I have previously covered artwork by street artist Voyder in London, and this is the first time I have seen the artist's work outside London. In 2019, Voyder collaborated with other street artists in a street art festival in Leicester called "Bring the Paint". The artist produced two murals for the event. One of the murals is on Calais Hill, a bit of a boring street with a parking garage and not much else. The other one is located in an area with a lot of street art, Midland Street.
The Calais Hill mural features what appears to be a blurry ghost image duplicated and layered with different colours. Over the top of the image is the artist's trademark "Voyder" tag in script text. It appears to be tagged over the image in spray paint.
The other mural shows a portrait of a Superman-esque man with the background of sky and a broken wire fence with the text "all you see is crime in the city" grafitti on a building. The artist's tag can be made out underneath the portrait. Cars had parked in front of the mural as it is in a parking area, so getting a great photograph was not possible.
I discovered both murals in the summer of 2021, and they were both in good shape.
More work by Voyder on this blog can be seen here:
Halloween Street Art (2018 and 2019)
Meeting of Styles Wall 2018
Bristol Upfest 2015
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