Helm Gallery to present Signal; the first ever UK solo show by internationally acclaimed graffiti artist POSE. Signal will be on show in Helm Gallery’s Exhibition Hall.
Having exhibited in Basel, Dubai, New York, Detroit, Los Angeles and most recently London – as part of Beyond the Streets at Saatchi Gallery, POSE will bring his infamous blend of graffiti and pop art to Brighton this spring.
Including works that have never been on show in the UK before, the collection will feature several large scale originals on canvas alongside a brand new limited edition print, exclusive to Helm.
A member of the street art collective Mad Society Kings, POSE’s career began in graffiti and has since evolved into studio work – incorporating painting, murals, sculptural and installation artworks into his practice. His most recent accolades include a collaboration with The Chicago Bulls on their Artist hat series
By employing universal human emotions as inspiration, POSE draws from all that is around him, with each canvas its own fascinating, layered world. Signal demonstrates a body of work that uses both blasts of vibrancy and sharp lines on a massive scale, true to the artist’s signature style.
When speaking of his practice, POSE explains:
I get very obsessed with the work that I create. It yanks me out of bed early in the morning and doesn’t let me sleep at night. I get really high from the relationship I get with a body of work.
By employing universal human emotions as inspiration, POSE draws from all that is around him, with each canvas its own fascinating, layered world. Signal demonstrates a body of work that uses both blasts of vibrancy and sharp lines on a massive scale, true to the artist’s signature style.
When speaking of his practice, POSE explains:
I get very obsessed with the work that I create. It yanks me out of bed early in the morning and doesn’t let me sleep at night. I get really high from the relationship I get with a body of work.
POSE, Signal, 14th March – 21st April, Helm Gallery
About the artist
Pose is a contemporary artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Revered for his exceptionally detailed and large-scale graffiti pieces, his work has been described by Shepard Fairey as being
“a hybrid of the aesthetics of pop-art, graffiti, sign painting and comics that are all areas of his interest done in his own style”.
His art combines the immediacy and vibrancy of comic-book style characters with hidden intricacies and elements of graffiti to produce surreal pastiches of pop-art perfection. In his own words Pose feels “inspired by challenges and uncomfortable territory”, using his immaculate technique and obsessive need to create he’s turned his hand to murals, prints, paintings and three-dimensional installations. A large part of his expertise lies in taking everyday objects from the world around him and morphing their influence into his art, it could be street-signs, pages from his wife’s childhood books or elements from cartoons and films, he works with the ordinary and turns it into the noteworthy.
Pose’s place in the street-art canon is more assured with every released. Having featured heavily in Saatchi’s ‘Beyond the streets’ exhibition in 2023 and having shown work internationally for over a decade, his work remains as relevant and exceptional as ever.