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On Thursday we headed down to Arch 402 in Hoxton to the Monorex 9th birthday celebrations which involved a live battle between 3 artists from London and 3 from The Czech Republic. Free Rum from Ray and Nephew and live screenprinting on both tees and totes supplemented what was a great turnout and it just […]
Secret Walls is back on it’s home-turf of London for a special one-off event bringing you a battle in a Secret East London venue for their big brother Monorex’s birthday! Secret Walls (formerly Secret Wars) is the World’s premier live art battle. Working in a similar way to Fight Club, Secret Walls battles are set […]
Nando’s have teamed up with Monorex to give young people (12 – 18) a chance to try their hands at some of the more contemporary artforms. The session will include t-shirt printing, the pen drawing battles that are associated with the Secret Wars, prop design and spray painting.
Monorex, Holic, Secret Wars and friends all come together to host a very special live art show on the 30th May to help raise money for victims of the earthquake in Japan. The night will feature the usual live art battle, this time between England and Japan. A silent auction of Monorex artists’ work, Pop Up […]
Monorex artist, Stika, has been busy putting up this Royal Wedding themed piece in Shoreditch on the wall just at the back of Village Underground: “This particular mural was in response to the negative press around the upcoming Royal wedding on the 29th April. Channel 4 are airing a documentary called “Meet the Middletons”, exposing […]
Courvoisier presents…..MONO BROW by Monorex “Courvoisier’s Future Gallery, a secret oasis of space tucked away in the busy streets of central London, opens its doors throughout July to Revolutionary Spirit 2010. Bustling with activity, these fully interactive events offer the chance to experience the latest innovation and development from the front line of business enterprise, […]
Just a quick heads-up on this one, the mighty Secret Wars is back in Londres tonight (Saturday December 13) for the quarter finals at their new home the ‘Secret Warehouse’ at 255 Commercial Road E1. Pitting their illustrative witts against each other for a place in the semi-finals from 8.30-9pm-ish this evening will be: WEN […]
Following hot on the heels of the Monorex boys’ Selfridges window display, Miss Led, Candy Lo, Sri Mckinnon, Kate Hawkridge and Tasha Whittle strolled up Oxford Street to deliver a piece of work on a more feminine tip. After the jump see the evolution of the piece (pictured). For more info on Miss Led visit her […]
Last Saturday saw two newcomers, Reeps and Jeeba, take to the stage for the third leg of Secret Wars London round 1. Reeps prevailed with the piece above, catch Jeeba’s effort after the jump. The next Secret Wars take place at Juno bar this coming Saturday (September 6), for more information check the Monorex blog […]
They get around the Secret Wars boys. When they’re not causing roadblocks outside Juno bar for their currently weekly live sketch/illustration battles (last week’s duel between Mr K and Sumit Sarkar was won by Mr K, the next one between Reeps One and Jeeba takes place this Saturday August 23), they’re teaming up with London’s […]
Kicking the London leg of Secret Wars off in style last week were messrs Jimi Crayon and Stika. A closely fought battle ended perhaps controversially with Stika sneaking through to the next round with his ‘not to do list’. Next up to do battle at the Secret Wars rightful home, Juno Bar (134 -135 Shoreditch High […]