Exhibition of ‘eternal and magical’ street art of 10Foot and Tox opens in London

The display launched in the city’s Piccadilly area on Thursday.

By contributor Casey Cooper-Fiske, PA Entertainment Reporter

Published Mar 21

Two men in front of an Underground train covered in grafitti — The Long Dark Tunnel was launched in central London on Thursday (James Manning/PA)

An exhibition of “eternal and magical” street art called Long Dark Tunnel created by graffiti writer 10Foot has opened in London.

Also featuring the work of Tox and Fume, the display opened in the city’s Piccadilly area on Thursday, after it featured in a special edition of Big Issue taken over by 10Foot, which saw Tox, who is dubbed the country’s “most imprisoned” graffiti writer, interviewed by Banksy.

Speaking about the exhibition, 10Foot, whose real name is Sam Moore, told the PA news agency: “At the extreme end of graffiti there’s a very small handful of super-gifted people who are beyond fascinating.

A queue of people wait to enter a shop with a sign above it reading Arts Arkade — The exhibition features in the Big Issue (James Manning/PA)

“Tox, Fume, Bas, they have the state breathing down their neck, they use social media and don’t earn a penny from their art.

“It makes no sense if you’re looking at it from a contemporary context but on a human level it’s eternal and magical.”