Last November, I had a walk around Penge in south London to see street art, and Louis Masai's mural under a bridge was placed in January of 2019 as part of the jam "Anything's Better Than a Blank Wall". Louis Masai's artwork depicts environmental concerns, and one of his styles is patchwork or a quilted pattern. Bees are also a popular subject of the artist.
The artwork features a quilted banana being stitched by a bee. Above the banana is "Almost extinct for a 2nd time...that's bananas!" The artwork is titled "Cavendish Banana", and the goal is to bring attention to people that the banana is facing extinction due to the type of farming used where the variety of banana is only grown at a time (monofarming). Previously, the banana was extinct; the Jon Michel banana succumed to disease and was wiped out.
Other posts on this blog that feature Louis Masai are included below:
Louis Masai Paints for Upfest 2018
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park Environmental Street Art
Louis Masai and Birdo Collaboration @ Bethnal Green
Louis Masai and Fanakapan Collaborate on 'Freedom?' Street Art
HumanNature Endangered13 Street Art Paint Jam, Day 2
HumanNature Endangered13 Street Art Paint Jam
Masai's #LondonLovesCorals SynchronicityEarth Mural
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