Over the last few days Dan Kitchener was out In London to lay out two of his excellent ‘Liquid Lights’ pieces firstly in Islington, organized by The Real Art Of Street Art, and secondly in Shoreditch, the hub of London Street Art. His compositions create a beautiful focus on light, shadow and perspective to make the mundane and in […]Read Post ›
Over Tuesday and Wednesday Australian, but London based, Street Artist James Cochran aka Jimmy C laid out on his beautiful Pointillist portraits on Fashion Street, just off of Brick Lane. 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 the […]Read Post ›
On Sunday in Brixton the second installment in the current plan to decorate the shutters of the businesses lining the Brixton Arches took place, with contributions from Aero, Mr Cenz and Vanesa Longchamp. Network Rail intend to evict the current tenants of the shops along the railway arches spanning Station Road and Atlantic Road, in […]Read Post ›
Over the weekend Chilean, but London based, Street Artist Otto Schade laid out an elaborate and large scale work in his trademark ‘ribbon’ style. This piece is on a 5x2m board in the Truman Brewery in Brick Lane, and what a piece, This is the third time we have reported on Otto Schade thus far […]Read Post ›
Well its been a fine week in London for street art on a whole, and French, but London based, Street Artist Zabou has been out and about painting yet again, she certainly is proactive and prolific of late in her work. Over the last week Zabou has laid out two of her delightful stencil based […]Read Post ›
On Friday Portuguese, but London based, Street Artist Furia ACK was at work on Commercial Street, Spitalfields, laying out one if his beautiful trademark black and white portraits, on a shutter which was organized by the nearby Lollipop Gallery. This makes for the fifth work we have been lucky to see from Furia thus far in […]Read Post ›
On Saturday we were lucky enough to stumble across four artists working around Brick Lane and Bethnal Green and met upon a fifth artist having completed her work on Hackney Wick. Needless to say we had a great time on Saturday, it was if we couldn’t move around the East End without seeing someone work […]Read Post ›
Yesterday in Hackney Wick at the Number 90 bar in Hackney Wick a day of live Street Art, music and a silent auction comprising works donated by generous London based street artists, all to raise money for the charity Parkinson’s UK took place. A great event was laid on with a superb collection of works […]Read Post ›
Last night at the Canvas Bar on Old Street, Shoreditch, street artist Zina’s current exhibition opened. Presenting a retrospective of her works from the last couple of years, the viewer is taken on a journey which sees her style evolve to its current stage and style. In the exhibition there are three mediums on display, […]Read Post ›
Last Thursday night, we were lucky enough to attend the opening night of Alexandre Farto aka Vhils’ new exhibition ‘Dissonance’ at the Lazarides Gallery in the West End. The exhibition showcases a style of mediums and formats demonstrating the level of Vhils’ multidisciplinary capabilities. Vhils started as a prolific graffiti writer in the early 2000’s […]Read Post ›
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