His works feature in the catalogues of the Yusto/Giner galleries in Marbella and Madrid, Aishonanzuka Gallery Hong Kong, Moosey Gallery in London and La Causa Galería in Madrid. In March, Imon Boy launched his first solo show in a Spanish museum, at the CAC Malaga (Contemporary Art Centre). He was first spotted by the art galleries, then he came to the notice of the 'inner sanctums' of the art world. But that side of him, he says, is now a mere 'hobby': "I'm more interested in developing my painting and having an exhibition than spray-painting in another country." "Never in places where it is harmful, I would not paint anything that I would not want to be painted for me and never on private property," he says, in the full knowledge that what he's doing counts as vandalism. His tag, in capital letters, is on the streets of London, New York, several cities in France and almost all of Spain. "All that is what removes me from that world".īut on the odd night and always when on his travels, he takes paint with him and "something goes down". Neither does he constantly brag about his street paintings on Instagram – where he has 75,000 followers – or take on the attitude associated with graffiti artists: ego, rivalry, testosterone. His portrayal of seemingly friendly police officers, for example, "jars a bit" in the graffiti scene. It is a very closed world and, for the graffiti artists, I am not one of them because I step out of the design norms for graffiti". ![]() ![]() However, Imon Boy rebels against the graffiti tag: "It doesn't represent me.
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