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Most shows consist of unpacking some canvases and choosing where to put them and how to light them. Schoony‘s upcoming group show ‘Boy Soldiers’ is totally different to this tried and trusted approach - he’s been busy mass producing well over 30 of the life size figures which are his most recognisable style of work. Each one [...]

03 Jul, 2010

More Shok-1 on the streets of London

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Loving this punker on the side of Shok-1′s latest vehicle makeover. The vehicle itself is an old bus converted into a mobile tattooing parlour and if you get a chance to see it in person check out the amazing level of detail. Read the original post at Art of the State

20 Jun, 2010

Alphabet Street

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Been a while since the last post. Partly because I’ve been taking a bit of time out and partly because there’s been nothing going on. Well, except for Eine painting an entire new alphabet in just one street! Lower case all the way, it turns a road off the city into an amazing cartoon like [...]

20 Jun, 2010

Candy Shop Open

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Candy Shop – A Burning Candy pop up show, 8th May to 22nd May 2010 at 10 Palmers Road, London E2 OSY. Thu – Sat, 1-7pm. Check highrollersociety.co.uk for details. Don’t know Burning Candy? They are responsible for work like this all over London: The show blurb puts it well: Ignoring the limitations and expectations of [...]

The Elephant Parade in London recently started with a scale and scope in an outside art project that has rarely been seen before. Over 250 elephants were custom painted by artists and some celebrities and placed in central London. It’s not difficult to track one down – they’re often in small herds and kind of stand out. The one [...]

20 Jun, 2010

There is a Fourth Way – Vote Toaster

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It’s election day tomorrow where we get the chance to put an X in a box to choose between the Conservative/Labour duopoly that’s been in control for all our lives (with apologies to any readers who were over 18 years old about 60 years ago). As usual we get to vote for the one we [...]

With a big thanks to Warholian again and the photographers credited here are 5 more Banksy pieces that have surfaced in the San Francisco area over the past few days. Fishermans Wharf – Alcatraz Tour Boats – source: nimobimo on Flickr Fishermans Wharf – Alcatraz Tour Boats – source: nimobimo on flickr Alcatraz Island – [...]

This week saw the launch of the latest section of the London Overground to go live. Running from Dalston Junction down through to New Cross it runs straight through areas like Hoxton and Shoreditch at roof top level. Which is pretty damn handy if you want to see work by climbing graffiti legends Burning Candy and in [...]

20 Jun, 2010

Shok-1′s Urban Assault

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It’s a work in progress but this ‘Urban Assault Vehicle’ can currently be seen turning heads on the streets of London. Shok-1‘s given one of the city’s most infamous and battered vans a completely new paint job in his own organic graffiti style. There’s a wealth of letter forms and fine canvas art like detail – [...]

20 Jun, 2010

Banksy San Francisco street blitz

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Banksy has at least six pieces in San Francisco now – thanks again to Warholian.com for the use of their pictures. These photos show both the pieces and their context which as always shows up some really relevant placement. Warholian’s Flickr stream has all the exact locations for those in town. All San Francisco Banksy pictures [...]



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