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Today's post covers street art that I discovered in Milan, Italy outside of the street art that I saw painted for this year's LoopColors Looperfest event. You can read more about the Looperfest "Power of Women" here. Some of Milan's street art is located further afield, and I went a little outside the main city to get most of the artwork pictured in this post. 

The piece above and the piece below are by Pao, and the penuins made from the bollars are called 'Panettoni'. The penguins are found in quite a few places in Milan, and I discovered one in Como as well.

Next is a piece I recognised from Italian-based duo Urban Solid, who have come to London a few times (covered here). Their most recent series is of figures painted and placed on walls, and they created two sets of these for London. The first set lasted for a long while and was a popular selfie piece. The second installation (installed in the same place) did not last long, and it's pretty much in the same shape as the one I discovered above on the Navigli Grande canal.

I'm not sure who created the below stencils, but they were located at Navigli Grande.

Artist Zibe painted the above in the grey electrical boxes, and this was part of a series of work on these boxes called 'Project Energy Box' ('Fluid Thoughts'). The artist is from Mexico City but has lived in Milan since the 1980s, and his work is popular in Milan.

I'm not sure who painted the piece above and below, but they are both near Navigli Grande canal.

One of the biggest and best murals is a series of historical figures from Milan's past that street artist Mr. Blob painted. This is located in the centre of Milan at Saint Lorenz cathedral. It features Napoleon, composer Verdi, Leonardo da Vinci, writer Manzoni, and two figures with their fingertips waiting to touch as in the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Vatican.

The below street art on a shutter is signed 'Zio'.

I discovered this grafitti on the walk north west of the main train station on the way to see the works created by LoopColors.

There are meant to be a few stunning artwork pieces futher afield, but I was not feeling too well and did not make it.

A building just off Curtain Road near where William Shakespeare's Curtain Theatre used to stand appears to have been placed from Austria or Germany with its brightly-painted facade with flowers and text. The building commemorates the famous couple in love, Romeo and Juliet, whose romance was doomed due to familiy differences. It has become an iconic story of love and sacrifice. Shrouded in myth, this story was probably true or had truth to it and was probably passed by word-of-mouth in the region and then to other regions where Shakespeare learned of it and penned it. Two figures were found buried in embrace in the city Verona, where the story is set, and these may be the real-life characters or a cash-in on the story.

The fascade of the building contains text from the story along with brightly-coloured flowers and vines. Juliette looks down from the circular window on the top to see Romeo below.

I am not sure who the artist is for this beautiful artwork as it appears to be crossed out, but I thought that it was a beautiful piece and an addition to Shoreditch's street art scene along with adding a bit of context to the ancient history of the area.

The location of the former Curtain Theatre, where Shakespeare performed, has been undergoing renovations in the past couple of years.

One of London's well-known artists started with creating street art, and he often adds more in addition to running the Pure Evil Gallery in Shoreditch. Around the corner from the gallery, the artist created the largest street art work that I have seen him create. Unfortunately, it was recently painted over, but it was located under the rail bridge at Bateman's Row off Shoredich High Street. It featured his iconic portrait pop-art style with icon Marilyn Monroe as well as a giant red button about to be pushed by a giant finger.

For more information about Pure Evil on this blog, see the following links:

Street Art: Pure Evil
Shoreditch BOXPARK: Shopping and Art by 'Pure Evil'

A new wall in Shoreditch off of New Inn Yard has been fully covered in street art. This new building emerged to include the work of several street artists now that a lot of the walls and buildings that used to be street art hotspots have been removed. Earlier this year, street artists Hunto and MisterThomas collaborated together on this ConnectivtyMatters wall, which is a new building. This summer, the remainder of the building was painted with works by NomadClan, Zadok and Hicks, and Captain Kris with Tizer.

First up, Zadok and Hicks collaborated on a natural scene with mushrooms. Zadok often paints mushrooms or animals in a wooded scene, and this covers the corner of the building. (For more information about Zadok, see the last post Zadok New Street Art on Sclater Street (2018)). Hicks is another artist from London. 

Next up is work by Captain Kris and Tizer, two street artists who have been painting London's walls for awhile. Both artists have a grafitti style to their work, and Tizer's portraits are instantly recognisable (for more information about him, see Street Art: Rodrigo Branco, Roger Malloy, Prozak, Tizer, and others). Captain Kris often collaborates with other artists and you can read more about him here: Street Art: Squirl, Captain Kris, Spzero, Lost Souls, Parlee and St. Mitchell.

NomadClan are a collective of artists, and they recently were involved with a mural during Meeting of the Styles this spring (Meeting of Styles 2018).

More information about the artists that I have covered in this post can be seen here:

Zadok New Street Art on Sclater Street (2018)
Meeting of Styles 2018
Street Art: Squirl, Captain Kris, Spzero, Lost Souls, Parlee and St. Mitchell
Street Art: Rodrigo Branco, Roger Malloy, Prozak, Tizer, and others
Zadok New Street Art on Sclater Street (2018)

This post is late coming. I've not posted most my photographs of most of the artwork created for "Meeting of Styles", which happened at the end of May, because June was a very busy month for me. The Dan Kitchener artwork painted for the event was refreshed from the previous "Future Tokyo and Tokyo Ghosts" piece, which was painted on the same wall earlier this spring. I have covered Dan Kitchener's work a lot on this blog.

Dan Kitchener is one of London's most popular street artists and often paints city scenes and futuristic street scenes of Tokyo and portraits of Asian women. This new street art is painted in black and white spray paint and depicts a futuristic scene in Asia with a girl, robot, and other futuristic figures and creatures (including a car from the 1990s perhaps).

This street art is located on the Kinkao building on the corner of Pedley Street and Brick Lane.

Previous posts featuring Dan Kitchener's (DANK's) street art in this blog are located below:

'Future Tokyo and Tokyo Ghosts'
Dank "London Rush"
Dan Kitchener's Street Art on Sclater Street and More
Street Art: Dan Kitchener
"Downtown" Mural by Dan Kitchener
Goswell Road

I spent last weekend visiting Norwich and Norfolk to see the latest sculpture trail for the city. Norwich's sculpture trail started with the success of GoGoGorillas! in 2013, and that was my first ever visit to the city. In 2015, GoGoDragons! came to Norwich. This year, the city has hares or rabbits for GoGoHares! GoGoHares! aims to raise money for charities such as Break, which raises money to help young people, by auctioning off the sculptures, taking donations, and selling other merchandise. The sculptures will be on display until the 8th of September, and they will then go into auction to raise money for the charity.

Poppy by Mik Richardson

I enjoy the sculpture trails and visiting the sculptures because all of them are unique and have been painted by an artist. Families go out to visit them and get their photographs with them, which creates a great atmosphere. The hares are really creative this year, and fifty of them can be seen in Norwich city itself. The others require transportation to the different areas in Norfolk to see, and a couple of them have a fairly long walk to visit.

Illuma by Hannah Hardy

Robyn by Hilary Sanderson

Narni-Hare by Charli Vince

Haremione by Jo Fiske

Hareman Jack Hargreaves by Evelyn Sinclair

George the Watchmaker by Beverley Gene Coraldene

Foxy's Tale by Sally Adams

Hare-rae Busta by Alex Egan

Chrome-hare by Hydro Monkey

Hare Comes the Sun by Julia Allum

GoGoHaero by Claire Cassie; Tigehare by Jenny Leonard; Mr Cel-Hare-Crate Norfolk! by Pippa Flynn; Humphry Hare by Lisa Kirkham; Lupus by Anne Schwegemann-Fielding; Hare All About It! by ERM CIC

Chocohare by Deven Bhurke

Haremit by Ross White

Sydney Long Ears by Beverley Gene Coraldene

Sydney Long Ears by Beverley Gene Coraldene

Honey Bunny - Katy Stevens

Funny Bunny - Deven Bhurke

Professor Hare and His Magic Library by Paul Jackson

Hare-um Scare-um by Sarah Fenn

King of Scribble by Sophie Li-Rocchi

To see the hares, visit before September 8. I believe that the hares will all be together in one place before the auction in the autumn, so visit http://www.gogohares.co.uk for more information about the sculptures, the trail, and the charity.

Carol Burns is a local business owner in the Brick Lane area and has run a family business here along with Charlie Burns, whose new mural was completed earlier this summer. This mural of Carol Burns was completed by Nether410, and street artist Ben Slow organised Nether410 to create the portrait here.

Nether is a street artist from Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. He started to paint walls in his own home town to spark communication on social issues in the community. His work focuses on the local community and the people within it.

In addition to the Carol Burns portrait, Nether410 also painted a bird on the bridge near Nomadic Community Gardens.

And another portrait was created in Shoreditch.

And this one was on Sclater Street.

One of the walls on Bacon Street between the little shops there was previously painted with a mural of local Charlie Burns by Ben Slow (see more from the artist here: Street Art: Ben Slow). I covered the original mural here: Charlie Burns mural by Ben Slow, and there was a different mural of the local man by the same artist a few years previously. Charlie Burns was a local well-known figure around this area, and he would often sit in a car on Bacon Street and watch people until his death in 2012. He used to run a shop here, and the shop is now run by his children. The murals were painted in honor of him.

The latest mural of him on Bacon Street did not last as long as the previous one, and it was looking in bad shape from late last year. Someone had tagged over it, and once this happens, it does not take too long for the piece to become destroyed. Ben Slow asked Kevin Ledo to paint the wall with a new tribute to Charlie Burns, and he did so with the help of Charlie's family and locals who remember Charlie. 

Kevin Ledo is from Montreal, Canada. He has painted all over the world, and most of his work feature portraits. The portraits are either realistic or have an abstract bold colour pattern imposed onto them. The Charlie Burns mural features a portrait of the man painted from the same photograph that Ben Slow used, which is why it looks like an exact copy of Ben Slow's underneath the red paint.

Street artist Zadok, based in London, has painted previously in London and the subject of choice is animals and birds. The artist has not painted much in east London until recently with a wall on Sclater Street. The wall on Sclater Street features a few birds and animals on a beige background. This is also covered with curled foilage. The street art was difficult to photograph due to the Sunday market taking place in front.

For more information about Zadok and more street art on this blog, see below:

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park Environmental Street Art
HumanNature Endangered13 Street Art Paint Jam
Cranio - Collaborations with Himbad, Zadok, & Kazz
New 'Spring Offering' Mural by Bailon and Sliks (JimmyC, Zadok Sonar Uno)
Street Art: 2Square, CodeFC, Jim Vision, Mr. Cenz, Peter Drew, Zadok

SHOK-1 is a London-based artist who uses spray paint applied in thin mists to build up imagery, and I've seen him apply his technique. X-ray photographs are a special subject of the artist and is a style that Shok-1 is doing currently, and it normally takes a few days to complete a piece. Previously, the street art "Elvis"/pelvis mural (completed in early 2017) was on this gate, but it needed to be refreshed. The gate is located at Ely's Yard off Hanbury Street, which is near to Brick Lane. 

The artwork is titled "Broken Heart" and is a human rib cage made to look like an X-ray photograph or screen with a broken window; the area where the heart would be is missing as is broken out. 

The last time that Shok-1 painted street art in east London was toward the end of 2017 with "The Future is Rubbish", and this can be seen off Chance Street. Previous posts that feature artwork by Shok-1 can be seen by clicking on the links below:

Shok-1 Paints "Masterpeace for Rememberance Day and "The Future is Rubbish"
'Elvis' by Shok-1
Shok-1 'MasterPeace' Street Art
Street Art: Shok-1
Street Art Round-up: Spring & Summer 2015
Street Art Round-up in Early Spring 2014