in London at moment and took the chance to meet up with Specter at the gallery!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen I arrived I was highly impressed by the realistic paintings and the clean, but still urban-touched style of the slightly different artworks. Specter, who exhibited together with the Berlin-based street artists \u003cstrong\u003eVarious\u003c/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eGould\u003c/strong\u003e a few month ago, is well known around world for his \u003ca href=\"http://www.specterart.com/\"\u003ewide range of street art\u003c/a\u003e interventions, reaching from large paste-ups to shopping cart sculptures, cardboard gates and brickwork mods.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough graffiti influence, he became obsessed with art in public spaces, where he sees potential inspiration and appropriate location to express his creativity. His aim is to deconstruct preconceived perceptions and draw attention to the neglected and less desirable issues, the non-sensational stories of the undervalued detritus of our culture we seldom hear about. Recent works combine painting and drawing using representational and figurative aesthetics. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.pureevilclothing.com/\"\u003ePure Evil\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course, I took \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157624565167465/\"\u003esome photos of the show\u003c/a\u003e and his amazing artwork down in Hackney\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1732\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1732\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1732\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/specter-london-pure-evil/specter-london_hu_b96a82896d415440.avif 480w, /specter-london-pure-evil/specter-london_hu_7f5813ab1c7b695e.avif 960w, /specter-london-pure-evil/specter-london_hu_17d2c9d7b75938fe.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/specter-london-pure-evil/specter-london_hu_e83ccbeea7d47672.webp 480w, /specter-london-pure-evil/specter-london_hu_cf8191d4f361b4d9.webp 960w, /specter-london-pure-evil/specter-london_hu_5d4160f5c8f5a1b6.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/specter-london-pure-evil/specter-london_hu_b37f5cabaae1755e.jpg\" srcset=\"/specter-london-pure-evil/specter-london_hu_3f1f9c189436b1a0.jpg 480w, /specter-london-pure-evil/specter-london_hu_a1a2d681f6574db6.jpg 960w, /specter-london-pure-evil/specter-london_hu_b37f5cabaae1755e.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"specter london\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003especter london\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1732\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1732\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1732\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/specter-london-pure-evil/specter-exhibition-london_hu_a7997ee4e1e5789e.avif 480w, /specter-london-pure-evil/specter-exhibition-london_hu_802f59f0c0826b89.avif 960w, /specter-london-pure-evil/specter-exhibition-london_hu_263c6cdfb93f1797.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/specter-london-pure-evil/specter-exhibition-london_hu_20f51763b06b1faf.webp 480w, /specter-london-pure-evil/specter-exhibition-london_hu_21dad0d35d6175d6.webp 960w, /specter-london-pure-evil/specter-exhibition-london_hu_974b01ae5cb207fd.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/specter-london-pure-evil/specter-exhibition-london_hu_fd434b9b26617d55.jpg\" srcset=\"/specter-london-pure-evil/specter-exhibition-london_hu_b7a8329ae3bd29d9.jpg 480w, /specter-london-pure-evil/specter-exhibition-london_hu_2791ab2d68413104.jpg 960w, /specter-london-pure-evil/specter-exhibition-london_hu_fd434b9b26617d55.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"specter exhibition london\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003especter exhibition london\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; 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As you maybe know, I’m fortunately in London at moment and took the chance to meet up with Specter at the gallery!\n\nWhen I arrived I was highly impressed by the realistic paintings and the clean, but still urban-touched style of the slightly different artworks. Specter, who exhibited together with the Berlin-based street artists **Various** and **Gould** a few month ago, is well known around world for his [wide range of street art](http://www.specterart.com/) interventions, reaching from large paste-ups to shopping cart sculptures, cardboard gates and brickwork mods.\n\n\u003e Through graffiti influence, he became obsessed with art in public spaces, where he sees potential inspiration and appropriate location to express his creativity. His aim is to deconstruct preconceived perceptions and draw attention to the neglected and less desirable issues, the non-sensational stories of the undervalued detritus of our culture we seldom hear about. Recent works combine painting and drawing using representational and figurative aesthetics. ([Pure Evil](http://www.pureevilclothing.com/))\n\nOf course, I took [some photos of the show](http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157624565167465/) and his amazing artwork down in Hackney...\n\n![specter london](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/specter-london-pure-evil/specter-london.jpg\u003e)\n\nspecter london ![specter exhibition london](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/specter-london-pure-evil/specter-exhibition-london.jpg\u003e)\n\nspecter exhibition london ![specter art show](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/specter-london-pure-evil/specter-art-show.jpg\u003e)\n\nspecter art show ![specter street art](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/specter-london-pure-evil/specter-street-art.jpg\u003e)\n\nspecter street art ","tags":["Specter","Painting","Street Art London","Urban Art Photography"],"title":"Pure Evil: Specter in London!","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/specter-london-pure-evil/"}