It seems that of late there has been a massive wave of locations that once played host to a wave of creativity and expression are being swallowed up in the name of gentrification, with one of the biggest blows recently dealt to London’s Street Art scene, the loss of Star Yard. Deriving its name from the […]Read Post ›
Here we are taking a look at the last four murals placed up around London by Dreph as part of his ‘You Are Enough’ series, taking to East, North and Central London Dreph’s series sets to look at female empowerment through his subjects, all of which are people he knows or has met. With the last four […]Read Post ›
A few weeks back saw Street Artist Ant Carver take to Brick Lane to hit up his latest London mural and by far one of his best to date. Ant Carver’s style is very distinct, comprising the colourful background taking an abstract form, constructed from an elaborate process of being built up with spray paint and […]Read Post ›
A few weeks back saw London receive a visit from Paste-Up Street Artist C3 who left a trio of delightful works around Brick Lane. Brick Lane certainly the primary destination for paste-up works in London, what is most impressive about C3’s beautiful soulful redhead characters crafted on newspaper sheets is the artist ability to place […]Read Post ›
A few weeks back saw Street Artist Jimmy C take to Brick Lane to create his latest addition to London’s streets, and one that was very much worth the wait. Jimmy C’s style is influenced by a combination of Pointillism and the aboriginal culture of his native Australia. He started painting on the street in […]Read Post ›
Over the last couple of months Street Artist Airborne Mark has taken to Star Yard to add his latest Origami inspired creations to London’s streets, allowing Airborne Mark the chance to work his case studies in light and shadow through his favoured paper platforms. On these last two occasions the works have taken a focus […]Read Post ›
Over the last month or so London has been fortunate enough to receive a prolonged visit from Australian Street Artist Ketones6000, who has thus far taken the time to hit up a few works around London, with the two pieces placed up recently around Brick Lane providing the focus of this post. Creating scenes incorporating […]Read Post ›
A month or so back saw Brazilian Street Artist Tito Ferrara visit London and leave us with a trio of fantastic murals dotted around East London, a pair of works around Shoreditch/Brick Lane and the third piece further out East in Walthamstow. Placing up three beautiful striking portraits – all female – set in grey-scale […]Read Post ›
Some 6 or so weeks back saw Street Artist Fanakapan return to Star Yard along Brick Lane to add his latest design to this wonderful car park gallery, on this occasion with a touching design with a beautiful message painted for the most tragic of reasons – in response to the 23 adults and children […]Read Post ›
A couple of weeks back saw a Brooklyn based Street Artist Pyramid Oracle embark on a whistle-stop visit through London where he left us with four of his superb and intensely detailed hand-painted paste-ups around Brick Lane. Shunning the attention one receives whilst painting on the streets and the most part, though not exclusively, Pyramid […]Read Post ›
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