In only took 35 years! Future Language of the Ikonoklast.

Steve More, White Syntax ix, 2024 For the first time since a small renegade collective of artists known as the Ikonoklast Movement formed in 1989, they will present an exhibition of new works called Future Language of the Ikonoklast opening during Frieze Week. Formed in 1989, a small collective of renegade artists came together to form the ‘IkonoklastMovement’. Future Language of the Ikonoklast presents a series of new work that explores contemporary spray paint practice, and how this medium has directed the artists throughout their diverse careers. The exhibition includes work from original Ikonoklast members and other invited artists, curated by Keith Hopewell and Remi Rough. About the Ikonoklast Movement The Ikonoklast Movement, founded in 1989, embodied a new manifesto that escaped the constraints of linear letter/ character compositions directly derivative of N.Y.C. style writing. This manifesto, while not intending to disrupt the UK graffiti writing community often received a hostile, sometimes violent, reaction from traditional graffiti practitioners. Their response was largely due to the Ikonoklast’s unorthodox spray paint approach. The ‘Ikonoklast’ title was inspired from the 16th century reformation, a dissolution of tradition, led by Henry VIII. The term also honours the theories of the late N.Y.C. artist Ramm:Ell:Zee,...