271 pages Edited by Remi Rough Text(s) by Chu, Jason System, Juice 126, Lois Oliver and Remi Rough Foreword by Simon Armstrong Photographs by Chu, Darren Lewis, Jason System, Jim Prigoff, Juice 126, Keith Hopewell, Kid Acne, Pete Sola, Remi Rough, Stormie Mills, Takashi Homma, and Timid 25.7 x 18.4 cm Language: English Hardback Publisher: Velocity Press 2025
In 1989, six young graffiti artists, Rough, Part2, Stormboy, System, Tee Roc, and Solo1, united under the vision of Juice 126, who called for nothing less than a revolution: to “rebel against the rebellion” and escape the rigid codes that had already formed around graffiti. Out of that call, the Ikonoklast Movement was born.
Far more than a graffiti crew, the Ikonoklasts were a post-graffiti supergroup, pushing aerosol art into new, uncharted territories. From pioneering exhibitions to radical experiments in technique and collaboration, their work in the 1990s helped redefine graffiti in Britain and across Europe.
Edited by Remi Rough, Future Language of the Ikonoklast brings together over 400 images, photographs, flyers, letters, and rare archival material, to tell the story of this groundbreaking collective for the first time. Featuring a foreword by Simon Armstrong (Tate) and contributions by art historian Lois Oliver and curator Greg Hilty (Lisson Gallery), the book is both a time capsule and a manifesto, celebrating a legacy that has remained overlooked for far too long.
Spanning more than three decades, this is the definitive chronicle of a group that continues to inspire, disrupt, and expand the language of graffiti and contemporary art.
