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Ben Eine is the archetypal artist of contemporary UK street art. His work ‘21st Century City’ was gifted to Barack Obama by David Cameron in 2010 and can be seen daily on Eine’s canvas of choice the walls and shutters of shops around London. Eine’s work is inspired by his early career as a writer, featuring bold type, in graphic and colourful compositions. ‘This Sounds Better in the Rain Red’ takes the titular words and reproduces them in multicoloured letters onto a pillar box red background. The beauty of the print lies in Eines’ refusal to differentiate word from word, leaving each letter evenly spaced across the square print so that it resembles a scramble of random letters, which are hard to decipher. The palette has a bold, retro feel, which is striking and beautiful the perfect statement piece to lift any space.
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