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South African street artist Falko One (Falko1) has recently been to London painting his series of elephants in a range of work known as "The Herd". The artist has been painting for 25 years, has a background in graphic design and the arts, and has painted all over the world. Falko One's newest "The Herd" series allowed him to paint several elephants across London. I've managed to capture three of these that were painted around Shoreditch/Spitalfields.

The above elephant was painted in Star Yard, which has recently been filled with a make-shift building of tin. They are apparently doing some renovation works on the buildings here, so we will probably see less work on these walls now. Also, many of the walls have been covered due to the placement of this building in the corner.

The second is placed over Stik's well-known piece of Brick Lane, which I actually dislike painting over such an iconic long-term piece and possibly changing the context of the original Stik piece.

The third and final elephant that I managed to capture appears on Fashion Street and shows a colourful yellow, red, and turquoise elephant.

Another post that I covered with Falko One's work can be seen here:

Jay Kaes and Falko One Murals on Old Street

This year, London-based street artist Dreph has been painting a series of portraits of women in a series named "You Are Enough". The common theme among the women is that they have given back to the community in some way (through the arts, medical, or other social causes), and they are all of African origin. The tenth and final in the series was finished on Hanbury Street off Brick Lane over the long weekend and features Shaney Blackman.

Shanely is a world traveller, but previous to that, she had a good job and lived a comfortable life as a Legal Secretary. A couple of years ago, she was saved up in order to quit her job in order to travel the world. Her motto is to sieze the opportunities. When she visits other places, she finds people to help so that she is able to give something back to the community in every location.

Previous posts with Dreph's work that feature on my blog are located below:

Dreph "You Are Enough" (Part 3)
'You Are Enough' (8th edition)
Dreph 'You Are Enough' (6th Edition)
Dreph Paints Holly Oluwo
New Street Art Portraits by Dreph
Street Art: Dreph

Street artist Samer has painted a new and colourful bird mural in London near New Inn Yard. The artwork features a yellow and purple bird that resembles a peacock. The artwork is very detailed, and the artist does tend to enjoy painting birds as they feature a lot in the artist's work.

More artwork by Samer can be seen on the artist's official Instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/sameremas/

Street artist Akse 19 (AKSE) is from Manchester, and he has been on the street art scene since 1992. Although most of his work has appeared in the north of England, I have seen a few murals in London. Portraits are a favourite of his, and many of his portraits feature celebrities and characters from film and television. He uses a realistic style to capture the character of the person painted. His most recent mural in London is a portrait of Tyrion Lannister from the television show "Game of Thrones", which had been painted in time for the final this week.

Additional work by AKSE can be seen in the following post:

Street Art: Akse, Vhils, Bailon, Sliks, Grud, Drypnz, and Vinz

I am a little late in getting around to publishing some recent street art by London-based Chilean street artist Otto Schade. At the end of July, I noticed a couple of new pieces from the artist appear in east London, and I caught one new one earlier this week. Otto Schade has two common styles of painting. One is silhouettes, which have poltiical or social messages. The other are portraits or images constructed out of ribbons or bands. Both styles appeared in London recently.

The first and most recent piece to appear just off Brick Lane is "Flies Around Sh*t". It features two large hands about to slap a fly off of a button. I instantly thought of the political issues that inspired this; imagine that one nation (the flie) is threatening another annoyingly and foolishly. The hands are the president of another nation, ready to strike the fly that is on the big red button. Of course, hitting the button means launching the missles. So, you need to leave the annoying fly alone as reacting will be catastrophic. I have checked out the artist's Facebook page, and that is exactly the message he is getting across.

A mural that appeared on the side of "Bull in a China Shop" at the end of last month is a bull made using the artist's ribbon style of painting. It features a running bull, which the shop is named after.

The final piece of an Oscar (Osch-car) for the annual film awards appeared at the end of last month also, and it was painted on the side of Cargo.

There was an additional piece painted near the "Bull in a China Shop", and it was Snoopy the dog lying on top of his dog house with the bird Woodtock on top of him. It was painted on a traffic box and removed within a couple of days, so I was not able to get a photograph of it. It was using the silhouette style.

I've previously posted about Otto Schade's work in the following posts:

Otto Schade Paints "The Believers" and "WTF"
Otto Schade 'Peace and Love on the Streets'
Street Artist Otto Schade Paints Southampton 'Zany Zebra' for Charity (and other work)
Street Art Round-up: Spring & Summer 2015
Otto Schade's New Street Art (Meerkats, Portraits, & More) in East London
New Street Art from Horror Crew, Swoon, Otto Schade, HIN, and others
Street Art: Otto Schade
Elephutterfly
Peace and Love on the Streets
Zany Zebras and Street Art in Southampton
Winter 2015 - 2016 Street Art Round-up
New Street Art (Portraits, Meercats and More)
Spring and Summer 2015
Bristol Upfest 2015
Summer 2014 Street Art
Early Spring 2014 Street Art Round-up
Horror Crew, Otto Schade, HIN and others
Street Art: Otto Schade
Olympics

Last Sunday, I had a wander around one of my favouirte parks (Regent's Park) in the glorious sunshine. The corner of Regent's Park that I visited was near Great Portland Street. This is where Frieze Sculpture 2017 is taking place, showcasing twenty-five wonderful sculptures to visitors visiting the park from the beginning of July until the 8th of October. This is the first time that the sculpture event has taken place for free during the summer. 

Thomas J. Price - Numen (Shifting Votive One, Two and Three)

I will be taking a look at the sculptures for Frieze Art Fair 2017, which are pictured below.

Thomas J. Price - Numen (Shifting Votive One, Two and Three)

Thomas J. Price's work features three large portraits of African men, and these are placed on marble stone. The large monochrome portraits seem to suggest that individual identity is important and powerful. 

Ugo Rondinone - Summer Moon

A bronze sculpture of a bare tree has been painted white, which starkly constrasts the colour and green of the park. The tree looks ghostly in its white form, as if it has met the end of its life or begun a new one.

Mimmo Paladino - Untitled

Three large orbs are decorated with motifs. 

Emily Young - Planet

Emily Young's work is a single piece of quarried stone which has been transformed into an imperfect portrait.

Alicja Kwade - Big Be-Hide

The sculpture features a mirror with two stones with an identical shape place on either side. One of the stones is painted in silver, and this mimics the plain stone shown on the other side. That side of the mirror is also cracked. This seems to show perception is not as it seems.

KAWS - FINAL DAYS

One of the largest sculptures is a large black cartoonish figure, and I recognise the sculptor's work from Amsterdam. In this design, the figure appears to be in a zombie-like state. 

John Chamberlain - Fiddlersfortune

This reflective pink sculpture appears to be a piece of foil wire and nail cut off and coiled up together. It is a stunning piece, and my camera could not do the colour justice here.

Gary Hume - Bud

A steel column appears to poke from the ground as a spring shoot. This is the first stage with imagination to wonder what it will turn into.

John Wallbank - Untitled (Sewn Cube)

This plastic cube appears to be sewn together with blue thread.

Bernar Venet - 17 Acute Unequal Angles

These rusty-looking beams of steel jut out at odd angles but bring the viewer in to admire the form.

Peter Regli - Reality Hacking No 348

Peter Regli's work often shows a popular subject with a twist. In the sculpture featured, we have a very tall snowman made of black stone.

Hank Willis Thomas - Endless Column

The bronze footballs (soccer balls) are placed one on top of the other to create a tall column. This is a playful and eye-catching sculpture using a familiar item.

Miquel Barcelo - Gran Elefandret

A large elephant is depicted as standing on its trunk. It is an imaginative piece, which seems to defy gravity.

Anthony Caro - Erl King

This sculpture has been formed out of rusted steel, and it seems to show a tribute to machinery and industry.

Eduardo Paolozzi - Vulcan

Vulcan is the Roman god of fire and blacksmith, and he was lame. The artist uses the figure of the god as inspiration for this work, featuring a tall black figure holding blacksmith's tools.

Magdalena Abakanowicz - Standing Figure with Wheel

This sculpture shows a headless and handless figure in front of a large wheel. The figure is detailed and textured, and the wheel (it looks like a mill wheel) is simple in style and without texture. It appears that the man is a slave to the wheel as he is standing at the front of it.

Michael-Craig Martin - Wheelbarrow

A simple red wheelbarrow is constructed out of an orange frame. The single-line illustration also uses the negative space as part of the artwork.

Jaume Plensa - Tribute to Thierry Ruinart

This frame of a figure of a man is constructed from silver metal, which appears to be made out of letters or type.

Rasheed Aramesh - Summertime

This colourful cube with diagonal lines is painted with three primary colours - red, yellow, and blue.

Reza Aramesh - Metamorphosis

Reza Aramesh's sculptures feature hybrid human forms. The sculpture above features a man-goat with his hands tied at the back with a long rope, wearing jeans that have fallen. It is an uncomfortable sculpture which seems to evoke a sense of capture and shame.

Tony Cragg - Stroke

A golden-brown piece of metal looks to have been bended into an organic shape, similar to a tree or a mushroom.

Takuro Kuwata - Untitled and Untitled

These colourful sculptures appear to have amusing textures and colours for the standard sculpture. Both have glistening gold and blue colours, and they appear to be alive and furry.

Urs Fischer - Invisible Mother

A morbib skeleton, which isn't quite human, lies on top of a wooden chair on top of a broken fountain. The placement of the skeleton on its back creates a unique shape as if it was placed there on purpose.

Earlier this month, London-based street artist Mr. Cenz painted a tribute to Usain Bolt's running career with the hashtag #foreverfast. This work was a temporary piece for @Puma and was located at the top of Shoreditch High Street. Mr. Cenz is a regular street artist and paints primarily throughout London with the subject of his work primarily female portraits completed in grafitti style using bright colours. 

Additional work by Mr. Cenz can be found in the below links:

Mr. Cenz Refreshes Fashion Street Mural
Mr. Cenz Paints Hanbury Street
New Street Art by Mr. Cenz
Street Art: Mr. Cenz (2015)
Autumn 2013 Street Art Round-up

At the weekend, I took a tour of 55 Broadway above St. James's Park tube station. 55 Broadway is a Grade I listed building, which means that the building must be taken care of and is of historical significance. It was constructed from 1927 to 1929 on the design by Charles Holden and was the headquarters of London's transport company. It was the tallest office block in London for awhile and built with a steel frame to mimic what had been developed in America. The building was meant to be vacated in 2015 and then converted into flats, but its future is not yet decided.

The building is made from Portland Stone, and there are four reliefs, painted in situ on each side of the building; they are known as "the four winds". On each side of the building are another two sculptures, Day and Night. They caused controversy when the building was constructed and not everyone enjoyed the artwork.

Commuters could walk through the ground floor of the building in the past, and there is a chart to check the running of the trains for each line and in each direction in the lobby area. This does not work now, but in the past, people could tell if trains were running well or not. 

The lobby was actually added later, but many of the original "art deco" features are retained, giving it a 1920s feel.

We went up to the 3rd, 10th, and other upper floors. To mimic the US office post system, a series of pipes were fitted throughout the building where letters could be dropped. These would end up in the mail room at the bottom.

The 10th floor is where the luxury happens. In those days, people were segregated based on social standing and class (as well as gender). The officer's area had dark wood panels, and large offices. In the upper floors, chimneys were needed because the heating system would not have been able to generate as much heat for the upper floors. There were also different eating areas for different classes of employee. 

The CEO's (Lord Ashford) meeting room was the largest and had 180 degree views.

We went up to the upper floor stop-point (and then continued to the very top of the building to admire the view).

The day was perfect with perfect visibility to admire London's skyline.

On the way back down, we took the steps. We took note of the green tiling and the pale green (they look white from a distance) tiles, which were picked as they were very reflective. Also, we saw some old transport signs on our descent. 

Have you been to 55 Broadway? I do recommend it as a history of London transport and to see what an old office block is like. Also, the views are well worth the visit.

I have previously covered Dreph's work in his "You Are Enough" series; in this series, he paints a selection of inspiring and community-oriented black women across London. The last that I photographed features Tracy Blackstock, the mother of Dreph's son who works at resettling offenders into the community in order to get them back on track. Layla Hussein is the subject of the eighth edition. Layla is a psychtherapist who works primarily with people who have been sexually abused and campaigns against female genitalia mutilation; she has won awards for a documentary on the subject and has appeared in numerous publications.

More work by Dreph can be seen on my blog in the following posts:

'You Are Enough' (8th edition)
Dreph 'You Are Enough' (6th Edition)
Dreph Paints Holly Oluwo
New Street Art Portraits by Dreph
Street Art: Dreph

Street artist Zabou had returned to Shoreditch to paint a new portrait. The portrait was inspired by a photograph by Dennis Morris, and the subject is Sid Vicious, musician in the punk rock band The Sex Pistols. He was born in Lewisham but lived and studied in Hackney. The Hackney area was noted for its punk musicians in the 1990s. Quaker Street Cafe provided the wall for this work.

Previous works from Zabou that I covered can be viewed by following links in my blog:

Zabou Paints Freda #2 at Broadway Market
Zabou Paints Salvador Dali on Commercial Road
Koeone and Zabou Collaborate
"Keep Out!" Street Art by Zabou
Zabou's 'Cabinet of Curiosity' Street Art
Leake Street Tunnels Street Art, Spring 2016
Recent Street Art by Zabou
Street Art: Zabou