Some caged birds by Xenz, Hackney Wick, London, June 2018
This lot escaped, it seems
Street artist, Xenz, painted his first piece in his home town of Hull in 1987, at just 14. His early work took place inside the derelict warehouses here, inspired initially by films and books documenting New York’s sub culture.
He then moved to Bristol, an exciting location for street artists. Here he was able to experiment with his style and worked alongside artists including the TCF crew, plus Banksy and Inkie.
He now lives and works in London, and travels the world to spread and display his work. His skills often bring us broad landscapes, both graceful and wild, but he clearly has a soft spot for birds too, with love birds, sun birds and parrots all making appearances.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 18 June 2018
Enjoying street art has become a regular event on my travels around the world: more of my findings can be seen here
For even more art, pop over to see Sami at Monday Mural
Beautiful, but why the mesh? Is it art or does it have a purpose, why cage the birds?
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I have to say I’m not sure. I don’t know if it was to be part of the art and just to protect the artwork
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Interesting mural Debbie, another great find!
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These are brilliant!
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AS Leonard Cohen would say “like a bird on a wire:.
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OOPS forgot the last quote mark.
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…a fabulous find!!!
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Looks more like the birds are in the free and the spectator is behind the mesh.
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You do find ’em Debs…..I’m looking forward to your book on Street Art 😉😉
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Interesting!
Have a wonderful week!
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Art in Hackney Wick, that’s great. I only remember it as a place to watch the greyhounds race in the stadium. Relations lived in their Eadt End house in the next Street and then it was a working class area. I think today the rents have got too expensive, it is one of the new favored areas for city workers and yes, artists
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