Artist: SPOK (Spain)

Spok is closely associated with the New York tradition of Subway art, and,
from his teens, was travelling around Europe and the United States with a spraycan.
Already a renowned street-writer throughout Spain, he developed a remarkable
photorealist style while studying for a fine-arts degree in his hometown of Madrid.
Since then, his skills have been much in demand for decorating shopfront grilles across the city,
or for commissions from advertising agencies and companies as diverse as Nike and L'Oreal.
'The work that we do just for ourselves... we're going to go and paint no matter what' he says.
'People don't understand, they say it's vandalism or you're wasting your time or whatever.
But for me, it's the only true art form'.

(Text Tate Modern, part of the Street Art Walking Tour)

part of the gallery: London Street Art