mr.besk in Instanbul (2018)

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Mary C

Because COVID is still slowing everyone down, I continue to search through old travel pictures because I know that there are still lots of photos of street art that I haven’t shared. Today I found four murals by mr.besk that I saw the last time that I was in Instanbul. They feature yellow outlines and little Basquiat-type three pointed crowns.

street art mural by Turkish artist mr besk of a person playing a traditional musical instrument, either a saz or a baglama, while wearing a white star wars type mask — Traditional clothing and a pearl necklace with a very untraditional mask

street art mural by Turkish artist mr besk of a young man singing into a hand held microphone

street art mural by Turkish artist mr besk of an official looking Turkish man wearing a fez

street art mural by Turkish artist mr besk of Albert Einstein on a red wall. Yellow outline of Einstein's head plus a small yellow crown with three points above his head. — Albert Einsten making faces on Turkgucu

other Artist Lane murals and graffiti, Windsor, 2018

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Mary C

Artist Lane runs parallel to Chapel Street between Green and Union streets, just north of Windsor railway station. Most of the lane is covered with street art of some sort.

street art painting of a man's head, a woman's head and a bird's head, all above a text piece

street art painting in Artist Lane of a man with two merged heads. He has one set of hair, four eyes, two noses, one mouth. below: Four hairy dudes by AEON aka Tom Gerrard
stencils of four people's heads with bright orange hair

Artist Lane, Windsor, Melbourne with street art on garages and walls

street art in Artist Lane, two faces, one man in orange hat, also a fish

a blue mural at the end of Artist Lane, a blue creature

below: “I ain’t afraid of no ghost”, says the cat the skull and the devil.

black drawings on white of a cat head, and a skull. cat has word balloon that says I am not afraid of ghosts

graffiti of a cat in egyptian goddess outfit
below: Fresh presto phats diva!
a text abstract street art with the words fresh presto phats written in the top corner

section of a large series of murals along Artist Lane

below: A tropical scene by Skr3am (aka Skream III)

a mural by skr3am of a tropical beach sunset with palm trees

mural of a dog's head in blue with a large nose

Artist Lane, Windsor, Melbourne with street art on garages and walls
realistic street art painting of a man's portrait in grey tones, black and white

street art, a cartoon painting man with a hat with rabbit ears, he is eating a carrot

mural thati includes a large spray paint can with arms, legs, a mouth and a very big red tongue

a paper paste up of a brass faucet that is peeling away, on a pole in Artist Lane

an eye ball in the middle of a palm of a hand, graffiti

street art in an alcove, up under air conditioning units and plumbing, looks like a sea creature with a big mouth and teeth

Chapel St. tiger, Fitzroy

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Mary C

On the corner of Chapel and Johnston in Fitzroy there was once a tiger mural painted by Lauren YS (seen in December 2018). It was a tiger with sharp teeth and a long red tongue. Its tail curled around two tattooed faceless women dressed in red.

mural by Lauren YS of a large black and white tiger with its tail curled around two women dressed in Asian red dresses and with tattoos on arms and legs

part of a mural by Lauren YS squid licker of a black and white tiger's head

part of a mural by Lauren YS, two women in Asian red dresses with hair in two buns

Red head on Gore St., Fitzroy

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Mary C

Covid is still playing havoc on travel so I am starting to work through some archives of photos. This mural was seen at Gore and Johnston in Fitzroy (Melbourne in December 2018) on the BIBA Academy building and barber shop.

red head woman lying prone in a mural, blue eyes, her head is abov a door on Gore Street in Fitzroy.

white car parked in front of a mural of a woman lying down on stomach, with very long red hair, part of naked body obscured by the windows

legs of naked woman in mural above windows in the building. cars parked in front of it

murals and mosaics on the stairs

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Mary C

More street art from Guayaquil Ecuador starting with two murals at the top of the stairs.

below: A queen bee by the flowers

mural, a large bee with a crown above its head

below: A soldier is being thrown from his horse, a mural by Einer, 2017

mural by einer, a man is being thrown from a horse

The walls along the sides of the stairs are lined with other murals such as this astronaut in his rocket.

street art painting of an astronaut with a helmet on inside the round window of a rocket

There are also lots of mosaics

staircase outside, wall is covered with mosaics, with city beyond a wrought iron fence

mosaics on a wall beside the stairs, a skull, wavy lines,

mosaic of a person with bridght yellow wings

mosaics, 3 scenes, one is people under an umbrella, 2 houses one red and one yellow, and a fish swimming in a creek

mosaics on a wall beside the stairs, white star, blue star, church, and a black insect

city houses on a hill with stairs below, mosaics on the wall

graffiti on an old building

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Mary C

What looks to be an abandoned house in Guayaquil that has some street art and graffiti on it. Some nice painting, some scribbles. Animals too – cat, dog, mouse, and bird.

cat mural on a boarded up door

street art and graffiti on an abandoned building in Guayaquil Ecuador

graffiti on an old house

painting of a yellow cat with abstract details in green and purple

red blobs on yellow, some blue line drawings of cat, dog, and mouse,

brotha y otha

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Mary C

The largest throw-up on this wall in Cuenca Ecuador was easily read as ‘brotha’. The other (or otha) throw-ups are not as legible although one might be ‘llama’. The murals are where calle Jose Alvear meets Av Fray Vincente Solano

large brotha throw-up in orange and yellow

a grey elephant with a baseball cap that says Cuenca on it, also letters, possibly L and L, mural on a wall,

mural on a wall with a large tiger head as well as the head of a bird, also two throw-ups, text,

street art, upright green crocdile with black sunglasses and holding a baseball bat text throw-up in purple and green mural, picture of a yelling man with mouth wide open showing crooked teeth, balding, overweight,

Pictures taken in January 2018

little stencils seen around Cuenca

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Mary C

Stencils on the walls of Cuenca, January 2018

below: Lucha Social, Siembra (social struggles or fight)

below: Adagio = something done slowly, with a lethargic tempo

below: The outline of a bull

below: Equating Mickey Mouse, and Disney, with death

below: Girl with a balloon

below: Pigs can fly!

at Milton and Saint-Famille

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Mary C

In an residential section of Montreal,

street in Montreal with stairs leading to front doors of houses, some snow, a mural on the side of building that you can see part of

a large mural of a woman on the side of a row of old stone houses

below: A boy with a slingshot by mateo

mural of a boy with a slongshot by mateo on the side of cash and grocery store on Milton St in Montreal

below: Large mural of woman by Drew Merritt
large mural of a woman from shoulders up, wearing blue jacket over olive and pink tops, long brown hair, a tree with no leaves is in front, two people walking past on the sidewalk

new slaps on Toronto streets

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Mary C

below: The garbage always leaks before you can get rid of the bag! A trashy Daught calm sticker.

below: Knome with an expression of alarm. a cute little sketchnate puppy and urban ninja squadron sprouted big ears when tbonez teamed up with srats (sketchrats). All on the side of a Canada Post mail box.

below: 1. The woman with a heart for an eye (got her eye on love?) looks like the work of Italian street artist c_ska. It also looks like she’s taking her temperature. Another c_ska sticker is a naked backside (or is it?) on top of an urban ninja squadron. Yes, you can make jokes about being on top. 2. Talking about jokes, playing on words is daught calm’s ‘be a tuber’ YouTube dig. I guess that’s better than being a potato. 3. The little orange guy, pizza guy? pizza face? is by sketch nate.

below: Red chick light bulb, lites creation.

below: Looking for a drink?

below: Brian has become an astronaut.

below: Morbid, Icey, etc. along with the bearded face of No love; Alone boy in black and white by ozokoh. And of course, don’t worry. It took a while… but see that grey face and its mysterious signature? It’s a lino print by Brian (aka bodh.io)