Also of note is the presence of words, a new addition to his work. Appearing in French and English, they are an expression of the artist’s thoughts and questioning. They also act as signs and billboards grounding the scenes within a London setting, especially Soho where he was based. This is the case in Is It Possible? where Boris saw some form of street art in the city lights. Here his pop art touch is applied to a casual street scene where actual signs are combined to imaginary ones, like “Bobo Street Village”, a word play on his own name (Boris) which, unknown to him at the time he painted it, also evokes “Bourgeois Bohème” the French translation of Hipster. Such an enlightened intuition in the face of London’s gentrification and the social crisis this engenders.