El Mac recently stopped over in London and painted a fantastic mural in Hewett Street. A bit earlier this summer INSA painted a massive mural in the same street. Maybe this place will be a new hotspot for good street in East London?? We’ll have to wait and see..

El Mac:



INSA:

More Info:

• www.insaland.com
• elmac.net

Banksy, as many other street artists, often work in the realm of darkness. In that spirit I’ve collected a series of photos trying to capture the works in the same light as they where created in. Unfortunately some of these pieces are getting quite old now, and others have been covered in perspex.
I hope you enjoy!

Banksy/ROBBO – Chiswell Street

Banksy – “Haring Dog” / “Choose your weapon”, The Grange, Southwark

Banksy – “Sperm Alarm”, Victoria

Banksy’s Living Room, Camden

ATM – Banksy Bagel Bar:

“Very Little Helps”, Islington

Belsize Park:

Belsize Park:

Pollard Row:

Rat, White Church Lane:

Cargo, Rivington Street:

Banksy – HMV Dog, Cargo, Rivington Street:

Bishopsgate:

Notting Hill:

More Banksy Posts

• New Banksy in (Camden) Town?
• Banksy – “Sperm Alarm”
• Banksy – “Clash”
• Banksy – “Haring Dog”

At the moment Mobstr seems to be taking a well deserved holdiay, but over the last couple of months he has produced a series of great works in East London. Mobstr has worked with a range of mediums like shutters, billboard takeovers, canvas, walls, DataViz and even a sandy beach. Here is a collection of some of his recent works in East London.

“Here Goes Your Tax Money”

“HUH?”

“Visual Pollution”


“The Animal Kingdom: Humans / Pigeons”
“This Will Be Available on Canvas Later”
“Expression is Natural / Concrete is Not”
Don’t you hate it when people go on and on…

More info:

• Mobstr’s on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobstr
• Mobstr in Hackney Wick
• Mobstr vs. The Newcastle City Council
• Playing with the buff man

Ben Eine visited Bergen earlier this summer to complete the first installation of the art project at Bergen’s business school, NHH. In connection with the 75th anniversary of the school, they wanted to open up a discussion around the concept of capitalism and have invited street artists to give their interpretations on the topic. The project is curated by Nuart founder Martyn Reed, and will feature several well known street artist.

“What happens if you combine an academic elite institution like NHH with the anti authoritarian, counter cultural street art movement?
There’s only one way to find out…”
(From the application to Arts Council Norway)

During my holidays I had a few hours in Bergen and snapped these photos of EINE’s piece: “CONTROVERSIAL CALCULATE CASH”.

Related Links:

• __________ capitalism?
• www.capitalism.no
• Ben Eine’s website
• Mot Veggen
• Photo of Eine at work (by svennevenn)

C215 is back in London for his show at Signal Gallery together with Romany WG. At the day of the opening, C215 and Alice Pasquini hit London and produced several great new pieces. You can find these new works in Paul Street, Blackall Street, Holywell Lane Car Park, Great Easter Street, Redchurch Street, Brick Lane and Truman Brewery.

Make sure you check out C215 and Romany WG’s show at Signal Gallery, open till 23rd July 2011.

Update: 9th July 2011 – Four new pieces have been found!

See more works by C215 and AliCè on Flickr:

• C215 on Flickr
• AliCè

Anthony Lister has a print show on at Pictures on Walls until July 22nd 2011. To coincide with the show he has put up a few new works in London. Here is a collection of some of his recent works, as well as some older pieces.

Lister & Haculla:




Lister & Haculla:

More Info:

• http://www.listerart.com.au
• http://www.picturesonwalls.com

This piece, by french artist Rensone, has been up for a while, but it is such a good piece that it deserves its own blog post
If you haven’t seen this one in person it is worth the trip down to Brick Lane to check it out. It is located in a little car park just off Brick Lane, between Fashion Street and Fournier Street.





More Info:

• Website: http://rensone.com
• Flckr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rensone/
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001468046680

UPDATE: Another piece has popped up: “UNHEALTHY BALANCE”

Yesterday a new piece by EYE-SAW popped up in Hackney Road. EYE-SAW has done some really cool pieces and it was nice to finally see one of them in person.
See more of EYE-SAW’s work on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eye-saw/
EYE-SAW has recently done a string of billboard takeovers. Here are some shots from the latest piece, this time a take on Burger King:

As I was taking the night shots a local shop owner wanted me to photograph him in front of his shop.
Here is the result:

More Info:

• http://www.eye-saw.net/
• http://eyesaw.bigcartel.com/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/eye-saw/

As a part of the “EC1 is Special” campaign, artists and illustrators and people in the local communities have been invited to decorate BT cabinets in the area. The project is organised together with Australian based Urban Smart Projects. Have a look at their gallery for more painted cabinets. It is great to see some colour being added to these grey and ugly boxes. We have previously reported on a “Van Gogh inspired BT cabinet” in Borough, so maybe we’ll see more decorated BT cabinet and traffic signal boxes around London in the time to come.

The artists who have participated in the project include Teddy Baden, Rob Flowers, Micke Lindebergh, Sandra Howgate, Guido van Helten and Daniel Worth

Click on the photos for more details on the location and the artists.

Have you seen decorated BT cabinets that are missing in this post? Let me know! Contact me at info@advers.com or @AdversMedia

A little while ago I reported about my first trip to Hackney Wick, and since then I’ve been back a few more times. Hackney Wick is a fantastic place with some great street art and graffiti! Unfortunately I missed the Hackney Wicked Festival last year, but I’ll definitely come this year! With the olympics coming up, this is an area undergoing many changes, and a lot of the art will probably be removed soon. If you haven’t been to Hackney Wick yet, make sure you pay the place a visit before the olympics kicks off! A big thank you to the people in Hackney Wick who helped me find some great spots to photograph!
Here are some photos from my recent trips to Hackney Wick:

Stik, CEPT… and the Super Moon:
Olympic Village, River Lea & 10Foot:
TEMP/ROP/TEK:
C215:
TYPE:

Safe Walls & Sweet Toof:
Sweet Toof:
Sweet Toof:

Sweet Toof:

Goldpeg:
Duk:
Sweet Toof, Cyclops, Gold-Peg:
Run:

CEPT:
Cyclops & Sweet Toof
TEMP,ROP,TEK33:

See more photos from Hackney Wick.
Some of the artists featured here are:

• Sweet Toof (BC)
• C215
• CEPT(BC)
• Burning Candy Crew
• Duk
• Stik

The walls around Village Underground has been a hotspot for street art for quite some time now. As a host for the Moniker Art Fair it sparked another wave of street art in the area. Here are some night shots of the street art around the Village Underground.

Deadlegs:

“Tron” – Probs:

Ronzo – Credit Crunch Monster:

Triain Cars:


Toasters:

Christiaan Nagel:

Probs -”Tron”:

Dale Grimshaw, A.CE, XOOOOX:

INSA, XOOOOX, Umin:

ESPO, STIKA, Probs – End of the line:

A big thank-you to the people at the Village Underground for giving me access to the rooftop and the train cars!

More Info

• http://www.villageunderground.co.uk
• Follow Village Underground (@villunderlondon) on Twitter

Here is a long overdue post featuring some of Stik’s work in the east of London. Stik is known for his minimalist and lovable characters that you can find all over East London. If you like Stik’s work you can find his contact details on his facebook page. These photos have been taken in East London over the past few months, click the images to get more info about the locations.
I hope we’ll see much more of Stik’s work in 2011!

Hackney Wick:

Scrutton Street:

Hackney Wick:

Dalston:

Dalston:

Hoxton Street:

Benjamin Close:

Dalston Lane:

Cambridge Heath Road:

Bethnal Green Road:

Turville Street:

Fieldgate Street/Parfett Street:

Parfett Street:

Grimsby Street:

Scrutton Street:

Stik ,INSA & Inkfetish: Great Eastern Street

Old Street:

Commercial Road:

Regents Canal:

Mare Street,

Mare Street:

To see more, or buy some of Stik’s work check out LAVA Collective‘s gallery in Carnaby Street:

More Info:

• Stik on Facebook
• LAVA Collective
• Stik group on Flickr
• Stik interview on StreetArtLondon.co.uk
• Video of Stik at work

I finally got around to paying Leake Street a visit. Host for the famous Cans festivals and sometimes referred to as the Banksy tunnels, it is a vibrant place for graffiti, with new pieces being created on top of old ones on almost a daily basis.

FIT:

DON:

TYPE & HEKLA:

Shiz:

ACE & SoloOne:

More Info

• Leake Street on Wikipedia
• LeakeStreet.posterous.com
• Tunnel becomes Banksy art exhibit – BBC

Location:

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I don’t really know much about TYPE, apart from that his rollers can be seen pretty much all over London. I’ve been fascinated by his work ever since I first discovered it, and now I keep finding more and more of his gigantic “TYPE” tags almost wherever I go. Here is a collection of night shots of some of his work:

Hackney Wick:

Quaker Street:

Pedley Street:

Brick Lane:

Regents Canal:

Britannia Walk:

Regents Canal:

Links:

• TYPE on LDN Graffiti
• TYPE photos on Flickr

A little while ago I followed the walking route set up by Tate Britain for the 2008 street art exhibition. I wasn’t expecting to find much after such a long time and was surprised that so much was still there. I also stumbled across other street art and graffiti in the area. Since I first was in the area, I also stopped by the Banksy in The Grange that I first reported about here. If you know of some goof spots in Southwark that I missed then please let me know (info[at]advers[dot]com) and I’ll check them out next time I’m down there.

Morganico:

Banksy – “Choose your Weapon / Haring Dog”:

“I Know I Have Lost”:

El Tono:

El Tono:

Spok:

El Tono:

Donk:


MP, 3D, PWS, TRANS:

TMP Crew:

Sorry, but I just couldn’t resist….
I endend up snapping photos of Tower Bridge together with a bus-load of tourists…

Locations:

Links

• www.spok.es
• www.eltono.com
• www.morganico.com
• Tate Modern – Street Art Exhibition 2008
• Banksy – “Haring Dog”

I finally managed to pay Hackney Wick a visit. It was a wonderful night with a clear sky and a bright moon above. I only managed to cover a fraction of what I had hoped to, so I’ll be returning there soon! I haven’t been able to identify all the artists so if you know who they are please leave a comment on Flickr. Here are the photos from my trip:

Stik in the moonlight:



Sweet Toof:

Sweet Toof:

Stik, TBK, CEPT, The Rollin People and more…

Sweet Toof & others…

TBK…

Sweet Toof Sattelite Dish:

Sweet Toof with Canary Warf in the background:

Phantasmo:

Phantasmo:

Duk & Goldpeg:

That is it for now! A big thank you to the residents who let me up on their roof top!
Stay tuned for more photos from Hackney Wick.
In the mean time see more street art photos on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/adversmedia/

Location:

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About the same time as the “Sperm Alarm” piece appeared near Victoria Station, another piece popped up in Camden. This piece was first reported by JOHN19701970 in Flickr. Although, not confirmed as an original Banksy, it bears some of his trademarks. The location is the same as a previous Banksy piece, which caused the “Banksy vs. Robbo” graffiti war. The piece has similarities with one of his works on the Palestine wall:

With the goldfish jumping out of the fish bowl and towards the picture of the ocean, it is quite a funny piece, and the type of humor we often see in Banksy’s work.

Taking these pictures I saw many people rushing past, and at first glance they didn’t pay much attention to it. Some people stopped up for a bit to have a better look at it, and then had an “a-ha” moment when they got the humor of it and noticed the quality of the goldfish stencils.

UPDATE: A few days after this piece originally appeared, it seems Banksy returned, this time leaving an armchair.

Earlier today Banksy posted a photo of a new piece on his website banksy.co.uk:

The location was quickly discovered, by members of online forums, to be in Bridge Place near Victoria Station.
After work I went down there and took a few shots. At some point I was kindly asked by Home Office security to move on to the main pavement. It wasn’t a problem that I was taking photos, just that I couldn’t take them from their property. The fact that it was a Banksy didn’t seem to impress him. I spoke to several other secirity staff who were much friendlier. One security guy was worried that someone might knock over my tripod, damaging the camera. Another guy wondered what the meaning of the piece was, of which I could not provide an adequate answer…

Location:

Between Hesperia Hotel and Identity and Passport office.
Bridge Place, Victoria Staion, London

More Info:

• banksy.co.uk
• Banksy group on flickr
• Blog Post: Banksy – “Clash”
• Blog Post: Banksy – “Haring Dog”/”Choose Your Weapon”

Update: 15/02/2011

This piece has now been removed from the wall, and is up for sale on ebay

CEPT has done some really great walls and shutters in the East London area. Here is a little collection of some of his work.
Click the images for more details about locations etc.

Loungelover:

Cosmic Interceptor – Leonard Street:

Sticker:

Video

More Info

• CEPT Website
• CEPT group on Flickr
• CEPT on Graffoto.co.uk

Here is a little collection of shop shutters from the East London area. The most active “shutter artists” are Ben Eine and Stik, but there are also many other street artist who paint shutters in the area. The artists featured here are EINE, Stik, CEPT, Demetri Nezis, Lister, Nathan Bowen, Jasper Goodall and Escif.
These photos were taken in the areas around Hoxton, Brick Lane, Petticoat Lane and Commecrial Street.

CEPT:

Demetri Nezis:

EINE:

EINE:

Lister:

Pictures on Walls – (Pasteups by Banksy)

Nathan Bowen:

Stik:

Jasper Goodall:

Jasper Goodall:

CEPT:

Stik:

Redchurch Street:

Escif at POW:

EINE at Red Gallery

Stik:

Stik:

“HAPPY” By EINE

Signal Gallery is opening up in a new location on November 18th 2010, so it is a good occation to have a look at some of the murals covering the wall outside the old Curtain Road location over the last couple of months.

SPQR

Dale Grimshaw

C215

Dan Baldwin

Jef Aerosol

Signal Gallery‘s artists will continue to decorate the wall in Curtain Road, and surely we’ll see many great murals there in the months to come.
For more info, visit http://www.signalgallery.com

Signal Gallery’s New Address

View 32 Paul St, Hoxton, London, EC2A 4LB in a larger map

Here are some photos of David Walker‘s stunning works in Curtain Road and his contribution to Shift Work 2010, “Art under the Westways”.

Video: David Walker in New York

More Info:

• http://artofdavidwalker.com
• My photos on Flickr

UPDATE 13/02/2011: This wall has now been painter over.

Boxi just hit London with a fantastic piece in Scrutton Street, near the Moniker Art Fair at the Village Underground.

More Info

• Photo by Romany WG
• http://www.senkel-online.de/boxi/
• Boxi at Carmichael Gallery
• Boxi @ Stamp Festival, Hamburg

Location

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Seems like new Banksys are appearing every day now! This one can be found at The Highway, near Dock Street in Wapping.
The piece is a take on The Clash’s album cover for “London Calling”.

London Calling is the third studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 December 1979 through CBS Records, and in the United States in January 1980 through Epic Records. The album represented a change in The Clash’s musical style, which featured elements of ska, pop, soul, jazz, rockabilly and reggae more prominently than before. The album’s subject matter included unemployment, racial conflict, drug use, and the responsibilities of… More

Location:

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Source: London Calling on Freebase, licensed under CC-BY
Other content from Wikipedia, licensed under the GFDL

If you are heading down to Southwark to see Banksy’s new “Haring Dog”, you should take a little break outside Borough Tube Station to have a look at this nicely decorated BT cabinet.

The work is a collaboration between BT, the local council and the artist Morganico .

Video

More Info:

• http://morganico.com – Artist’s website
• Article on London se1

Location

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On Friday a new Banksy popped up in The Grange, SE1 London. The piece is a tribute to the artist Keith Haring.
Today I went down to Southwark and took these photos:

Location:

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Since our last post about JimmyC, three new works have appeared.
This one is on the corner of Brick Lane and Bacon Street:

These two can be found in rivington street:

More:

• www.akajimmyc.com
• More photos of JimmyC on Flickr

If you’ve seen some strange iPhones or some frogs or microphones hanging on a wall, you’ll probably seen some of Xylo’s politically infused work.
The iPhones are a protest against the working conditions at Foxconn, who manufacures several technology products for western companies.

To find out more abou Xylo visit Xylo’s website: www.xylo.me
These photos were taken in the Shoreditch, Brick Lane and Petticoat Lane areas:

See more photos of Xylo on flickr

More Articles abot Xylo:

• London’s Xylo Creates Street iPhones to Highlight Chinese Suicides
• Artist Hangs Fake iPhones to Protest Foxxcon Suicides

Australian painter and muralist James Cochran is in London and has left a fantastic piece in Shoreditch, demonstrating his drip painting style.
Go and see it yourself on the corner of Chance Street and Redchurch Street.
Hopefully we’ll see more of his work in the streets of London!

Location:

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More Info:

• http://www.akajimmyc.com
• Lindberg Galleries
• James Cochran on Wikipeidia
• Mahoneys Catalogue with text by Chris Reid (PDF)

Bortusk Leer has hit Shoreditch with a series of colourful and strange creatures.
You can see more of Bortusk Leer’s work at the Brick Lane Gallery.
Here are some of the Street Monsters I’ve encountered recently:

See more of Bortusk Leer on Flickr

See more of Bortusk Leer on Flickr

More Street Monsters:

• http://www.bortuskleer.com/
• Brick Lane Gallery

Works by polish artist Jarema Drogowski has popped up in Shoreditch recently .
These two were found on the Foundry and in Rivington Street.

More Info:
Website: http://www.panjarema.com

At the same time C215 visited Blackall Street, some works by another artist called AliCè also popped up in the same street.
AliCè (Alice Pasquini) is painter and freelance illustrator, based in Rome.
Here are three of her works from Blackall Street:

Location: Blackall Street

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More about AliCè:

• Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/people/alicepasquini
• Website: http://www.alicepasquini.com
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/alicepasquini
• MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/alicepasquini
• GettyImages: http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?assettype=image&family=creative&artist=AliCe%20Pasquini

C215 is back in London with a solo exhibition at the Signal Gallery in Curtain Road. He has also added four more works in Blackall Street, so now you can see six beutiful C215 works in one tiny street in Shoreditch.

Related: See C215′s work in Bergen, Norway

Location: Blackall Street

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Signal Gallery:
See more of C215′s work at Signal Gallery. The Exhibition lasts till 7th August 2010.

C215′s photos on Flickr
If you have seen other works of C215 in London, please leave a comment below.

I had a wonderful day at the Whitecross Street Party today. It was great to see the street filled with artwork and to see the artists in action.
If you didn’t visit Whitecross street today, make sure you make a trip down there tomorrow.

See more photos on flickr

See more photos on flickr

More Info:

• Website: http://www.wxstreetparty.co.uk

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Canadian artist Indigo recently visited London and left us some beutiful artwork.

Two of these works are in Red Galleries in Rivington Street, one in the basement and one on the exterior of the building.  The third piece is on the outside wall of the Star of Bethnal Green Pub, and is a collaboration with MD.

See Indigo’s photos from the London trip on Flickr.

More about Indigo:

• Blog: indigosadventures.wordpress.com
• Indigo on flickr
• Shop

In Paul Steet and the adjoining Blackall Street you can see works by the likes of PEN-1, Farkfk and C215.

See more photos on Flickr

See more photos on Flickr

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During my holiday I passed through Bergen, and had time for a small walk to check out some of the street art in the city. Bergen has become the hotspot for street art in Norway, and is frequently visited by international artists.

In 2000 Banksy visited Bergen with a friend, who was considering signing up a new norwegian band to his label. Banksy didn’t like the band, but the friend singed them up anyway. The band was Röyksopp….

During his trip to Bergen, Banksy decorated the city with 5 or 6 pieces. He also gave six works to the people he was staying with. Two of them were later sold at Sotheby’s for around £150,000 each. To a norwegian newspaper Banksy said about his trip to Bergen: “I should really visit lots of small towns instead of the big cities. The works have greater meaning there.”

In my short walk in Bergen I got to see works by local artists such as Dolk, Pøbel and MIR, and international artists like C215 and M-City.
Here’s some of my photos from Bergen :
See all photos from Bergen on Flickr

See more photos on Flickr.

More about street art in Bergen:

• Bergen street art album on flickr
• Norwegian blog about street art in Bergen

Sources:

• http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2008/03/10/529267.html
• http://www.bt.no/bergenpuls/article524944.ece

The Whitecross Street Party is kicking off this Saturday. “The Rise of the Non-Conformists” event will feature over thirty artists and ten underground musicians. Some of the artwork is already in place.
Here is a little preview:

Artist Lineup:

• Best Ever
• Burning Candy Crew
• Carrie Reichardt
• David Bray
• Dead Leg
• Dotmasters
• Dr.D
• Eelus
• Filthy Luker
• Gavin Turk
• Giles Walker
• Matt Small
• Mysterious Al
• Mr.E.Dawe
• Paul Insect
• Peter Dunne
• Ronnie Wood
• Shepherd Fairey
• Teddy Baden
• Will Barras
• Wreckage
• Xenz

More Info:

http://www.wxstreetparty.co.uk

Belgian artist ROA has left his trademark animals on the walls of Shoreditch, and in a few weeks we can expect some more.
One of the amazing things with ROA’s work is the scale of the artwork. If you have the chance, visit the Big Bird in Hanbury Street. It is an amazing sight!

More Info:

• ROA on Flickr
• Pure Evil Gallery

Locations:

Map of ROA's animals in London

Otto Schade is a chilean artist with several works in the Shoreditch area.
Here are some of them:

More Info:

• www.ottoschade.com
• On Flickr