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Street artist Aspire (Aspire A51) is known for painting murals of birds, although sometimes other animals are featured. Aspire's work is detailed and realistic and brings an element of nature to the city walls and streets. I captured several street art paintings by the artist across Penge on various visits, and below is a sample of the artwork from Aspire that I have managed to capture.

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

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

While in Munich for work in February, I spent a little bit of time exploring on the weekends. One of the places that I visited was Munich Residenz. The Munich Residenz (Munich Residence) was a residence and government office of the Bavarian dukes, electors and kings from 1508 to 1918. The building, which was originally a castle, was transformed in the late-1300s into a palace with courtyards, fountains, and a grotto over the decades. The palace was the principle seat of government from the House of Wittelsbach; it opened to the public in 1920. There are over 130 rooms on display with Renaissance, Rococo, Early Baroque, and Neoclassic styles. The building suffered great damage after World War II, so some of the artwork had to be reconstructed.

The building is located in the northern part of the city centre, and it's quite a large complex with interior courtyard.

The northern side of the palace contains gardens.

A statue of Poseidan (Neptune), the god of the oceans, greets visitors toward the entrance. After entering, I paid in the gift shop and then started the self-guided tour.

One of the most beautiful rooms was the Ancestral Gallery of the House of Wittelsbach. The room is considered to be one of the masterpieces of South German Rococo. Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria, Charlemagne, and the first duke have portraits here. The room has gilded decorations and beautiful ceiling paintings.

The Grotto Courtyard was created under Wilhelm V, and it was built in the late 1500s and inspired by Italian Renaissance gardens. It shows the gods of Olympus and Ovid's Metamorphoses and is created from shells and crystals.

The next room, which is off the grotto, is a long room called the Antiquarium. It was built in the mid-1500s to show off antiquities. It is the largest Renaissance hall north of the Alps. A royal table would have sat in front of the fireplace at the head of the hall when the Duke wanted to dine publicly. A small collection of sculptures and fine china with blue and yellow colours can be seen here. The long room is decorated beautifully with paintings decorating the rows of arches and ceiling.

On the other side of the hallway is a sculpture called Venus Monacensis, known as Munich's goddess. Venus is attempting to cover herself with drapery in this puece by Antonio Canova, whose work was very popular in Europe.

The Black Hall was up next, named such due to the black door frames.

The Chapel, known as the former Cecilia Chapel, was destroyed in the second World War. It dated from the late-1600s, and it was inspired by oval Italian churches. There were some fine examples of china and trinkets around, such as a tea set and other items.

After this room, I came upon a series of lavishly-decorated rooms - such as antechambers and dining rooms. These form the Electoral apartments, which are in Rococo style. The elected would live in the apartments here. 

The Court Church of All Saints was commissioned and built by King Ludwig I in the mid-1800s. It suffered much damage in the second World War and was not open until 2003.

The next set of rooms on display are the Court Garden and Charlotte Chambers. Connecting corridors were created with apartments leading off. 

No palace is complete without a music room.

A model of the palace could also be viewed in one of the rooms here.

The Ornate Rooms were lavishly decorated in the mid-1700s by Emperor Karl VII, and they represent ceremonial events with splendour and status. The Conference Chamber is designed in a similar style, and this room was for private audiences.

The Green Gallery is a picture gallery built in the mid-1700s after the Ornate Rooms. The ceiling details were destroyed in the war.

The State Bedroom was not a private bedroom by the elector. It was used for representative purposes.

The State Bedroom leads off to two lavish rooms - the Cabinet of Mirrors and the Cabinet of Miniatures.

Cloakroom.

Red Room and Heart Cabinet; the bedroom was destroyed in 1944 but was a very private room.

Queen Mother's Staircase

Queen's Throne Room

The King's Reception Room has influences of Pompeii wall paintings.

King's Throne Room

Wedding Hall - depicts scenes from the Saxons and Danes disputes. There are a few of these rooms called the Nibelungen Halls, which contain the frescoes depicting the various scenes of the medieval poem "Nibelungenlied", an epic German heroes tale.

The Nibelungen Halls were beautiful and depicted several scenes from the poem. The Hall of Vengeance depicts the last part in the "Nibelungenlied" with the battle between Burgundians and the Huns and the downfall of the Burgundians.  

Several additional rooms contained various displays of items, such as pottery and ceramics. I did not linger in this area too long.

I enjoyed my visit to Residenz in Munich. There were many rooms to explore, and many of the rooms were decorated beautifully. For those interested in other places to visit in Munich, check out Nymphenburg Palace.

Street artist Ben Eine painted a "tunnel" under buildings on Manette Street, leading into Soho in London. The artwork was painted last June, but I've only just been to visit it. On the wall opposite is an abstract work with a Lego man. I'm unsure who painted those, but Eine's "Soho" fits into the street it his iconic and colourful typeface style.

More street art by street artist Ben Eine on this blog can be seen below:

Eine and Nerone Collaborate on "Unity" Street Art in Penge
Eine and Dotmaster's "Chase Your Dreams" in Camden
"I Don't Like This Anymore" Ebor Street Collaboration with Eine and Dotmaster
New Ben Eine Street art "Love" in 2019
Ben Eine "Peace is Possible" Street Art
Street Art: Ben Eine
Ben Eine Paints 'Like Nothing Else' on Ebor Street
Ben Eine Tribute to Grenfell Tower Victims
Ben Eine 'Last Days of Shoreditch'
Ben Eine New Street Art Summer 2016
Ben Eine 'Extortonists' Refresh

London-based street artist Woskerski painted an advertisement on Hanbury Street last summer. Normally, I do not like to feature advertisements, but I am doing so because Woskerski's work usually features around London in a silly and expressive style. In this piece, different objects have merged into the wall, keeping in line with the style of the artist's work.

More street art by Woskerski on this blog can be seen below:

Woskerski Street Art in Penge
Recent Street Art by Woskerski in East London
Woskerski Street Art in East London
Woskerski Paints Toynbee Street for London Mural Festival
Most Recent Street Art by Woskerski
Street Art: Woskerski
Recent Spring 2018 Woskerski Street Art

London-based street artist Woskerski is known for eye-catching murals across London. Bright colours and a sense of surrealism or expression can be seen in his artwork. I discovered seveal murals by Woskerski in Penge in the past eighteen months. Finding a new mural by Woskerski is always a joy because they evoke a sense of playfulness.

A female

Giant strawberry

A plant and a pencil

Egg

Lego head

Daisies

Additional work by Woskerski that is featured on this blog:

Recent Street Art by Woskerski in East London
Woskerski Street Art in East London
Woskerski Paints Toynbee Street for London Mural Festival
Most Recent Street Art by Woskerski
Street Art: Woskerski
Recent Spring 2018 Woskerski Street Art

Today's post covers the street art of Mr. Cenz, a street artist who has been painting in London for many years. His work primarily features portraits of girls in a grafitti-style with futuristic and fantasy elements. Bright colours and geometric designs are incorporated into his artwork. I've captured a few murals by the artist below.

The first is a large-scale piece near Tesco in Crystal Palace. It's on a large wall and easy to see, and it's a striking mural.

Another one in Penge features a female looking upwards. This would have been a tricky mural to paint because the wall of bricks is very jagged and porous, but the art looks fantastic.

In Camden, a mural of a purple-faced girl is painted onto the side of a pub.

Whitecross Street also has a large-scale mural of a female and incorporates the design of the building into the image.

The last mural is located off Hanbury Street and features a pensive-looking girl.

More street art by Mr. Cenz on this blog can be seen at the below links:

Mr. Cenz - Frost Fair
Mr. Cenz Recent Street Art in London
Mr. Cenz Paints Hanbury Street Wall
Mr. Cenz Paints "Connectivity Matters" Wall
Recent Street Art By Mr. Cenz in Winter 2018
Mr. Cenz Paints Tribute to Usain Bolt
Mr. Cenz Refreshes Fashion Street Mural
Mr. Cenz Paints Hanbury Street
New Street Art by Mr. Cenz
Street Art: Mr. Cenz

Over the past few years, Fat Cap Sprays has been busy creating neon cartoon characters around London. Fat Cap Sprays is based in London, and he creates the neon artwork using different layers of spray paint to give a "glow" effect. The artist is inspired by cartoons and video game characters, and these characters often evoke a sense of positivity in the eyes of the viewer for playing video games or watching television with the characters in them. I captured several of the artist's work that was painted in Penge over the past couple of years. 

Mario and Sonic battle it out for Fat Cap Sprays and London Calling Blog

Jerry from "Tom and Jerry"

A cartoon cat

"The Flintstones"

"Top Cat"

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"

"Woody Woodpecker"

"Tails"

Previous work by Fat Cap Sprays on this blog is below:

Street Art: Fat Cap Sprays 

Street artist collective Gums and Tongue paint many murals across east London. Their style is graffiti culture, and they have their own style of character, but I would consider it to be more of a grafitti-style. I captured a lot of their work in the past several years. The below are street art that I have captured in the past couple of years.

More artwork by Gums and Tongue on this blog:

Halloween Street Art
Fleur De List Street Art Jam

Street artist Fanakapan is one street artist that I have been following over a decade now. His current style of work features chrome balloons or objects, known as "balloon graff". In the summer of June 2021, he painted "Pay Rise for the NHS" in Hoxton to highlight all of the sacrifices and hard work that the NHS did during the pandemic. The rainbow in the artwork became a symbol of the pandemic for the NHS.

In addition to the NHS mural in Hoxton, I discoverd more over the past couple of years. They all appeared on the same wall at Star Yard, Brick Lane. The mushroom and smiley face below were painted in June of 2022.

The baring-teeth smiley was painted in May of 2022.

More artwork featuring Fanakapan can be discovered on my blog here:

Voyder and Fanakapan Street Art in Camden
Fanakapan and Nerone Collaborate on "Neighbourhood Watch" in Penge
Fanakapan "No Words" Mural, Hoxton Square
Fanakapan Street Art Around East London
Fanakapan "Up Yours" Mural on Heneage Street
Fanakapan "BITER" Street Art on Pedley Street
Fanakapan Street Art Smiling Balloons
Fanakapan Paints "Hah" Laughing Gas on Pedley Street
Halloween Street Art by Fanakapan
Fanakapan Street Art on Mornington Crescent and Star Yard
Fanakapan Paints PacMan Pizza on Brick Lane and Other Street Art
Fanakapan Star Yard MagnaDonuts Mural
"Follow the Leader" by Fanakapan
Peace for Manchester
Fanakapan Paints Shoreditch Clowns
Chrome Balloon Dog in Star Yard
Fanakapan Paints "Power Tools" on Village Underground Wall
Fanakapan Paints "Drunk Glass Elephants"
Fanakapan, Horror Crew, & Jerry Rugg
Louis Masai and Fanakapan: "Freedom?"
New Chrome Street Art Mask by Fanakapan
Balloon Animal Street Art
Cranio & Fanakapan
Fanakapan and Horror Crew
Camden Street Art Self-Guided Trail
Halloween Street Art (2018 and 2019)
Cranio Returns to London in 2020 and Paints Brick Lane

Irish-based street artist Eoin has painted in London a few times, and I had not featured his work much on the blog despite capturing several pieces over the years. His work primarily features enter-twined rope or hair-like structures. Although I have captured the artist's work via street artist, he is also a sculptor.

Previous work by Eoin on this blog is pictured below:

Fleur De Lis Street: Street Art Jam
New Street Art by Eoin and Others