Seeing as today is Valentines Day I thought I would share this piece painted by commercial street art group Graffiti Life on Tuesday just off of Brick Lane. This is a superb piece paying homage to the Simpsons episode ‘I Love Lisa’ from 22 years ago, in which Lisa gives a Valentines Card to Ralph […]Read Post ›
Croydon is undergoing a lot of redevelopment at current, which will continue over the coming years, however one positive aspect of this is the creation of the new Arts Quarter in Croydon. There are currently six pieces in the sector with plans to have 120 painted over the coming year, which will be changed on […]Read Post ›
Mehdi Ghadyanloo paints in Shoreditch 2015.
On Tuesday French street artist Mr Shiz painted a new piece on Hackney Road, just a wall space or two from his previous work of a pair of tigers on the road. In his most recent piece Mr Shiz has gone back to what is for him one of his more earlier consistent themes in […]Read Post ›
This past Saturday street artist Dan Kitchener painted one of his ‘Liquid Lights’ pieces entitled ‘Blurred Lines‘ in Croydon on Park Street, marking this as his first wall of 2015. I for one cant wait to see many more from this formidable talent, always the highlight of any day viewing street art when I stumble across […]Read Post ›
On Thursday 5th February Spanish artist Gonzalo Borondo’s long awaited exhibition ‘Animal’ presented by RexRomae opened in Shoreditch at the pop-up gallery of the Shoreditch Newcastle Project Space on Redchurch Street. The idea of the exhibition is to create a multi-sensory journey through 8 thematic spaces set to explore our relationship to nature and our attempts […]Read Post ›
Sometime in the last week, London based French artist Zabou has created this wonderful piece on Brick Lane. It is reminiscent in style of the self-portrait she had created in Camden Lock Market last year, but with a slightly more playful air about it. Zabou has a couple more pieces in the immediate area, with a […]Read Post ›
On the 4th & 5th of February last week there was a live painting display from American contemporary artist Ron English, who is known for his use of colour intermingled with comic book collage themes, at the Shoreditch Box Park. Unfortunately I was unable to attend, in order to see the work created, however I was able […]Read Post ›
London based street artist Paul ‘Don’ Smith painted this lovely tribute to Bob Marley in one of his trademark stencil style portrait on a door on Brick Lane to commemorate his birthday.yesterday. The man would of been 70 years old yesterday. A lovely tribute to a truely iconic figure. It is always a pleasure to […]Read Post ›
This week on Thursday 5th February Borondo’s largest exhibition to date opens in Shoreditch at the RexRomae Gallery pop-up on Redchurch Street. This will be the artists first exhibition in London and is entitled “Animal”. In this exhibition Spanish born but London based artist Gonzalo Borondo sets to explore the conflict and contrast between our […]Read Post ›
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