Took me a little bit of time to find out who it was but twas only a matter of time…
One to tick off on the London Street Art Tour….
I like this a lot, Mobstr has been a bit prolific of late, short and sweet stencil across London town, taking over sandwich boards, advertising boards and plain bricks and mortar.
More to follow…..
I like things that are a a little uncomfortable to watch, that make you re-evaluate what you are seeing, hearing and taking away from the exhibition.
Desperate
The Gillian Wearing exhibition is very much a naked truth thing, it can sometimes be a little uncomfortable to watch, there are times when I sniggered like a pre-pubescent boy and other times when the story warmed.
Smile and the world….
The exhibition at the Whitechapel has imagery, story telling and acting, the one thing that every piece does is play with identity and our pre-conceptions. Be it through adults miming the words of a child, the artist herself photographed in the guise of others such as Andy Warhol or the rather disturbing confessions of people hidden behind elaborate masks and wigs.
Ever so slightly creepy…
One of the best pictures I have ever seen. Fact
I like fashion, but not really high fashion, I like going to the shows but there are often people whom live on a totally different planet at them. Most of those people are the designers, which is what makes them good, but sometimes it is all so bloody serious.
It was refreshing to find that a certain Mr Marc Jacobs who on finding graffiti scrawled on his SoHo store decided to use this to take the mick and take the witty vandalism and making it into clothes.
It’s Art but not as we know it
Designer Art-shirt
Maybe should have seen it coming from a man with a Sponge Bob Square Pants tat
This was by Kidult, and was only the latest in a series of attacks. I can only imagine how pissed the anti-Jacobs chap was when he found out that his ‘work’ was now adorning t-shirts. To add insult to injury, they are feckin’ expensive at $689.
Kidult then responded with his own t-shirt selling in limited edition for €6,89
Graf Art-shirt
The cynic in me wonders if this was a clever partnership…. I’d like it if it was
Mooching, wondering, cycling, pondering, taking a few pics then tweaking them for your eyeball delectation….
In tribute to Dan Fenlon, or CK1, an artist from Bristol who was killed earlier this year while in Thailand
RIP CK1
No eye dear who this is…. Laura and Sally maybe?!
urban balling
And another one…
Fields of dreams
Studio in an urban wasteland, around Hackney there is the haves and the have nots. Urban regeneration is all around us, tho some some steely types who refuse to leave these condemned buildings, and this is one such guy
#NazirTanbouli
A few more random pictures from my wonderings around East London on a bicycle. Hackney Wick, Mile End and all the industrial estates that did not get raised to the ground because of these Olympic thingy ma jigs certainly house some great pieces of street scribbling and colouring in
Never a truer word said…
then….
Stencil by > insert here < Tag by The Toasters
Followed by a nice bit of randomness
Vlad Bwoy
Skate-face
In amongst all this Olympic poppycock we seem to have dedicated a shed load of £££ on grown up sports, maybe forgetting the kids, not in Mile End mind. The Mile End Skate Park is packed with kids rain or shine. I like.
What I also like is that the place is adorned with graf, in the pool, the walls the floor, the benches. Everywhere.
Pool party
The place looks pretty good too, a real urban hangout, even if you can’t skate, BMX or any other urban sport, you can go and spray or tag.
Paint and skate
I do not know any of the artists and in my mind I like to think that are by kids, the next generation of painters who will be taking to the streets, canals and eventually galleries of London and beyond
Say what you will about Bristol’s finest but he makes sure people do not forget him, every new piece he stencils in London, Bristol, New York, LA or any other city for that matter.
I am not that fussed by Banksy’s work on the basis that I do not think he is doing too much to push the boundaries, bring the humour or be particularly political. The piece I spotted today is pretty, no denying, the colours make it something very easy on the eye but…..
Woe is Banksy
The idea of an artist with a ball and chain around his ankle, is he for real? In today’s day an age artists are hardly constrained, street artists can graf pretty much where they like within reason and they are making a packet from it. And why the hell not, I think they should. My question to Mr. Banksy is how the bejesus are you being constrained?! I’d wager you are sitting pretty pretty me ol mucker. Those shows in NYC and London, celeb fans such as Brangellina, the film. Banksy must be comfortable enough to be a bit more imaginative.
Also I know that is his style but something makes me wonder if he could do anything else….
See Above
Bird Cream – Dscreet
Dscreet, long term collaborator of Sweet Toof and an artist who pops up quite often around London, the impossible to miss owls keep watch over many corners of the earth, from Brooklyn to Melbourne.
This piece is cool as it takes a little bit of of Sweet Toof and then Dscreet takes over, It is called Bird Cream and was a 2009 piece. Nice that it is still in good nick.
Find it for yourself in Bethnal Green near the rail lines
This is pretty much a weekly section on StandardFact, although I would like to say this is not dedicated to one artist and we will be making sure that other artists get a look in…. providing they up the ante
Big mouth
Sweet mouth
Any trips along the canal, on the Olympic route and around the industrial estates, Sweet Toof is seen….
Roller toof
Peg toof
He even made a cameo appearance on the Apprentice this week
Chance Street, East London, possibly one of the best streets in LDN to find street art, there is another iconic piece from Roa, there is tagging galore and there are loads of other bits and pieces you can spot, even my old mates id-iom have sprayed the wall before.
Unmistakably Roa
This stencil piece is cool, old school motorbike with side car, it won’t last that long so head down for a wee gander.
Biking Chance
According to Shop Talk it is Crycle Collective, I can not find any more info… anyone shed any light?
Side car action
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