Remi Rough | #RoughSketches - Book Launch & Signing

Scream London is delighted to announce the release of Remi Rough’s new publication, #RoughSketches, with a launch event at the gallery on Thursday 28th April from 6pm. The artist will be signing and personalising copies of the book plus exhibiting a collection of his new works on paper.

His works are often described as ‘painting visual haikus’. A respected graffiti artist, London-based Remi Rough has also played a significant part in the development of ‘abstract graffiti’, a term that seems far too clinical to describe the accomplishments of his artwork, which has always been about the interplay of colour and shape.

Now his creations have made their way from wall to paper in the form of his new book. #RoughSketches is a collection of Remi’s drawings and sketches from a diverse catalogue of work spanning the last two decades (1996 - 2015). The book demonstrates the gradual progression in Remi’s works from graffiti lettering to the abstractions they have now become, with a focus on the interplay between geometry, line and space.

Most of the featured sketches are in black and white, as Remi often chooses to strip away all the unnecessary peripheral parts of graffiti while drawing and sketching in order to retain a focus on the development of style; it is this aspect of drawing process that enables him to develop his ideas for his paintings and large-scale mural projects.

#RoughSketches will be available to purchase at the launch event for £20. Remi will signing each copy purchased at the gallery between 6 - 8pm as well as customising each with a special, hand-drawn Remi Rough doodle.

To confirm attendance please RSVP to [email protected]