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Graffiti and Street Art

Mushrooming Toadstools!

This week, I’m in Shoreditch yet again.  Looking up, I spied some very unusual sculptures, perched on rooftops. They are the work of Christiaan Nagel, a London-based artist and musician […]

Adore and Endure

One thing that’s certain in Shoreditch, is that whichever way you look, there’ll be something to surprise and intrigue you. I return regularly to view its ever-changing graffiti but, interestingly, […]
Adore and Endure

Mural Lowdown

This long, narrow black and white mural is easily missed, sitting as it does, beneath the lower step leading to Saint Boniface Church in the Ixelles area of Brussels. Linked […]

On the Sixth Day

It took six days, but then He got it right! For other mosaics on this well known Manchester building click here. Linked to Daily Prompt: Iteration and Signs, Signs.

Piggies in Love

Cupid and his arrow have been hard at work in this piece by Brazilian street artist Cranio. Cranio, real name Fabio Oliveira, was born in 1982 and grew up in the north […]
Piggies in Love

Graffiti Windows

These aren’t the most beautiful of windows, but they are interesting.  These windows in Shoreditch are marked with a spacial type of graffiti where the tags are etched into the […]

Beastly Exhibition

The Bestiary exhibition is now open.  I highly recommend a visit, even if you think you don’t like Phlegm’s work.  I wouldn’t say I like his work myself, but I […]

Forming an Orderly Ewe!

Today’s post is a bit of a teaser for a longer post, which will follow in the next week or two, reporting on a great street art walking tour I […]

Phlegm’s Bestiary

The Bestiary, a Phlegm exhibition is coming to the Howard Griffin Gallery in Shoreditch this February. According to the Gallery’s pre-exhibition blurb, Phlegm is creating “a modern bestiary within his […]

Buzzing on By

A bee is never as busy as it seems; it’s just that it can’t buzz any slower. – Kin Hubbard Linked to Shoot & Quote: Buzz and Pink Saturday.