Street Art

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We've had a couple from Belfast, but those are our first south of the border, so thanks @dickyknees, that's another country represented in our collection

And for @Tim Hall I found another Manyoly today on Hanbury St, she was busy on her last trip, did we get them all I wonder?

And on the walls opposite the Nomadic Community garden is this new one.

 

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There's some new giant Stix stick characters near Old St

I really like this marlin/sailfish in Star Yard

And this bubble blower in Cremer St is really good too

 

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There's a new giant mural in Ladbroke Grove that reminds me of the old nostalgic railway posters from the age of steam. It features the Michelin man and the inner city motorway the Westway, that slices through the area. I confess I'm not really getting it.

There may be a point in the future where we get all misty eyed at the thought of the motorcar, but we're not there yet. In the inner city London of the present, especially on hot days like today, I'm not sure this or any other local community looks upon a motorway and its 24/7 traffic and fumes as something to celebrate at all. Unless they are implying that a community thrives despite the concrete monstrosity that scythes through it. Who knows.

Nearby I think is a modern take on the 3 wise monkeys, speak no evil, hear no evil and see no evil. It features messrs Trump, Kim Jong-Un and Putin, and according to wiki 'in the western world the proverb and image are used to refer to the lack of moral responsibility on the part of people who refuse to acknowledge impropriety'. That pretty much nails it. In this instance the implication being the cause of the respective silence, deafness and blindness is wodges of cash.

 

[Reynard]

Ah, that one with Trump, Kim and Putin is class - and bang on. Good spot.

 

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Bank holiday weekend, and wonder of wonders its scorchio. Passing through Penge this morning there's a bright flowery shipping container painted by an artist called Nerone.

And I found a couple more birds by Aspire too. A pigeon

And a kestrel

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Dotmasters who did the above two, featured back on page 1 of this thread with some excellently detailed rubbish bags. Today I found some new Dotmaster rubbish in Penge.
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And less than 100 metres from that, is this excellent new one by Irony. Its down a really narrow alley so is awkward to photograph, and could be easily missed, but the artist has done an excellent job or luring in passers-by. As you walk up Penge High street, at first you only see this:
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Peering down the alley reveals the full picture
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Love the Nike branded carrier bag!

 

[User10571]

The thread that keeps on giving....

 

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@deptfordmarmoset I did a double take when I saw that. To the right of me as I took that picture is a barbers shop, the barber and a client, an elderly gent, were frozen in slack jawed amazement when I pulled up and started taking pictures. I could imagine the conversation afterwards....'the world's gone mad, are people really going around making and taking pictures of rubbish these days Terry??'

Thanks again @User10571, lucky for us the urge to paint is strong

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

... lucky for us the urge to paint is strong:okay:
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And lucky for us the urge to post photos of them is strong....

(Right, I spotted a trio of wall paintings up by London City Airport earlier this week. I'll try to remember to bring a camera when I drop the visitors off back at the airport.)

EDIT: no idea how I managed to get that blue font but if I hold the cursor over it, it turns red....

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

A handful of ones showing bits of history from Newham in Connaught Road, just behind London City Airport...

 

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Cool, thanks @deptfordmarmoset. Lovely day to be out and about on the bike.

Since 2003 the 4th plinth in Trafalgar Square has been a display for a rotating series of artworks. At the moment its home to the recreation of the mythical Lamassu, with the body of a bull and head of a man, it guarded the entrance to the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh from 700BC until it was senselessly destroyed by ISIS in 2015. This statue is made up of 1000's of date syrup cans, representative of a once great industry decimated by the Iraq wars.

Here's the attached plaque with more info:

Its another boiling hot day here in the capital, so the last thing I expected to see was an alpine scene, but that's exactly what I spied down a side street near South Kensington, near the infamous red striped house that featured on the news last year.

It was painted by Johny Midnight, more info here: https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/artist-creates-cool-kensington-winter-9441164
Artist Francis Bacon had a house in Kendrick Mews, where he spent the last 30 years of his living and working life. I did'nt know this before arriving there but was given a clue by some more street art just to the right of the above pic

....sorry no, not that, although the jowls of Droopy always remind me of Francis Bacon. This is whats really there:

And on my way home on the Kings Road I found a scene reminiscent of a Monet.

 

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Another scorcher, record breaking May Day bank holiday temperatures apparently . The bins where I am don't get collected until Wednesday, but they already have a whiff that's startling more than hares.

That is in Penge and is by Belgian artist Dzia, whose red squirrels I've photographed previously in Bristol, and @User259 has also snapped in Brussels. And I came across this in Stockwell, which is as close to graphically representing the eye watering stench coming from these rubbish baking devices.

 

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This took me back to the days of my Nokia 3210. Here's a snake charmer in Penge by Trust Icon, the charmed snake in question is of course from the old 'snake' game that was loaded onto old android phones like the Nokia from 1998, wow 20 years ago.

And nearby is this great one by Fanakapan whose excellent 3D effect balloons I've photographed before.

 

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Over in east London some new stuff has gone up in Hanbury street. This is by Amara Por Dios who is from Sweden, I found her website and her work is apparently inspired by ancient civilisations and religious artefacts from around the world.

This is by Tom Blackford and Ewan

And this is on the big gate to the entrance to the Trumam brewery site. It replaces the 'elvis pelvis' by the same artist, Shok-1, from back on page 6. This one is called stolen heart

 

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This Buddha is not in suburbia but the inner city by the Nomadic Community garden

I saw this epic balancing act over in Hackney Wick

And its much cooler today, but the suns still out in Pedley St