Two days ago marked one year since the London Bridge Terror Attacks which saw a van target pedestrians on London Bridge before crashing the vehicle, at which point its three occupants headed into Borough Market and began stabbing people before being shot dead by Metropolitan Police. Eight people were killed and 48 injured during the […]Read Post ›
A couple of months back saw a wave of fresh activity for Croydon’s Street Art scene following a somewhat long hiatus of any fresh output through 2017 and one of the most notable recent additions to the Arts Quarter is this fantastic work from Gnasher, an artist we dont get to see painting in London […]Read Post ›
Here we are taking a look at a work painted in April by Street Artist Irony for our community Street Art project SprayExhibition20 in Penge. This really is an artwork we wish to share with anyone who hasn’t seen it yet, truly an ambitious artwork utilizing a rather awkward space, namely the alleyway aside the newsagents at […]Read Post ›
Here we are taking a look at a work painted in April by stencil artist Dotmaster for our community Street Art project SprayExhibition20 in Penge for one of the most high profile locations the project has been donated a space, namely Penge High Street. The work in question is by stencil artist Dotmaster who has previously painted […]Read Post ›
Well it has taken us sometime to process all this, but at the the turn of the new year we here at London Calling Blog were privileged enough to get to celebrate three years of running the blog with many of the friends we have made over the last year, artists and photographers alike, with […]Read Post ›
It is only fair to say that Dreph truly made a huge impact on London’s Street Art scene last year year with his ‘You Are Enough’ series of portraits looking at the idea of female empowerment through his subjects, all of which were people he knows or has met. Taking the place by storm with his […]Read Post ›
The other week we were fortunate enough to attend the opening night of ’10ibs Lighter’ an “Independent Exhibition of Conceptual Urban Art” presented by stencil artist TRUST.iCON, which was certainly an interesting show taking you to another world defined by iCON’s witty take on his subjects. In his work Trust Icon set’s to capture a […]Read Post ›
Louis Masai has long been an artist whose creative output we have admired, certainly an artist with an impressive CV, it has been an absolute pleasure to witness the way in which he relentlessly strives to provide a voice for species that can’t speak for themselves, offering a platform for people to perhaps reconsider their relationship […]Read Post ›
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 ›
A few weeks back saw Street Artist & Graffiti Writer Woskerksi who is certainly one of the capital’s most prolific painters take to North London to paint his first work to date in Camden Town and what an interesting fun work it is. Setting to paint a truly funky and surreal hybrid Octopus/Banana creature that […]Read Post ›
