Bank Holiday wonderings too me over to Primrose Hill this weekend and as always I kept my eyes peeled for any examples of street art. It will not shock you to learn that the pristine streets of NW1 do not feature that many pieces.
This piece was on the bridge over the canal and even this was probably commissioned by the council.
Still there are some pretty colours I guess
Pretty.... vanilla
I think I might be having a bit of a sugar overload here. I can not turn a corner without seeing another piece by Mr. Toof. You have to give him credit though he goes far and wide and does not mind hitting some pretty random places.
Spotted the toof?
This one was in a warehouse carpark on the way to Stratford and pretty damn hard to find, I only spotted it out of the corner of my eye.
Still lots to be done tho...
I found the Graffiti Graveyard off Broadway and then found this on the way to the Olympic Stadium. It is a little more rough round the edges and could do with a few more pieces so if you are an artist then drop me a line and I’ll break my rule about revealing the location.
East wall
Can you spot our friend Sweet Toof in the above shot?
I like the fact that when we are inundated by sodding tourists, all getting lost and wondering into the rougher parts of Hackney to get robbed by our friendly youts, they will at least be able to see some pretty decent art along the way.
As they say… Welcome to Hackney
Hugo Bossman
Ghetto Blaster
Horror
Sweet croc
It has been ages since I saw our old friend Sweet Toof. He is pretty damn prolific as we have already figured out and Sweet has been beating a path to that white elephant in the Eastend room otherwise known as the Olympic Stadium.
Tunnel Toof
If you take a mosey down from Victoria Park towards the stadium there are a few examples of his work plus a couple which have been started and not finished. The route to the Olympics is a pretty rich place to graf right now, so many open spaces and it will be the perfect place to showcase his wares to a huge amount of people throughout the summer.
Hazardous Toof
Sweet tag
On thing that did strike me though is while they are making some of it look nice for all those tourists… some of it looks rather dilapidated, and I don’t mean shabby chic either
>Insert expletive here<
If Oysters are meant to be an aphrodisiac then this has turned the whole country frigid.
I am literally astounded sometimes. Is this the most aesthetically boring thing you have ever seen?
Just so boring....
It looks like something made using Paintbrush circa 1995, the font is boring, the art work is childish without any of the cute innocence a child might have brought to the design, the colour choices can only be described as vanilla, the image of the Queen is dull and shows no vibrancy…. was this done in a lunch break by a tired of life member of the design department from a soon to be defunct packaging company in a industrial estate in Slough? and now breathe….
I understand you can not go crazy with design for the Jubilee Oyster card, but you can show imagination and verve. London is going to be besieged by visitors this summer and their travel memento will be this. Hardly shows London as the multi-cultural design hub that it is.
Rant over…. what do you think?
Too busy with paid work so this is not even a proper post really is it?
Little bit spray fun....
I’ll get on me bike and search out something more interesting for you tomorrow… promise
le Moss - Banksy
It is on the 29th in London at Bonham’s and if you have a spare £000’s then maybe you would like to invest in an overpriced piece by the world’s fave stencil artist Banksy. Some of these pieces are quite famous and desired, I quite like the Kate Moss one, because I love le Moss, really love le Moss.
The other one I like features an iconic model as well, it is by Jef Aerosol and features Twiggy, it is called ‘Is London Still Swinging?’
Jef Aerosol
If I had that much money I reckon I would just buy a wall in London and then make it available for artists to use, maybe on a 3 month rotation and then have a constantly updated piece that everyone can see. The all you would need to do is get a decent camera and take a shot of each finished piece and then you have a nice coffee table book or even blow up the prints for at home.
Just a thought, if not and you want the original and nave this cash in a box under your bed waiting for that rainy day you could buy a Banksy, something by Blek le Rat or maybe a D*Face orig.
D*Face
Other reason to write this post was if you put Banksy in a post then it ramps up your visitor numbers and I thought I’d see how many new followers I could get…… muuuuhhhhaaaa
I'm the greatest....
Mr Warhol… your 15 minutes of fame it would appear will go on for a long damn time yet, Warhol esq prints can be seen everywhere and in street art his influence is undeniable.
In Dulwich in the not too distant future you will be able to see some rarely exhibited pieces by the white haired one and I so one will be making the journey down to take a look, even if it is bloody miles away. Might make a day of it, apparently there is a right nice park there.
Anyway the collection called Andy Warhol: The Portfolios will feature Endangered Species, Flowers, Muhammad Ali and Myths. These were some of his last works before he hopped off to the other side so worth a look I think
Now this is a twat bike... forget the baskets and fixies
I have seen your brightly coloured knit wear pieces across the Eastend and initially I thought it was a rather amusing thing, you see us East Londoners are ribbed for our quaint ways such as riding Dickensian bikes, dressing like dandys and endulging in rather out dated pursuits such as lawn bowls and knitting. So to see Street Art in the form of knitting did make me chuckle.
Then after seeing a few more pieces and deciding it was actually a bit of an eyesore that might have, in the times of the Klaxons been suitable for aural consumption when we thought new rave was rather amusing.
Now you are getting these rather fetching banning orders and threats of fines.
Knit Art is banned
Here is my quandary, artists should not be fined for their art, I would never agree with that, but at the same time I just plain don’t get this flouro sensory dust up, so this might result in them being removed.
Spotted on Londonist
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