Ben Eine returns to the spot that he painted several years back illegally with the words VANDALISM. This time he has been invited back by MONIKER art fair to repaint the same wall he originally made infamous, this time with permission and filmed by a BBC camera crew.
For Moniker Art Fair, Ben Eine will also install a recreation of his famed ongoing East End shutter project in one of the artist spaces.
Mark Westall has spent over thirty years creating platforms for culture. Since founding FAD Magazine in 2006, he's dedicated his career to documenting, championing and questioning contemporary art through publishing, criticism and conversation. As founder and editorial director of one of the UK's leading independent contemporary art publications, he has interviewed artists, reviewed exhibitions and covered the ideas shaping contemporary visual culture for more than two decades. He also founded Art of Conversation, Despoke and FAD Bazaar, and regularly serves as a judge for international art and photography awards.
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