Team Robbo is an intentionally
amorphous and anonymous graffiti crew, which has now grown into The Team Robbo
Network. Its presence stretches across the world, overseas members working in
collaboration with their UK counterparts.
Team Robbo UK will be represented in
this show by core crew members: ROBBO, CHOCI-ROC, DOZE, FUEL,
PRIME and P.I.C. - some of whom have worked together as a crew for around 25
years!
They will be supported by the artist
known as 'Pranksky', who provides coverage of Team Robbo's continuing war with
street artists via his media organization, Prank Sky
Media.
Several members of Team Robbo are
already well-known to members of the street art/ graffiti community and to art
collectors alike. This stemmed from several very successful shows last year,
including Robbo's solo show at The Pure Evil Gallery plus Fuel & Prime's
work in 'The Architects' Group Show at The Atom Rooms in London. Prime's
controversial piece 'The Age of Shiva' was widely publicised when it appeared
again last year in Pictures on Walls' show - 'Marks and Stencils' before
Christmas.
The crew's new show, 'The Sell-Out
Tour' (which can be interpreted in a variety of ways), will be the first time
that Team Robbo UK have exhibited in a gallery together.
It will showcase an impressive variety
of their work: prints, canvases, sculpture and photographic work. The
photographs trace Team Robbo's joint output, (both legal and illegal) over the
years. They will be shown alongside new solo work where crew members push
forward the graffiti genre and develop their own work in highly divergent and
novel artistic directions. The show is expected to tour the world after the
Signal Gallery
launch.
The Sell-Out Tour will be supported by
work by the artist Pranksky. His work is described as hybrid art (merging art,
photography and graffiti) providing a commentary on the ongoing art feud between
street artists and graffiti writers that has received considerable media
attention.
The show offers a rare chance to both
view and purchase original new works and prints by this notorious crew. All work
shown is for
sale.
Quote by
Robbo:
"Nowadays nobody seems to care
about talent anymore they're just happy to be spoonfed shit, it's like being
stuck in X
Factor"
Source:
http://www.sabotagetimes.com/people/my-graffiti-war-with-banksy-by-king-robbo/
