Ben eine is the archetypal artist of contemporary uk street art his work 21st century city was gifted to barack obama by david cameron in 2010 and can be seen daily on eines canvas of choice the walls and shutters of shops around london eines work is inspired by his early career as a writer featuring bold type in graphic and colourful compositions this sounds better in the rain red takes the titular words and reproduces them in multicoloured letters onto a pillar box red background