{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"SPQR - Monochrome Stencil Art","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/spqr-monochrome-stencil-art/spqr-stencil-art1.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-09-15T14:48:42Z","description":"Well-known British stencil artist SPQR will open his stencil art exhibition at Signal Gallery in London tomorrow. I guess it will be a nice show for all street art enthusiasts, so make sure to save the date!","html":"\u003cp\u003eIn addition to that fantastic \u003ca href=\"/nychos-horror-graffiti/\"\u003egraffiti horror show by Nychos\u003c/a\u003e, there will be another interesting urban art exhibition tomorrow in London: British stencil artist \u003cstrong\u003eSPQR\u003c/strong\u003e will open his “Monochromatic Shades” stencil art show at Signal Gallery, exploring the art of protest, brainwashed media and the evils of society.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSPQR is an artist from the West of England whose work has the ability to take the challenge of Banksy head on and produce a body of mostly stencil based artwork which has it’s own brand of ‘humour through protest’. Unlike Banksy, he has not been interested in developing hype and PR frenzy. In fact, he has actively avoided ‘selling out’ to the more commercial and cynical end of the Street Art movement. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.signalgallery.com\"\u003eSignal Gallery\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’m curious to see the show, although I can make it to the opening. Maybe someone of you could write a small exhibition-report below?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLocation: Signal Gallery, 96a Curtain Road, London\nOpening: 16th September 2010, 6-9pm\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nIn addition to that fantastic [graffiti horror show by Nychos](/nychos-horror-graffiti/), there will be another interesting urban art exhibition tomorrow in London: British stencil artist **SPQR** will open his “Monochromatic Shades” stencil art show at Signal Gallery, exploring the art of protest, brainwashed media and the evils of society.\n\n\u003e SPQR is an artist from the West of England whose work has the ability to take the challenge of Banksy head on and produce a body of mostly stencil based artwork which has it’s own brand of ‘humour through protest’. Unlike Banksy, he has not been interested in developing hype and PR frenzy. In fact, he has actively avoided ‘selling out’ to the more commercial and cynical end of the Street Art movement. ([Signal Gallery](http://www.signalgallery.com))\n\nI’m curious to see the show, although I can make it to the opening. Maybe someone of you could write a small exhibition-report below?\n\nLocation: Signal Gallery, 96a Curtain Road, London\nOpening: 16th September 2010, 6-9pm\n","tags":["SPQR","Stencil Art","Street Art London"],"title":"SPQR - Monochrome Stencil Art","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/spqr-monochrome-stencil-art/"}