When Hugo Martinez organised the first exhibition featuring prominent New York subway writers at City College's Eisner Hall in December 1972 nobody realised how far this movement would go. 38 years later in 2009 we bring you 'The Writers Bench'Kings Cross London, situated close by to the early 90s Wimpy writers meet up point for the likes of WD etc. The Writers Bench is designed by writers for hardcore writers to exhibit whatever they wish in the newly furbished indoor 400 Sq feet exhibition space .We will Specialising in original paintings,sketches and site specific works, by writers who have bombed heavily at some point in there careers.

In the early days of subway writing in New York, writers tended to work on there own, and only those who went to school together or lived near each other ever got together. By 1972,however,writers had began to gather at a number of writers' corners/benches around the city. The first writers' corner was located at 188th Street and Audubon Avenue in Manhattan. Craig Castleman, Getting Up Subway Graffiti in New York 1982

"Here the  best writers of Manhattan,Bronx and Brooklyn would come to meet,sign in,exchange gossip and, if feelings were right, go out and hit together" Hugo Martinez 1980

Once we found out the Bronx had a hangout at 149th street and Grand Concourse we started going up in groups, finding out who was who and what was what...and we started growing, 'cause we had our own communication system. Wicked Gary Getting Up 1982

The Writers Bench is situated less than 5 minutes walk from the  Main Hall Kings Cross BR, the legendary meet up spot for the P.F.B 1991 Tube Party(see flyer below). The Writers Bench is all about writers checking out some crazy  art, linking up,drinking,and partying together again like the old dayz...