{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"SPQR Stencil Art Exhibition","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-stencil-art-show.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-09-24T13:26:09Z","description":"Last week a nice stencil art exhibition opened in London: “Monochromatic Shades” by SPQR at Signal Gallery. The art show presents some really nice stencil artworks with political and humorous backgrounds...   ","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMonochromatic Shades\u003c/em\u003e, the stencil art exhibition by famous political stencil artist \u003cstrong\u003eSPQR\u003c/strong\u003e, is running for one week now at Signal Gallery in London. A few days after the opening I visited that very interesting and highly critical urban art show to take \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157625023296040/\"\u003esome photos\u003c/a\u003e\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSPQR is exploring the Art of Protest/Protest Art conundrum. He looks into the ability of Art to protest about the evils of society as he sees them. Included in his line of fire is the art world itself, with is fashions and favourites and at it’s core, a hollow commercialism. Themes that recur for the artist are ‘surveillance’ culture, brainwashing media and the need for acts of defiance to counteract these ills. This is brilliantly achieved in his work, with a tough humour, which is distinctly lacking any sentimentality or soft edges. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.signalgallery.com\"\u003eSignal Gallery\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI really liked the ironically stencil artworks - the clowns on the tank, the vegetarian imperial pop art stormtroopers, the riot cop. Great show, I hope you at least enjoy my shots if you couldn’t make it to the show\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=\"/spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-soft-cops_hu_119dc3a7ef9f2a30.avif 480w, /spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-soft-cops_hu_6e433e81b7adb7ab.avif 960w, /spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-soft-cops_hu_1527383c864c8a86.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-soft-cops_hu_f81d1621bb3d98f4.webp 480w, /spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-soft-cops_hu_85737faae0513fd.webp 960w, /spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-soft-cops_hu_a69d636836d12d09.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-soft-cops_hu_30a7d002cf7e4391.jpg\" srcset=\"/spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-soft-cops_hu_8aa374acd6e64c35.jpg 480w, /spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-soft-cops_hu_7a02535f16e8188c.jpg 960w, /spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-soft-cops_hu_30a7d002cf7e4391.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"spqr soft cops\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003espqr soft cops\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=\"/spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-stormtrooper-stencil_hu_ef6e0c71474bb33d.avif 480w, /spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-stormtrooper-stencil_hu_1a24570014634f7.avif 960w, /spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-stormtrooper-stencil_hu_ac29dd14aec4cfcd.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-stormtrooper-stencil_hu_9ba604f62c1b414b.webp 480w, /spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-stormtrooper-stencil_hu_71a7ef8cb0abf307.webp 960w, /spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-stormtrooper-stencil_hu_ae49d4dffc71e732.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-stormtrooper-stencil_hu_4cf4c8cff7ff3816.jpg\" srcset=\"/spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-stormtrooper-stencil_hu_9e9647d6116133ae.jpg 480w, /spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-stormtrooper-stencil_hu_5e682f2ade27348d.jpg 960w, /spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-stormtrooper-stencil_hu_4cf4c8cff7ff3816.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"spqr stormtrooper stencil\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003espqr stormtrooper stencil\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; 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A few days after the opening I visited that very interesting and highly critical urban art show to take [some photos](http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157625023296040/)...\n\n\u003e SPQR is exploring the Art of Protest/Protest Art conundrum. He looks into the ability of Art to protest about the evils of society as he sees them. Included in his line of fire is the art world itself, with is fashions and favourites and at it’s core, a hollow commercialism. Themes that recur for the artist are ‘surveillance’ culture, brainwashing media and the need for acts of defiance to counteract these ills. This is brilliantly achieved in his work, with a tough humour, which is distinctly lacking any sentimentality or soft edges. ([Signal Gallery](http://www.signalgallery.com))\n\nI really liked the ironically stencil artworks - the clowns on the tank, the vegetarian imperial pop art stormtroopers, the riot cop. Great show, I hope you at least enjoy my shots if you couldn’t make it to the show...\n\n![spqr soft cops](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-soft-cops.jpg\u003e)\n\nspqr soft cops ![spqr stormtrooper stencil](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-stormtrooper-stencil.jpg\u003e)\n\nspqr stormtrooper stencil ![spqr big brother porn](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/spqr-big-brother-porn.jpg\u003e)\n\nspqr big brother porn ","tags":["Street Protest","SPQR","Stencil Art","Street Art London","Art Photography"],"title":"SPQR Stencil Art Exhibition","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/spqr-stencil-art-exhibition/"}