Street Art

[booze and cake]

A few more finds in Camden this afternoon. I've no idea whats going on here but its like a scene from Futurama

I love this Batman and Robin climbing up the broken electrical cable

And this is also brilliant, turning an overflow pipe into an artwork

Another great Irony piece

But the one that got the biggest wow from me today is this one by Gnasher, who also did the Billy Bonds and Trevor Brooking West Ham Utd mural on page 10

 

[AndyRM]

Get yourself along to the Barbican @booze and cake!

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/...laborates-with-basquiat-outside-the-barbican/

 

[stedlocks]

Awesome stuff guys.....keep em coming!

 

[Glow worm]

Managed to get a bit closer to the street art here in Malta earlier.

The third one is my favourite.

The art is on some half built, and what appeared to be abandoned apartments. However, I soon noticed there were some shady looking characters lurking in there, so didn't hang about!

 

[booze and cake]

Oooh thanks @AndyRM I'll get along there over the next few days and see what I can find. Apparently the internet was duped by more fake news as there was a report last week that Banksy was arrested in Palestine while doing some street art, and his identity was finally revealed. Turns out to be rubbish and a hoax, but of course minor details like fact checking don't stop the likes of trash/fake news outlet CNN reporting it as true.
http://www.business2community.com/w...t-palestine-hoax-01914657#wV0exfOPzd3xc5Uh.97

And @Glow worm, you sir are a star! Taking time out of your hols to get some close up pics for us, running the gauntlet of dodgy local characters in the process, chapeau and thanks very much. I agree with you, I really like that 3rd one. Enjoy the rest of your hols

 

[AndyRM]

Best be quick, they don't like graffiti there! Exhibition should be worth a visit.

 

[Glow worm]

And @Glow worm, you sir are a star! Taking time out of your hols to get some close up pics for us, running the gauntlet of dodgy local characters in the process, chapeau and thanks very much. I agree with you, I really like that 3rd one. Enjoy the rest of your hols

No probs- it was a pleasure and an excuse for a bike ride!
I've looked more closely at the first pic and God alone knows what that's all about !

 

[booze and cake]

Get yourself along to the Barbican @booze and cake!

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/...laborates-with-basquiat-outside-the-barbican/

...et voila, 2 new Banksy's in Barbican, it helps to read the blurb AndyRM posted above

And here's an example of how street art can be modified over time. The very first pic I took at the start of this mission was the ATM Chaffinch in Loughbough Junction, as shown on page 1. This week I noticed someone has made a perch for the bird by adding some old TV's and a chair.

 

[booze and cake]

There's a good selection of portraits on the hoardings of a soulless new development near Liverpool St station.

The colours and style of this one look very familiar.

I thought it looked very much like the 2 from Jewel Road from page 13. Those pieces were'nt signed, but this one is in the bottom right. I can only just make it out and it looks like 'Carne', and after a bit of interwebbing I've found out it is by the same person who did the ones on Jewel Rd, a Carne Griffiths. Their website https://www.carnegriffiths.com/ states the artist makes artwork using tea, vodka, whiskey, brandy and calligraphy ink. I assume this means uses them for the drawing, rather than consuming copious amounts of vodka, whiskey and brandy and then starting the drawing
And here's the final two from the same location.

 

[booze and cake]

I found a couple more Zabou ones in London Fields

On the wall of a nearby pet grooming establishment is this

And the top of Broadway Market has a tyrannosaurus rex

 

[booze and cake]

This is on Holloway Road, and as it features a man and a cat on their way to London, and its located in Whittington Park, it has to be Dick Whittington and his cat, though I'm pretty sure the Shard, Gherkin, Tower Bridge and Parliament were'nt there in his day.

And down the hill a bit, on the other side of the road are these two. I'm quite surprised its taken to page 15 to find one with a horse, though I do remember always being rubbish at drawing them myself (along with everything else I should add), I never got the proportion between the head and the body right. Maybe this artist has the same problem and is just sticking with heads for now

 

[nickyboy]

Saw this on Whitecross Street. Fraid it was getting a bit dark. Couple of little bonuses under the main one that I didn't notice at the time

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Saw this on Whitecross Street. Fraid it was getting a bit dark. Couple of little bonuses under the main one that I didn't notice at the time

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I saw that one and immediately thought it was this one (Bristol, brother's bike)

 

[booze and cake]

@nickyboy it is a good one, we had it on page 10, but its easy to lose track and worthy of posting again. In fact he's one of my favourite artists. And @deptfordmarmoset you are correct, that one in Bristol, called 'the duel of Bristol' is by the same person, Conor Harrington. The one of his in Dulwich from page 2 is one of favourites so far, see link here: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/street-art.221565/post-4893022

Here's 2 by Colombian artist Stinkfish. The first one on Hanbury St is painted over Laura Zombie's 'I am Groot' which is a shame as I liked that.

And here's the other one on Shacklewell Lane

 

[dodgy]

How did I miss this thread? It's amazing!