Sickboy is the name of a street artist from

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The Independent, 26 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-10. UK, known for his temple logo and his 'Save the Youth' slogan.
View London, undated. Retrieved 2011-11-09. Sickboy moved to London in 2007 and his street art became prevalent particularly in the East End boroughs of

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and Tower Hamlets.Chris Osbur
''Londonist Interviews … London Graffiti Artist Sickboy''
Londonist, 11 January 2008. Retrieved 2011-11-09. It is claimed Sickboy was one of the first UK graffiti artists to use a logo instead of a 'tag'. Sickboy originally trained in fine artFranco Milazz
''Interview: Sickboy, Street Artist''
Londonist, 30 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-09. and, as well as painting graffiti on the street, he also paints on canvas and exhibits conventionally in art galleries. He has been painting street art since circa 1995. In recent years Sickboy has become known for painting his 'temple' logo on

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'' article Sickboy named Spanish street artist

La Mano La Mano (Spanish for ''The Hand''; also: ''La Mano/Nami'') is a graffiti artist based in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Cataloni ...

as a major influence. He said "At the time, graffiti was mainly seen as letter-based, but [Le Mano] just used a logo and repeated it... I'd never been a big fan of stencil work, which is where a lot of people think graffiti crosses over into more acceptable street art. La Mano stuck more closely to the graffiti aspect, which I try to adhere to now. I like the freehand, grab-a-tin-of-spray-paint approach".

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