So this guy is in town, and he had just created his first piece… and boy does it look sick. Now if you are wondering who the hell he is… here is some info for ya…

Ben Eine is most notable for his alphabet graffiti lettering on shop shutters in London’s Shoreditch, Brick Lane and Broadway Market areas. as well as in  Paris, Stockholm, and many others.

Prior to becoming involved in commercial graffiti, Eine was a very famous and highly credible writer in the underground London graffiti scene.

Inspired by the work of fashion assassin Noki, Eine first started to explore more commercial avenues in a workshop above the Dragon Bar in Lenoard Street, London (now knocked down). Eine produced a number of custom clothing designs notably some custom “VANDALS” sweatshirts and started to explore screen prints.

Eine first came to prominence in the “commercial” graffiti scene through his symbiotic partnership with London graffiti artist Banksy; through Eine, Banksy was able to access the underground scene and through Banksy Eine accessed the commercial world. Impressed by the work of Banksy Eine chose to focus on “commercial” graffiti… and most notably was invited to the White House…by Obama Lama himself…

He is in SA, and just did a cool piece for our friends over at Shelflife… check out their blogspot for more…