Today’s blog as usual features street art, nothing new there for London Calling Blog, however today’s blog is really about more than just the work of street artists, it’s also about the rights of street artists (and all artists) – specifically the right of the artist to say how their work is used. This blog […]Read Post ›
Well it has been quiet the busy summer in all this intense heat that’s been so torturous of late, however fortunately for us we have been stuck in breezy tunnels accompanied by the rattle of trains overhead staying nice and cool having been invited by local group CASSA to help on a community led initiative […]Read Post ›
Last night we were fortunate enough to attend the private viewing of the ‘Animal & Creative Rights’ group Street Art exhibition, the latest installment of initiatives for part of the ‘Takeover Collective’ curated by Artista in Brick Lane. Moving to East London this year the show had a number of objectives, firstly setting to reach new audiences among the local community […]Read Post ›
It has been quite some time since we last saw some fresh work from Italian Street Artist Alo around East London, which isn’t to say there still aren’t a fair few of old designs still floating around the area. However it has been a real pleasure to stumble upon 3 out of 5 works from […]Read Post ›
Here we are taking a look at the trio of works Street Artist Sr. X has placed up around London over the last busy month he has had, with a pair of recent works in Penge and single fresh addition to Brick Lane’s ever-changing run of walls. Through his work Sr. X sets to subvert […]Read Post ›
Here we are taking a look at one of the best artworks to appear this year in London which was placed up on the Village Underground in Shoreditch by Street Artist Dale Grimshaw last month. This now marks the second time Dale Grimshaw has painted this iconic and frequently changing spot in Shoreditch – the […]Read Post ›
Here we are taking a look at a pair of works, both in Stockwell, placed up a few weeks back by Spanish born, but London based, Graffiti Writer and Street Artist Core246 who certainly gave an excellent insight of his artistic range with the two respective works placed up in a single day. Starting with […]Read Post ›
Here we are taking a look at a fantastic addition to the Love Lane community Street Art project we are involved in with support from the local residents produced by SPZero76. What a scene it is, set in a future world ‘After The Robot Apocalypse’ in which the resistance is battling for existence and in this particular […]Read Post ›
A couple of Sundays back saw the latest installment of the now annual Do1Cancer event which in the past has seen a host of Graffiti Writers and Street Artists hit the legal walls in Leake Street and at the Stockwell Hall of Fame to raise awareness and money for Cancer Research. This year however in addition to the […]Read Post ›
Here we wanted to take a look at what was for us the stand out work from this years cracking Meeting of Styles London 2018 event that took place some six weeks back around the Nomadic Community Gardens up Brick Lane. The work in question is this haunting and thought-provoking mural entitled ‘We Disappear’ placed up by […]Read Post ›
A few weeks back saw a large Paint Jam at the Trelick Tower Hall of Fame to commemorate the 72 people who lost their lives and those who survived the Grenfell Tower inferno that took place in site of the hall of fame one year previously. Getting together to paint is often a way for […]Read Post ›
