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Photos nicked from David’s blog here.
Archive | September, 2009
Meanwhile 2 – An Explanation
“This piece is at a concrete ditch in London that is called Meanwhile 2. Situated in West London under a huge concrete flyover called the Westway (that the Clash sung about often) it was a home to London skaters throughout the dark ages of skateboarding and continues a favourite spot in the city The original photo (c.1987) is of a competition called Smell of Death that were punk skate events put on by a London based American called Steve Wiltshire It’s a tribute to him and the people around at the time and their DIY attitude”… Damian Platt and Ed Gill
Still Life
Still Life from Miss Tint on Vimeo.
From Erik –
“While living in Brooklyn I would leave drawings and wheat pastes of paper birds as my own bread crumbs through the city. After several years it was possible to see each static image as frames of a much larger piece; one that employed the entire city.”
In Honor of Lignes Rouges
We’re saddened to learn about the death of Lignes Rouges, an artist who passed away on Wednesday in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil from a sudden heart attack. Tragically, he was only 27 years old. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones.
Kandinsky @ Solomon R. Guggenheim museum
A fantastic retrospective of the work of Kandinsky that I attended with two new friends at the Guggenheim Museum today.
There were a number of things that struck me while looking at the Kandinsky exhibition.
The majority of paintings were from his earlier period between 1904-1911ish.
Kandinsky started painting after he was 30 years old (reminds me a [...]
New Banksy in Croydon
Yeah I know that Croydon has hardly been high on Banksy’s hit list but take a look at this new piece fresh out of the can and tell me who else could have done this?
A punk struggles to get to grips with assembling a Large Graffiti Slogan from IEAK.
Fantastic detailing and colouring (check the shading on the hoodie and box for starters) and a witty statement juxtaposing the difficulties of assembling flat pack furniture with getting a revolution off the ground mark this out as nailed on Banksy piece. The reference to IKEA stretches further than may be immediatley apparent – in the view of the piece below you can see the twin towers of IKEA’s Croydon branch with their distinctive yellow and blue rings.
A little bit more about the location itself; it’s sandwiched between billboards and next to a tram stop. It’s already picked up a bit of extra detailing but lets hope it lasts a bit longer than other recent ground level pieces….
AOTS link: Banksy IKEA Large Graffiti slogan Croydon