About Laz Emporium
The shop is closed right now till Saturday May 2022 when we reopen with Ewen Spencer's exhibition While You Were Sleeping.
Laz Emporium is very much a reflection of myself - goods from the shattered brain of Steve Lazarides.
We work alongside artists to smuggle more pictures into your home using ingenious methods… Right now we work with Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett, famed portrait artist Jonathan Yeo, the effortlessly contemporary Charming Baker, bona fide NY graffiti legend Stash, and street artist meets high performance military equipment designer War Boutique.
Our London space is back open and more 'destination' than ever!
25 Lexington Street, Soho, London W1F 9AH
Opening times:
Monday to Saturday 11am till 7pm
Sunday 12pm till 6pm
Plus Rave Captured by me, Steve Lazarides, the photo show with its arms in the air is showing in the downstairs 'house of Laz' exhibition bit.
An emporium is ‘a store carrying many different kinds of merchandise’ – an eclectic and intriguing range of stock.
My collection is the product of my bipolar mind, always leaping from one area of fascination to another.
These are on sale next to objets d’anarchy from my own archive.
So ‘emporium’ made for a more fitting description than ‘gallery’ (been there, done that) or something trendy, which I could never countenance, like ‘marketplace’.
All our pieces are hand-made from sustainable materials created or sourced in the UK.
Nearly all are printed and assembled in the new Laz Studio out in the Wild West Country.
We work with local expert craftsmen like Steve 'the Wood' here.
Laz Emporium is a family business.
My mum and dad run the warehouse. Many of my old crew are on board, either up in the crow’s nest plotting a path ahead or below decks rowing for their lives.
And it feels like I’ve finally settled on a project that encompasses all my interests. Something that’s doesn’t just involve art, but also photography, design, and publishing and anything else that floats my boat.
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the best things in life are un-categorisable – I’ll be picking up weird and wonderful esoteric clutter on this journey to sell here as well. Moreover, I’ll make new work with creatives of this world who can’t be pigeonholed.
But whatever it is, it’ll always have a subcultural element to its character.
It all certainly beats selling art in tents.
Features
Laz Emporium Soho LDN launch covered in The Financial Times (paywall)
Laz Emporium Soho LDN launch covered in Hypebeast
Banksy - the most revealing photo yet? How his former agent documented art's biggest mystery.
Banksy Caught On Camera: New Photo Book Documents Street Artist’s Early Years.
Banksy's former agent quits gallery world citing snobbery and the death of subculture.
Steve Lazarides interview: The man behind Banksy is bringing graffiti art to the gallery.
Banksy’s Ex-Gallerist Talks About Their Breakup, Depictions of Hell.
Steve Lazarides: Meet the 'accidental' art dealer who made Banksy.
Steve Lazarides on Banksy's 'self-destruct' art stunt.
Mentions
Banksy Captured has been kindly mentioned by a few people, the likes of The Independent, BBC, Sky News, Evening Standard, CNN, LAD Bible, Daily Mail, ITV, New York Post, NME, Metro, High Snobiety, Dazed Magazine and many more...
Contact
For any and all enquiries (press, product, hate mail or anything else), contact info@lazemporium.com or
Laz Studio
Unit 15 & 16
Tortworth Business Park
Charlfield Road
Tortworth
South Gloucestershire
North Bristol
GL12 8HQ
United Kingdom
Payment Methods
We accept VISA, Mastercard, AMEX, Maestro, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Shop Pay as payment methods.