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Street artist Best Ever painted one of the large walls on Hanbury Street off of Brick Lane. The image depicts a saint-like figure (with a halo), two greyhounds, and a homeless person dreaming of a home. Text on the top of the mural reads "I grew up all twisted.  I ended up running away. It's rough living in the streets. I've been attacked a few times."

Best Ever

I am not sure, but the following images may be by the artist, but they are more sketches and not detailed. They feature saint-like figures or angels with halos, and one includes a flying white dove. (The pigeon painted on the ground looks like a different artist.) I added a couple of photographs of similar street art here: New Street Art: Christmas, New Year and more.

Best Ever

For more information about the artist, view his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wearebestever 

Jim McElvaney

Jim McElvaney has recently painted murals on the sides of buildings off of Brick Lane. The artist's work often features sketchy portraits by troubled people (homeless) with their thoughts writen as a part of the mural. The following mural is located off of Brick Lane.

"Dad died. They tried to put me in car. That was never going to happen. We slept everywhere."

Jim McElvaney

The following mural, which is painted on Bacon Street, shows a crude portrait with the following text:

"At the weekends I made myself scarace, mates sofas and one time under the railway bridge"

Portrait by Jim McElvaney

Last summer, the artist collaborated with street artist Ben Slow (Street Art: Ben Slow) on a large mural near Old Street. 

Ben Slow and Jim McElvaney

For more information, view the artist's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/jimmcelvaney 

Paris artist Gregos is self-taught and has created a series of masks that are placed around cities around the globe. The artist has been creating street art since the mid-2000s, and masks are one of the common; there are over 500 masks pasted up onto walls all over the world. The artist was in London recently, and a few dozen of these masks went up onto the streets within a day or two. However, many of these were removed/stolen very quickly.

The technology used to create the masks is 3D scanning with 3D printing and adjustment of wireframes before a plaster mould is created. These are then painted and pasted onto walls.

I have only managed to spot a few of these masks, but I have seen that there is more out there. However, some of those were taken immediately as I walked to some of the areas looking the same day or the day after they were pasted up. I had a lot of fun looking around Shoreditch and Spitalfields and discovering these.

Gregos' work reminds me of some pieces that appeared around London last summer. The pieces were by Urban Solid (See my published write-up here: Street Art: Urban Solid). 

Sometimes, the masks pop out because they are brightly-coloured. Other times, the masks seemingly blend in to their surrounding.

For more information about the artist and photographs of his work, see http://www.gregosart.com or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gregos-Art/118749327867

Please tell me if you know where more of the masks are located. I would like to track down all of these.

Realistic-looking painted fabric and large orange and grey dots create upside-down figures on the side of a building in Shoreditch. The artwork is titled "Reign!". The artists are known as Cyrcle!, and they have some work on display in the city at the moment. I love the colours and the execution of this work. The fabric looks realistic, but the rest of the image is comprised of two main colours forming dots. The light and shadow is made from the proximity or size of the dots, and viewers need to stand back in order to see the image. In addition, the image is painted upside down. 

The mural by Cyrcle!

A close-up of dots and fabric that make up the image

When turned, the image reveals three figures in various embraces, and it reminds me of ancient Greek statues. (Two of the figures are in orange, and the other figure is in grey and is partially-wrapped in dark grey cloth.) See the photograph below for the image turned the right way up.

Image painted by Cyrcle! turned the right way up

For more information about Cyrcle!, see their website here: http://www.cyrcle.com 

I have been finally catching up with my backlog of street art that I have taken over the past eighteen months, so I will be featuring more recent pieces earlier than a lot of times in the past, as this also enables me to spot any new pieces and upload them. Last year's treasured finds for me would include meeting Paul "Don" Smith and getting a spray-painted image in my sketch pad (New Street Art and a Meeting with Paul Don Smith (the Banker)) and discovering street artist ALO's work (Street Art: Alo, Part 3). There have been other highlights as well, of course. 

Last year was a busy one for street art, and I am hoping that 2014 has a lot more in store. Here are a few that I have managed to capture so far this year, and this includes a few leftover pieces from later in 2013. 

Jonesy, (originally blogged about here: Street Art: Jonesy) added new pieces around. I captured this bull with human legs and missing arms high on top of a sign on Brick Lane.

Jonesy

Anna Laurini (Street Art: Anna Laurini) was busy last summer, and I occassionally spot a new piece, such as the one below: "when the birdcatcher comes occupy the sky".

Anna Laurini

Cranio made a big impression on London at the beginning of 2013 (Street Art: Cranio), and there were quite a few of his pieces dotted around. Unfortunately, some of his work was eventually painted over, but he visited London again toward the end of the year and painted a new mural off of Brick Lane and fixed the tagged-over work on Rivington Street as well as work on some collaborations (Street Art: Cranio, Senna, HIN, and Mo) and pieces across London. I only recently discovered his pieces on the inside walls of Juno on Shoreditch High Street, but I assume that these were created during his visit toward the end of last year. 

Cranio

Millo, an Italian artist, visited London early in 2013 and left several murals and shutter paintings around east London. He visited London again toward the end of 2013 and collaborated with artist Hunto (Street Art: Hunto) on a piece before completing some crude drawings on the north end of Brick Lane and additional pieces on gates in Shoreditch.  

Millo

Millo

Early this year, new colourful mushrooms and some baby mushrooms sprouted up in east London. These are the works of Christiaan Nagel, whom I blogged about here: Street Art: London's Mushrooms and Baroque the Streets: Dulwich Street Art. Nagel's previous mushrooms have slowly disintegrated over the course of the past year, beginning with the colour fade and the top of the mushrooms being broken off slowly due to weathering. Since the old pieces have mainly disappeared, I have been happy to see some new pieces sprouting up. In addition, there are several baby mushrooms in clusters. The first batch was spotted on Rivington Street; it consisted of a cluster of red baby mushrooms with one single hot pink mushroom. Addition mushrooms sprouted in Dalston and on Brick Lane. 

Nagel

Nagel

Nathan Bowen created some work at the end of last year, and he's also been pasting up signs with his demon character throughout the summer and later part of last year. Orignally, I blogged about him and his work here: Street Art: Nathan Bowen. Since that post, I've captured a few of his signs. The artist was particularly busy at the end of 2013 with some new pieces appearing on Brick Lane and Sclater Street as well as on the railway bridge above Borough Market. 

Nathan Bowen

Nathan Bowen

Nathan Bowen also collaborated with artist Skeleton Cardboard. I remember seeing a couple pieces of his work near Stepney Green at the beginning of last year, but there was nothing major in east London. Skeleton Cardboard's work mainly appeared on Sclater Street with some skeletons appearing on the walls and drawn onto pieces of paper. Additionally, a piece was located at the southern end of Brick Lane, which was a collaboration with Bowen.

Skeleton Cardboard

Dscreet was busy at the end of last year with a large mural painted on the Village Underground (New Street Art by Dscreet at Village Underground). I initially created an entry with some of his work, as there is a lot of it to be seen in east London: Street Art: Dscreet. Earlier in the year, he painted inside the art house in Dulwich. Some of his work was painted over in a popular spot on Bacon Street, and he reclaimed it twice with a new piece. The trademark owl's head appeared off Great Eastern Street.

Dscreet

Additional artwork appeared, including the pieces below.

Eyer

Charlotte Posner

Ben Wilson, an artist who paints bubble gum that has been tracked onto pavements, must have been busy in the autumn in east London. I saw him at work in Dulwich (Open Day at the Street Art House, Dulwich Arts Festival: Part 1), but I had never seen his work on the streets before. I was happy to come across one of his colourful bubblegum pieces on Rivington Street.

Ben Wilson

Ben Slow, famous for realistic portraits, painted a wall of a bakery in Dalston Junction. More of his work can be seen here: Street Art: Ben Slow.

Ben Slow

Artist Paul "Don" Smith painted in a couple of popular places just off of Brick Lane in the new year. One of the highlights of 2013 was seeing the artist painting using stencils and spray paint twice. (For more information about the artist, read New Street Art from Don 'Paul' Smith, including pieces from Whitecross Street). In addition to the artwork prompting visitors to give charity aid, the following figure appeared on Hanbury Street. 

Paul "Don" Smith

Two tributes to Ronnie Biggs, from The Great Train Robbery, were located off Shoreditch High Street and on Hanbury Street.

Paul "Don" Smith

I will continue to post new artwork; I hope that 2014 is a great year for some new street art and graffiti pieces in London.

After watching the Spitalfields Pancake Race just off of Brick Lane last year (Spitalfields Pancake Race 2013), I put the date in my calendar for this year so that I could watch the race and get some photographs. The Great Spitalfields Pancake Race is located just off of Brick Lane on Dray Walk, literally opposite the office where I work. Perfect!

Pancake-flipping fun

Live music was being played before the race. The costumes did not disappoint this year. This year, there were two groups dressed as construction workers, strawberries, friars, red hats, cow masks, and cutlery. (I thought that the cutlery costumes were brilliant, but it was the strawberries who nabbed the "best costume" award.) There was also a group celebrating a milestone 60th birthday.

Birthday girl

The Spitalfields City Farm dressed as strawberries, and there was a lion and a cow thrown into the mix. They had a banner.

Spitalfields City Farm Pancake Day Race

The four cutlery girls made hats of cutlery (fork, teaspoon, table spoon, and a knife) and wore pretty Cath Kidston aprons.

The cutlery girls suss out their competition

A group with painted faces waits for the races to begin

Construction pancake flippers

The two guys dressed in colourful clown costumes were there again this year, and they demonstrated the rules of the pancake race. The race was back-and-forth, with one member of the team running with the frying pan (with pancake) to the other side, and the team member would take over. There are two lines on the course, and when the line is approached, the pancake must be flipped before continuing.

One of the clowns

Demonstrating the rules

When the races began, it was every person for himself/herself. It seemed that everyone had a good time watching and participating in the race. I took a tonne of photographs of the race. Prizes were Cath Kidston merchandise and sweets.

The Great Spitalfields Pancake Day race raises aid for London Air Ambulance. The winning team (this year, it was the Aldgate Towers) receives a special engraved frying pan and other goodies. Teams must apply to participate in the race in advance.

The winning team is announced and given an engraved frying pan

Artist Sbagliato creates realistic doorways on building walls to give an illusion that it is more than a wall. I caught some of his work before it was tagged over too much in east London. The doorway is a painting that looks like a stone archway protruding from a plain brick wall.

The artist is based in Italy, and he is known for painting doorways and windows on plain walls. More of his work can be seen on his Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/SBAGLIATO/132466230162786

His work reminds me of a story that I read in a London history book about architects who added a painted window to a side of a building to make it look more symmetrical and pleasing to the eye. I think the building in question was near Smithfield market at St. Batholomew's.

I would love to see more of this artist's work in London.

http://blog.vandalog.com/2013/07/borondo-sbagliato-and-romeo-in-tuscany/

The first piece of art to grace the side of the Village Underground wall is a green, white and black mural by Roberto Ciredz. The mural looks like a topographic chart. A lot of his work appears to be inspired by three-dimensional graphs or charts, grayscale colour swatches, or dimensional shapes. I watched the work take shape over the course of a very wet and rainy week or two. I don't think it would have been a fun time to paint due to all of the constant bad weather that was happening when this mural was painted. Also, sadly, some of the paint chipped away (or perhaps a vehicle caused the damage) quite soon after the mural was completed.

Roberto Ciredz

The running white lines that make up the graph remind me of how wet and rainy the weather was then (and currently is) recently. 

More work from the artist can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/RobertoCiredz 

These street art faces by Plin were the first widespread collection of street art work that appeared in the new year. Some of these are painted on walls, but the majority of them are paste-ups. I also noticed a few stickers. This year has been a little slow for street art so far, but I have noted a few new pieces appear from some London-based street artists, which I will post in due time.

Plin

I cannot find much information about Plin on the web, so let me know if you know any more about this artist.

Last year was a busy one for street art, and I managed to get a variety of pieces that I have not yet published in my blog. This blog is dedicated to a variety of street artists and their work that I have captured over several months last year.

Amara Por Dios 

Stockholm-based, the work produced by Amara Por Dios is colourful with bold, black lines to make up a abstract-organic faces from shapes. The artist had an exhibit in London earlier this year and has been back since. These photographs were taken this spring and summer. 

Collaboration with other artists

Collaboration with Artista

White Canvas Project advertisement 

For more information about the artist, visit her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AmaraPorDios

Kef!

Another recognisable street artist is Kef!, a German-based artist. Kef!'s work, like Amara Por Dios, consists of bold and black lines and bright colours to create shapes. However, his style does not include abstract human-like faces. Often, these appear to be animals. There are also a greater number of lines.

For more information on Kef!, view his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kefart

Airborne Mark

Airborne Mark's (also known as The Pilot) work reminds me of Victorian steampunk with one-eyed metal creatures and characters. He creates a lot of this work, including planes, in his art.

Masai

Street artist Masai specialises in painting realistic-looking animals and is inspired by African tribes and African animals. Normally, the portraits of the animals highlight conservation causes. There was an excellent piece of his work completed this summer of a quilt-patch hippo, but it was painted over extremely quickly and I never got a photograph of it.  

Massai, Kef! and Airbourne Mark

However, wooden birdhouses were placed upon some walls in east London, and these have been attributed to Masai.

Cheba

Cheba is a Bristol-based street artist. This year, he painted one of the Gromit sculptures (Grosmos) for the Gromit Unleashed art and charity exhibit. In the autumn, he painted on scaffolding on Brick Lane. The patterns was similar to the Gromit that he painted.

Untay

Untay is an Isaeli-based street artist. I caught him starting a work featuring with horses on Brick Lane.

Untay and a similar style piece by KLO (bottom)

Neoh

Neoh's street art depicts abstract ballerina girls. You can often see these figures dotted around east London. Typically, blue or purple paint is also used to draw the girls.

Neoh (including early work and the last two are the most recent)

Macay

Macay's (real name Macarena Yanez) work shows vintage-themed paste-ups of large birds, floral displays and people in vintage dress. The artist is from Chile, and she created some work around Redchurch Street in east London ahead of her exhibit.  

More of her work can be seen here: http://www.macayanez.com/

Red Gallery #R3D

The Red Gallery commissioned some artwork, which I photographed below. For more information, visit their website: http://www.redgallerylondon.com/

Bom.K and Liliwenn

Last summer, French street artist Bom.K and Liliwenn collaborated on a large wall on Hanbury Street off of Brick Lane. The mural depicted several parts of faces.

Jo Peel

This artist creates architectural scenes. More work can be found at the artist's website here: http://www.jopeel.com 

Jo Peel

Fintan Magee

After Jo Peel's work, Fintan Magee painted on the large wall near Old Street (at the Foundry). More work from the artist can be found here: http://www.fintanmagee.com/wall/ 

Fintan McGee

I'm not sure who the artist is who painted the artwork with numbers.

The above is various work, including an unknown "wake up! Listen! what is your mission?" piece, work by Vexla, work by Piano, and work by LostMonkey.