Street Artist D*Face (DFace) was born in London and is one of the world's most prolific street artists. In 2024, the artist collaborated with art'hotel to create some artwork in spaces in and around the hotel. I happened to see the bronze sculpture whilst walking past one day. Named "D's Little Helper", the sculpture features a large paintbrush holding one of DFace's popular orb character or "helper", which is one of his trademarked characters for artistic inspiration.
The hotel is a recent launch in London. It was built on land that belonged to Red Gallery, and building work started in 2020 after some emotional "Last Days of Shoreditch" final street art, and it served as a place to get street food and an event space in the final years. It was one of those places in London that had an abundance of creativity and street art that was slowly replaced.
I previously covered this hotel as it contains an early mural from Banksy, and they salvaged it from a wall and placed it in a prime place above the entrance.
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