Slawn x Opake | Joker

Slawn x Opake — Joker

Slawn, born Olaolu Akeredolu-Ale in Lagos, Nigeria in 2000, is a London-based artist known for intersecting street art with Abstract Expressionist styles, drawing on his Yoruba heritage. He began painting during London's 2020 lockdown after moving to the city to study graphic design at Middlesex University, and held his debut exhibition at Truman Brewery in 2021. His rapid rise has included a 2022 Sotheby's auction debut and designing the statuette and set for the 2023 Brit Awards — becoming the youngest and first Nigerian-born artist to do so — followed by the 2024 FA Cup Trophy.

This piece takes one of pop culture's most complex and discussed villain archetypes — a figure of chaotic nihilism that has become a recurring cultural touchstone for questions of society, sanity, and the nature of evil — as subject matter of unusual depth and contemporary resonance, brought into the visual language of street art and graphic expressionism by the Slawn x Opake collaboration.

Available through Creed Gallery, Ascot, for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey, and London.

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