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Street artist Invader or Space Invaders is a street artist from Paris that has put tile artwork across the globe. The street artist is one of the world's most popular, and an app and map help visitors to locate and mark off the street art they locate. Space Invader or Invader creates mosaic or tile street art, and these are often in 8-bit characters with throw-backs to old pixelated 8-bit games from the 1970s and 1980s and science fiction popular culture. The artist started his "invasions" in the 1990s. Over the years, I have photographed the artist's work in London and many other cities. The below photographs were captured in London and in Manchester over several years, although a few of them may also be from a trip to Manchester several years ago. Several of these have since disappeared or been further damaged.

One of my favourite ones features the "Star Wars" characters Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader ready to battle.

A few of the invaders are of the artist's older style, and these are much older with larger tiles placed. 

His work sadly ofter suffers damage as people try to steal it, such as the below piece. You can see the "after" and "before" picture below it.

I also likd the below mural, which uses a CCTV camera as the centre of the potted flower. There are two additional CCTV cameras on this wall.

This piece walking into the heart of Soho also always makes me smile.

More street art by Invader on this blog:

Street Art by Invader in Brussels

Street artist Aspire (A51) is known for painting different birds around London's walls. The artist tries to blend in features of the wall and surroundings with the artwork and incorporates a series of pixelated colours shown in the larger part of the work. The artist has been painting on London's walls for many years now, and I enjoy the birds as they bring a slice of nature to the city.

The above piece is one of my favourites as it uses the foliage from the bushes along the wall to create the appearance of a bird sitting on a branch.

Some of the other work tends to incorporate conservation and climate into the artwork, such as the series with a bird sitting on a lit matchstick.

And a bird sitting on a plastic bottle of water.

The below artwork was created many years ago in Camden and also seems to bring up environmental concerns with a "reduced" shop tag seeming to discuss the value of nature.

More artwork by Aspire on this blog can be seen below:

Street Art by Aspire in Penge
Aspire Street Art in Camden
Airbourne Mark and Aspire Collaboration - "Music to Prey To"
Bristol Street Art Round-Up 2018
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
London Street Art Review Round-up 2016

Street artist Yorgos (u.said.it) has been painting across London for the past couple of years, and the artist is based in London but grew up in Germany and Greece. The style is illustrative and features the artist's characters in abstract illustrations. The figures in the artist's work are emotive with interactions between them, and the concept is one of social and emotion as the figures seem to interact.

This artist has been painting on a lot of walls across London in the past couple of years and increased the output this year.

In December of 2023, a collaboration street art mural was painted and arranged by floral designer Renatto Ribeiro and Dave Plants. The street art is still located in its place on Brick Lane in London, but I noticed that for 2025, it had a new makeover. The portrait of the girl is the same, but the dried branches look to have been added to, and the festive decorations are new with the green and cold.

The original artwork can be seen here:

Street Art: Renatto Ribeiro and Dave Plants

Street artist Sr. X from Spain has painted many walls across London. The style of his work is inspired by vintage illustrations and advetising. I recently came across one of his murals that I had not seen before in Southwark, and it is located on a wall and advertises Old Union Yard next to a pub and over an archway.

Additional work by the artist on this blog can be seen below:

Sr. X 'The Flock'
Sr. X Mural in Camden Town
Sr. X Paints "Hello Molly" in Penge
Sr. X Paints "Gimme That Soma!" on Redchurch Street
Sr. X Street Art at Paternoster Square
Sr. X Summer 2020 Murals in Camden
"The Back of Your Mind", New Street Art by Sr. X
Camden Street Art Self-Guided Trail
Sr. X (Señor X) "The Rapture" Street Art on the Village Underground
Sr. X (Señor X) "The Itching" Street Art off Brick Lane
New Sr X Octopus on Hackney Road
Sr.X Paints Village Underground Wall
Sr.X "Buy Shit!" Sign on Village Underground
Sr X Collaborates with Zabou

This post features typography street art by Lilly Lou and Candie that I photographed many years ago when I used to work in east London, and these murals date from around 2015. Lilly Lou painted in London with influence on typography. The street art was painted in the spring on an orange backfround "No good reason".

Street artist Candie also paints in a typography style. The artist has also painted type and grafitti across the world. 

More street art by these artists on this blog:

Lilly Lou in Walthamstow

When I was in Vienna in February, I discoverd some street art across the city. The majority of the street art is located around the canal and also in the location just west of the main centre. I had a walk to locate some of the street art from artists that I recognised who painted in London. This post covers all of the street art that I discovered and other random artwork.

Links of some artwork is located at the bottom of this post, and the random artwork I photographed below.

Dede

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Evl

Wizardskull

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potschartat

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Rodrigo Branco Ruin

Koz Dos

Check out the following street art that I discovered in Vienna:

HNRX and Millo in Vienna
Possible Banksy in Vienna
David Shillinglaw in Vienna
Invader
Broken Fingaz in Vienna
China Girl Tile in Vienna
ROA in Vienna
Jana & JS in Vienna

China Girl Tile is a street artist from Germany who creates ceramic tiles and pastes them on walls in different locations around the world. I previously saw her work in cities such as London and Bristol, and I was happy to come across one of her ceramic tiles in Vienna in the Museum Quarter. Her work is often witty and depicts social concerns. Violence, greed, animal rights, survelliance, and environmental concerns are some of the messages of her work. The piece in Vienna seems to be a theme in some of her work from several years ago with foxes. In this one, the fox is leaping into an open soup can. It was placed in 2017.

On the opposite wall is a cube-like structure, and there are additional pieces by the artist, but I did not see them at the time and didn't get a better photograph. They are a school of green and blue fish with printed money print on top of them. On the other side of the structure is another ceramic tile. I am not sure if it is China Girl Tile, but it appears to be a gruesome Disney-esque figure.

Previous posts on this blog that feature China Girl Tile's work are below:

China Girl Tile in Camden
Camden Street Art Self-Guided Tour
Bristol Upfest 2018
ChinaGirl Tile at Upfest 2018
ChinaGirl Tile Pastes up Street Art Mosaics in London
Street Art: St8ment, Grafter, Stra, ChinaGirl and others

When I was in Vienna, Austria at the end of February, I decided to go to a concert at the famous Musikverein building, which was conveniently located near the hotel that I was staying in. I had not been to a classical music concert for several years, and Vienna is notable for its classical music. I did not really know what to expect, but I was interested in enjoying a concert at Brahm's Hall in Musikverein. The hall is gilded in gold and detailed, and it is a beautiful space.

The concert was nearly all string instruments, and I did not find the depth in the instruments. It did not peak or flow, but it seemed mainly a constant sound which lacked depth to my ears. It just wasn't for me, but others enjoyed it.

When I was visiting Vienna in February, I discovered a couple of murals side by side next to a playground outside the centre of the city. The artwork features the work of two artists - Millo and HNRX. Both artists have painted in London, so their work was instantly recognisable to me.

HNRX creates street art that is in a "comic surreal" style, and many of his pieces feature food items combined and matched into surreal items. In this work, it shows a deconstructed sandwich with the ingredients located on the wall above each other.

Millo is an Italian artist who creates illustrations in a black and white style with his character being a part of the work, and he usually creates cityscapes or geometrical patterns. His work reminds me of comics or graphic novels. The work usually incorporates the design of the building. In the work, the character is shown with a backdrop of the cityscape holding onto a corner and appearing to fly. 

More work by Millo and HNRX on this blog can be seen below:

2014 Street Art in London
2015 Street Art in London
Street Art
Millo and Hunto
HNRX Large Murals
HNRX, Frankie Strand, ThisOne
Street Art Round-Up January, 2018
Street Art: HNRX and ThisOne
Street Art: This One
Street Art: HNRX
Leake Street Tunnels, Spring 2016
Street Art Murals in east London by ThisOne
ThisOne and Koctel Collaborate on Street Art in Shoreditch