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Brazilian artist Cranio (Street Art: Cranio - Jenikya's Blog) recently painted the popular wall on Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch with a mural of his blue 'Indian' characters. The artist was in London earlier this year and painted a few walls before disappearing for a few months. This time, he was back in time for the World Cup and ended up painting the mural or Great Eastern Street twice. The first artwork shows his characters in their village.

The second is a mural about the World Cup. Unfortunately, this one was tagged over very quickly before I could get any close-ups. It also was unfinished as the last panel in the four was left unpainted. 

Street artist Thierry Noir returned to London to paint on a couple of walls. I originally posted the article about him here: Street Art: Thierry Noir - Jenikya's Blog. I was lucky to see him at work a little over a year ago at the Dulwich Art Festival (Open Day at the Street Art House, Dulwich Arts Festival: Part 2). He also contributed to artwork outside the London Museum this summer, which I covered here: Thierry Noir, RUN, and John Dolan Murals at the Museum of London.

This spring, Thierry Noir painted a couple of walls on Rivington Street. One belongs to a cafe that is always busy, and the other one is outside Cargo club. The faces are bright and colourful and a welcome addition to east London.

The artist was in London for an event recently. Hopefully some more of his work will pop up again soon. 

This post covers several street artists who collaborate on various walls to create brightly-coloured and fun street art. Generally, the artists paint in a similar style and have created their own personalities or characters. I will try to do them justice. They have been particularly busy at the end of 2013 and earlier this year, so far, so there are quite a few photographs.

"Lost Souls" is the collective name for the street artists StMitchell, SPzero76, Captain Kris, and Squirl.

Lost Souls

Artists at work

SPzero76: The skeleton figure with the helmet in the second photograph. The skeleton on the robot with the bullets in the fourth photograph.

Captain Kris: Larger human-like male figures. The figure with the red hair in the second photo below.

Another street artist who has collaborated with the above is Parlee. He creates robots and hooded/masked figures.

Parlee

I find clowns creepy; the following clowns were by Captain Kris (right) and StMitchell (left).

St. Mitchell and Captain Kris

Captain Kris painted another obese-looking figure, and the one next to it is by SER.

SER and Captain Kris

A piece by Squirl is shown below, in between Edwin and Borondo.

Edwin, Squirl, Borondo

Saki (covered here: Street Art: Saki - Jenikya's Blog) also seems to have teamed up with a few of the artists to form "Lost Cause", who are in the middle of an international street art tour at the moment. Artists include Saki, SPzero76, and Captain Kris. "The Real Dill", who paints realistic birds, is included.

Saki

There are some more below...

And, the dog is by PMT and is a favourite by that artist.

Some more work by "The Lost Cause"...

Inkfetish and ALSO are popular street artists in the area, and their work pops up a bit.

More Captain Kris...

More Inkfetish...

Tizer (the figure on the left) is also a common character in the street art world.

And more by 'Lost Souls' from Squirl and Captain Kris.

Another one by Captain Kris...

Enjoy!

Artist Bortusk Leer, who draws and paints monsters onto newspaper and pastes them around London, has returned in time for the summer. Earlier this year, he posted several monsters on Blackall Street in east London (covered here: New Street Art by Bortusk Leer and Phoenix - Jenikya's Blog). This time, his monsters have made an apperance in time for summer and the World Cup. The little monsters are supporting England. Unfortunately, maybe they did not support England enough! Other ones appear to be in a bright red London bus. 

Bortusk Leer

Another one looks happy and drooling with an ice cream cone.

Bortusk Leer

Bortusk Leer

In addition to the paper monsters, I discovered a clay and rock little monster face lurking in the shadows on Blackall Street. I'm not sure if it was created by the same artist or not.

Little monster

And, in addition to Bortusk Leer's monsters, a few jars of products by Bortusk Leers' alter-ego Rots Rulebek, have made an appearance on the same street. These always make me laugh.

Bortusk Leer

This summer has been extremely busy with new street art so far. I have several new posts to add over the coming weeks, so keep visiting.

While wandering the streets in Shoreditch at lunch, I noticed a new street art mural by Belgium artist ROA (Street Art: ROA - Jenikya's Blog). ROA creates primarily black and white large-scale murals on the sides of buildings that depict animals or insects. The artist was last in London a little over a year ago when he painted a group of animals on the side of buildings off of Bethnal Green Road and another for South Bank Festival that appeared on the South Bank last spring (Phlegm and ROA Street Art at South Bank - Jenikya's Blog).

ROA's new mural appears just off of Leonard Street (near Great Eastern Street) in Shoreditch, east London. The mural depicts a giant detailed and close-up image of a flea.

Close-up of the giant flea mural

I was happy to see ROA's brilliant murals returning to London. Perhaps we will be seeing more of his murals around the city. Unfortunately, some of the older murals have been damaged in the past few months, so I do not know how much longer they will last. I've been noticing several old favourites by other artists have also disappeared recently as soon as they get marked over a few times and not patched up quickly, including one by Stik on Redchurch Street.

Shot of the mural of the giant flea, including other street art

On a visit to the Museum of London three weeks ago, I noticed that new murals were in place featuring work from Thierry Noir, RUN, and John Dolan. The work seemed to have gone up a couple of days prior to my visit, and the John Dolan piece welcomed others passing by to add their own artwork to the mural. The artwork appears outside the entrance to the musuem with three main walls in the circular area being converted to mural.

Thierry Noir's characters, which have been popping up again recently in London, have been painted brightly onto one of the sections of the wall. Each face looks a little different. For more information and work from Thierry Noir, see my previous article here: Street Art: Thierry Noir.

Thierry Noir

RUN's recognisable faces and hands have also made an appearance onto one of the sections of the wall, and I have noticed some new pieces from him popping up recently. For more information about the artist, see my previous article: Street Art: RUN and New Street Art by RUN and the Rolling People.

RUN

A larger section of wall was drawn on by John Dolan, a Shoreditch-based street artist, who has recently been getting a lot of attention in the art community. I've seen him a few times drawing the cityscape and architecture with his dog sitting on the pavement on Shoreditch High Street, and I think his work is good. This piece has had several additions by the public and by other street artists. I noticed Stik and PureEvil and Thierry Noir add to the work. (Oh, and the large yellow fingers are by RUN.) Notice the Stik addition with the billboard in the image with the Battersea Power Station.

John Dolan

I do not think the work is going to last long at the Museum of London, and it may have already been removed, which is a pity because it is not really enough time for people to enjoy it. I was lucky to see it myself as I'd stopped by the museum with visitors from out of town on a trip to visit the museum before going off on a long holiday.

New street art appeared in London in a popular place on Hanbury Street at the end of May. The street art, by California-based artist Zio Ziegler, features an abstract figure in greytone painted with a red, blue and cream patterned background. The figure looks contorted and is upside-down. It is certainly eye-catching. This art replaced work by artist 'Best Ever': New Street Art by Jim McElvaney and Best Ever.

Zio Ziegler

These empty alcohol bottles have been upcycled by having a painting of portraits of people and animals on them. They appear in the window of the Far Rockaway Bar in Shoreditch (http://www.farrockaway.co.uk). 

The bar has attracted artists and commissions them to create artwork for the bar, and there are several examples of street art painted onto the walls and inside the entrance of the bar. Yvonne Wayling created these faces of people and cats on discarded alcohol bottles. 

Yvonne Wayling's bottles

Several street artists have their work on display here. (More photographs can be seen here: http://inspiringcity.com/2013/10/09/the-unique-art-extravaganza-of-the-far-rockaway-bar-in-shoreditch/)

For more information about the venue, visit their website: http://www.farrockaway.co.uk

I have a lot of street art (grafitti) photographs to post from the past couple of months (or longer, in some cases). The street art scene in east London has also gotten busier at the moment as the weather has improved, and I have been noticing several new pieces that popped up since the end of last week. I'll be posting these in time, but for now, have a look at these pieces below. 

NZM and James Boy

Unify

Unify

Ben Murphy (covered here: Street Art: Ben Murphy and 616) has been busy this year, and this is a new piece that appeared on Great Eastern Street, next to Millo's work. Millo painted a few pieces in London last summer, and he was back earlier this year (Recent Street Art in Early 2014).

Millo and Benjamin Murphy

Benjamin Murphy and dropOutUK

Another artist that has been adding art to the streets is Pang (Street Art: Pang); the work is now on a larger scale from the small ashtrays and cowboy figures that used to dominate the area.

Pang

Pang

And, 616 has been painting larger-scale pieces (the tribal patterns) as well as PMT, who paints large white dogs. This one has a bird and a cuddly-looking dinosaur (or dragon?). 

616 and PMT

Saki (Street Art: Saki) has also been busy with paintings, and I was happy to see that the three caged girls have been repainted. They had been painted over with black paint for many months; I guess someone was not happy to see them.

Saki

And, I discovered this message: "home is wherever I'm with you"...

Unknown

Fan Horror Crew (Street Art: Fan Horror Crew), who paint balloon-creatures and sweets, painted a high-profile piece off of Brick Lane and several smaller pieces.

Fan Horror Crew

I had just recently published an article about Mobstr (Street Art: Mobstr), but he had an exhibit last week.

Mobstr

Perspicere creates street art made from thread or string. I've seen a few pieces around east London, but the one below is on a larger scale and is a collaboration with Joyce and Tommy Fiendish.

Joyce, Perspicere, and Tommy Fiendish

On Hackney Road, I discovered a lot of street art on scaffolding. The one below was "Tom's Got a Pencil", and the other work was from Skeleton Cardboard  (Recent Street Art in Early 2014), Nathan Bowen (Street Art: Nathan Bowen), and Squiddy Johnson (the alien-like figure, which also appears in the Nathan Bowen post).

Tom's Got a Pencil

Nathan Bowen and Cardboard Skeleton

Nathan Bowen

Cardboard Skeleton, Squiddy Johnson, and others (I'm not sure who painted the Henry).

Nando Mambo has also been painting a lot recently, and his figures always represent superheroes.

Nando Mambo

Nando Mambo

Street artist Gee (Street Art: Gee) has been improving his stencil technique. 

Gee and unknown

The one below is a little older. The gun by Cityzen Kane (Street Art: Cityzen Kane) has been there for a long time. The American-missile appeared last summer, and it's not there anymore.

Cityzen Kane

Vinz (covered here) also painted a few pieces last year, and he's been back this year with more. Sadly, they do not last too long.

Unknown and Vinz

Dan Kitchener (Street Art: Dan Kitchener) was busier last year, and there was a spot on Brick Lane that always contained one of his pieces, but it kept being painted over and replaced. The following piece (on two sides of a building) has been there for a few motnhs now.

Dan Kitchener

And, I've included several more pieces below. I would not mind knowing who the artist is of the pieces that I have not identified, so please just leave me a comment with the name of the artist.

Lily Mixe

Mural in Dalston

Maser

Unknown bird

TML

UB

Lipweed

Sketch

2501

Vdong

Sokar Uno and unknown

SLM Art - Russel Brand

Tizer 

Mr French

ZimeSOL

Enjoy looking for street art! I hope that this weather continues to stay nice.

Street artist Mobstr (http://mobstr.org/), an anonymous artist from Newcastle in the UK, paints words and statements on walls, signs, and billboards across London. Often, this work evolves due to others adding to it or the council attempting to remove it. I have photographed a few of the pieces that I have found around London in the past year or two. Unfortunately, some of these have been damaged, and this work does not seem to last too long. 

Earlier this year, Mobstr placed a billboard up in east London that was dubbed "The Scribble Board", and the public could write on this. Unfortunately, I was not able to photograph it before it was removed.

In some of the artist's work, the buffer (person from the council who has the job to paint over the work) plays an important part in the creation of Mobstr's work. This can be seen in the example below, where the word "Here" is buffed out and then repainted in a different place. One of the artist's work is also a story created in installments, based on the work being covered. (This is documented here: http://www.visualnews.com/2013/02/18/story-on-a-wall-by-street-artist-mobstr/)