Dusseldorf, big and small

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… a few things seen as I walked around Dusseldorf on a rainy day.

below: At the train station – not really street art? But it’s a colourful addition to a grey platform.

below: One of the original pieces of street art in Dusseldorf is this large yellow Monkey that appears to be painted by a group of smaller monkeys. It was painted in 1969 by the Majo Brothers. The title is, appropriately “Affe” which is German for monkey. You could probably call it Der Gelbe Affe, or the Yellow Monkey.

below: Joseph Beuys is memorialized in this large portrait – he was a native of Dusseldorf who was influential in the development of the city from the 1960s until his death in 1986. One of his famous phrases is, “Everyone is an artist”.

street art mural in Dusseldorf Germany

below: Complex and largely symmetrical in shades of pink and purple is one way to describe this mural by HowNosm (or How & Nosm), a partnership between brothers Raoul and Davide Perre.

street art mural in Dusseldorf Germany
street art mural in Dusseldorf Germany

below: This is a large-scale, monochrome mural realistically depicting a person’s feet as they stand. They are wearing old boots (or shoes) and you can also see the bottom of their pant legs in the image. The artist was Hendrik Beikirch (aka ECB).

street art mural in Dusseldorf Germany, by Hendrik Beikirch, monochrome, boots and bottom of pants leg, on the side of a building

below: “Meat is Murder” he says as he holds out a sausage.

rough street art painting in Dusseldorf Germany, green male figure holding a sausage in one hand, text on painting says meat is murder
throw up wild style urban art

below: “No more wore” written on the Ukrainian flag.

graffiti of blue and yellow ukrainian flag

below: Floral dog on a black and white slap, image by Christin Wenga.

black and white graffiti slap on pole, image of a dog, by Christin Wenga

below: Sad face with a blotch of yellow on his forehead.

graffiti portrait, sad face

below: “Nix Gelernt?” Nothing Learned?

graffiti sticker with words, Hans, nix gelernt?

below: In the center, raising the flag but it has been altered from the original photograph of the American the flag being raised at Iwo Jima on 23 Feb 1945 to an Anarchist flag. In the bottom corner is a small League of Legends sticker

graffiti slaps on a pole in Dusseldorf

below: His burning inside produces enough hot air to keep him afloat. There is a word written on his T-shirt which might give some clue as to the artist who created this large paste-up but I haven’t been able to find any answers online.

black line drawing graffiti of a large balloon headed character, hot air in balloon is making him float through the air

below: The thirteen of hearts and a pinwheel of robotic arms.

Three graffiti slaps, one is a line drawing of a mobile phone, another is a playing card thirteen of hearts, and the other is a pinwheel or gear cog made of robot arms or gloves in a circle

below: mmm

graffiti face on a brick wall, very pink face, yellow eyes, and open small mouth

below: A bright green potted barrel cactus “growing” on a concrete wall.

paper paste up wheatpaste on concrete wall, a bright green barrel cactus in a pot,

below: Another dusseldorf monkey, not so big this time.

a monkey sticker on a grey metal pole

below: A lot of advice packed into a small space. “Don’t Panic”, “Be Big”, as well as “Never ever on a first date”.

6 graffiti posters hung together on a concrete wall, most have text - don't panic, you the people have the power, be big, never ever on a first date,

below: Red head.

red stencil of a woman with long hair, seen in profile, also a small red heart beneath the portrait

below: Framed twice.

old brick building with boarded up windows, windows used as frames for 2 paper paste up wheatpaste graffiti pieces, on left is cartoon character in blue, on the right is bald headed person with garland of flowers around head, head only, no body

below: For aspiring photographers – here is one way to display your work. Do you think that is effective? Worth the effort?

many coloured photos mounted on large white sheets of paper or bristol board, and then mounted on plywood, displayed outside

close up of part of one panel, many coloured photos mounted on large white sheets of paper or bristol board, and then mounted on plywood, displayed outside

below: I’m not sure who it is, but they have very big black and blue lace-up shoes.

Dusseldorf slaps - bright sticker of characted with big blue and black lace up running shoes

below: “Love will tear us apart”

Dusseldorf slaps - some graffiti slaps on a wall including a yellow square with words, love will tear us apart, also diamond shape face with big red mouth, turquise top, black and white striped bottom, blue eyes,

Photos taken November 2025

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