Viva Brighton Issue #63 May 2018

MY SPACE
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Photos by Adam Bronkhorst, adambronkhorst.com
incarnation) last autumn. Icons is, of course,
one of the most iconic pieces of street art in
Brighton. He tells us about the special transparent
paints he uses to achieve his almost
photo-realistic portraits, and about some of
the women who helped him paint the piece:
graduates of his Spraypaint Academy for Girls.
But there’s plenty more to see, so we have to
move on.
We zigzag up and down the North Laine,
taking in more stunning pieces by REQ
himself, as well as big local names Sinna One,
SNUB and Minty. I’m a bit wary cycling up
the hills to begin with, given how heavy the
bikes are, but the eight-speed gear system
makes it a breeze. One of my favourite places
he takes us is the carpark at the end of Jew
Street: what had previously seemed like just a
mess of graffiti suddenly becomes a lot more
interesting with REQ there to tell us about
the different artists, where they’ve come from
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