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Brick Lane, Shoreditch

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There is a lot of street art and graffiti in Shoreditch and one of the streets where it is plentiful is Brick Lane.   There is much more than be covered in one blog post.  What follows is a selection of the street art that I saw in that area back in March.  I’ve tried to find the artist as often as possible…  but it’s not always possible!

below: Four people, quadruplets, standing at attention with eyes forward, on a wall.

paste up of four men standing in a line, shoulder to shoulder, on a background of graffiti tags.

below: Letters pasted on a wall, “Expand your comfort zone” but with D, U and Z missing.
A couple of faces looking on.

words on a graffiti covered wall that once said Expand your comfort zone, but some of the letters are missing and others are starting to peel.
below: Posters by agheras73 aka Arturo Garcia de las Heras

a row of posters showing a man in various jumping poses, each with a different coloured background, green, orange, red and blue.

street art of a man with skull face, helmet and googles on his forehead, ammo belt across his chest.

paste up of a woman's head, black sunglasses, with some red details and highlights on her face

below: On the left is a woman in profile by Irish artist Iljin.

three graffiti faces on a wall, one woman in profile painted in blues and two identical black and white paste ups of a young man

street art and graffiti on a wall, a woman in a green skirt suit and some creature's heads

below: Blue head, red head, @ne_illustration aka Nathan Evans.

two large heads by ne illustrations, a blue head and a red head.

below: Love, love bunny-ish paste up and love on polka dots.

a square paste up of a rabbit's head and a circular paste up below it, white polka dots on blue with the word love written in cursive in the center.

 

below: “This being human is a guest house.”

scribbled drawn line drawing of a face with a wide open mouth, amongst other written graffiti on the wall

below: He stands guard by the door while she watches the passersby.

a very small black stencil of a man with a target as a head, standing on a wall, with feet at sidewalk level . Near him is a woman's face painted on the wall of a doorway

below: A likeness of Frida Kahlo sitting cross legged with her hands in her lap, a few scribbles by Elsie and a paste up of Lt. Vincent and his cat  – his red, white and blue character is seen  running all over Shoreditch.

a paste up of Frida sitting crossed legged on the floor, hands in lap,

below: What do a plastic toy helicopter and airplane, a scrunched up foil wrapper, part of a German cigarette package (rauchen mindert ihre fruchtbarkeit = smoking reduces fertility), a pink pencil and a picture of what looks like Richard Nixon (who is it?) have to do with each other?  Not sure, you’ll have to ask artist Mr. Fahrenheit.  He’s the maker of the art with U R so Porno Baby.

street art picture of Richard Nixon's head, with red paint splattered below.

below: Queen Elizabeth over and over again (also the work of Mr. Fahrenheit), along with Pinch Rio whoever he may be.  Do the numbers on the poster have any significance?  The bottom line is a date but the others are a mystery.

many identical paste ups of Queen Elizabeth's head, outlined in different colours, pasted on a wall,

Fishers Lane, Fitzroy

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Photos taken of the graffiti and street art in Fishers Lane back in February.

below: Welcome to Bali, vol II by BMD, being drawn with a pencil, and it comes complete with a pink earthworm crawling through the mural and the building.

muralby BMD on the upper level of a red brick building. Cigarette box shaped box, front is green with a picture of an little island with one little palm tree and a large earthworm coming out of the sand. a large pencil is seen drawing the picture

below: Garfield gets in on the act too. He’s writing on the walls “Nothing but Trouble”

street art mural of Garfield the Cat holding a marker and writing on the wall, Nothing but Trouble

below: A mural by Drew Funk, Deb and Monkey the roller derby women.

a mural showing two women ready for roller derb

below: Part of the alley, with another mural by Drew Funk in the foreground.

view of a lane with graffiti and street art on both sides

below: Even though this paste up is fraying at the edge, it still looks interesting. The interaction of two people in blank masks.

fraying paste up (large) of two people in blank masks. One is seated. The other is reaching out to him or her, on a brick wall in an alley

below: Four square pieces of wood, each with an insect – or at least I assume that the one on the left once had an insect on it.  The mosaic piece looks like something invader would make, but as far as I know he hasn’t been in Melbourne.  It may also be a character from a video game?

four square pieces of wood mounted on a wall, each with a picture of an insect. Above it is a creature, walking on two legs, made of black and blue mosaic tiles

below: Paste up, a woman in profile, on the open hand of a woman – herself?

small black and white paste up of an open hand holding a round shape with a woman's head in profile in it.

below:  A suited man with a bird in a birdcage instead of a head, at the rear of 285 Brunswick.  It is signed javer.

paper pasteup of a black and white drawing of a man's torso with a birdcage instead of a head. One black bird in the cage. It's on a door with lots of scribbles graffiti and a sign that says 285

below:  Two more javer pasteups.  Another man with a replaced head as well as a misfit woman.

2 paste ups on a boarded up space on a wall. One is a person with a black t shirt with the word Misfits on it. The other is a man sitting on a stool but instead of a head he has the speaker part of an old gramophone

below: One more javer paste-up.  This time it’s all about water, water falling from the sky and small puddles below.  The words written on the background paper are definitions of scientific terms dealing with liquids, terms such as dew point and absolute humidity.

paste up of a black silhouette of a man holding an umbrella and walking through large rain drops.

below: A bird by Sugar, a street artist who likes to paint murals of animals.

mural of a large bird head, light grey head, blue and black beak, brown body feathers, sign by sugar, on a white wall in an alley

below: At first I thought the title of this piece is Lost the Plot, but that’s actually the moniker used by the artist who painted this.

street art in teals and magenta, with words written small in the corner 'Lost the Plot' signature seems to be NCWB

below:  Unfortunately I can’t figure out who the artist is for this one.
a large text street art piece in black, white and red, on a fence,

below: He looks at the world through a different set of lenses.

graffiti and street art on a wall, some scrawls and scribbles but also one man's face, wearing glasses with red and white concentric circles instead of lenses

below: This sad looking girl was hiding in a very narrow space.

paste up of a black drawing on white, a girls head with very long hair looks over the top of a group of high rise buildings, cloud ans round sun behind her

below: A little hummingbird hovering on the wall.

a stencil in teal and black of a hummingbird hovering

below: Another view of the lane.

the backs of buildings in a lane. An old wood fence, with a tree behind it. A taller white building among some shorter buildings. sunny day, blue sky, Melbourne Australia.

below: Babushka dolls paste up

2 large paper paste ups of babushka doll shaped women. One with eyes open and smiling and the other with eyes closed.

some more Fitzroy murals

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Some murals found in Fitzroy

large mural of a man standing waist deep in water holding onto a folded paper boat in both hands. A seagull is flying past. The man is fully clothed.

below: By Plea and Dem 189, a mural

large mural by Plea and DEM 189, of an older man on a unicycle with many things on his back including a monkey and a parrot in a cage

below: A mural dedicated to Adriano by Seth (Julien Mallard), Sirum, Dem 189, Plea, and Mike Maka on Rochester street.

mural on Rochester steet in Fitzroy, boy sitting on ground with his head looking up and into a circular rainbow. Above him is a scene with skulls

below: Mural of a woman by Cam Scale.

large two storey mural on a red brick building, by Cam Scale, of a woman's head and face, long black hair.

below: portrait of Raimond Graita, Australian philosopher and writer.

mural in black and white of Raimond Graita on a garage door.

below: Mural on the side of the Napier Hotel, rhinos by Putos.

Napier Hotel, with a mural on the side, two animal like creatures, one (on the left) is a rhino

rhinos mural by putos on the side of the Napier Hotel.

below: Living the dream

a mural of many geometric shapes on the side of a building, also with the words living the dream
below: Concentric blue patterns on the corner of George  and Moor.

a building on a corner of an intersection, white, with concentric circles of blue patterns.

below: The belle and the bull-headed ranger, sizzling true story, real to life marionettes.

mural with the words (red lettering on yellow), The belle and the bull-headed ranger, along with a picture of a bull

below: Leaving the brick untouched, blue wall mural by Deams

mural by deams in melbourne, negative space, wall has been painted blue except for patches where the original brick is left unpainted.

mural by deams in melbourne, negative space, wall has been painted blue except for patches where the original brick is left unpainted. close up

below: large tribute mural painted by DMA (Da Mad Art) crew: Kidparis, Peril and New2

large mural in Fitzroy by kidparis, Peril, and New2, who collectively are the DMA crew, with the words From Queens come Kings, by Da Mad Art, or DMA for short

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Collins street women

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Two large murals featuring women’s faces can been seen on Little Collins street just east of Exhibition street.  Both were painted by street artist Rone.  The most prominent mural is 12m high and can easily be seen from the street.

Large mural of a woman's head on a building, black and white and gray, one hand is touching her cheek.

below: Slightly back from the street is a smaller mural with the faces of three more women.  Most of Rone’s work features women’s faces.

mural in grey tones of three women's heads on black background. Flower garden in front of them, city buildings behind them.

below: To me, it looks like she is trying to rub or scratch off the security camera.

close up of Large mural of a woman's head on a building, black and white and gray, one hand is touching her cheek.

Bedford, Denison and Alton murals

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Bedford St., Denison St. and Alton Lane are all close to Newton train station.  Bedford runs parallel to the train tracks and some of the murals painted there can be seen from the other side of the tracks.

below: The house on the corner of Bedford and Denison is covered with this woman’s face.

A house on a corner that has been covered with a mural of a woman's face in black, white and grey. Her nose and mouth are on the first storey, her eyes are on the upper storey

below: The side of the same house as the above picture, also has a mural painted on it.

A mural on a wall, includes a black man with beard and mustache and red rimmed glasses, also includes a realistic looking crocodile

part of a larger mural, a realistic looking crocodile with lots of teeth

below: Across the street, on Denison, is another mural

mural of blobs and shapes in different colours on a wall in an alley

below: The mural above continues on Alton Lane

large two storey mural in a lane in Newtown Sydney

part of a larger mural in an alley, two faces in bright colours,

part of a larger mural, two figures, a man and a woman, are leaping together, legs parallel, their arms are outstretched and together they are holding a framed picture of a person.

below: Across the lane is another mural.

part of a larger mural, a hand and arm, as well as a purple hand with fingers crosses, also a purple man like creature.

part of a larger mural, a kookaburra bird sitting on a branch with its beak open wide., yellow background

very large street art painting of an upstretched arm and open hand, in grey
part of a larger mural with a skull, a bone in a hole and a sunflower growing out of the top of the skull

some Fitzroy murals

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below: Adnate’s woman in blue near Johnston and Brunswick.

mural of two women, three stories high,

mural of two women, three stories high,

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below:  Astronaut surfing Hokusai’s Great Wave at Napier and St. David streets

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below: Praying mantis

street art of a praying mantis on the side of a wall

below: Suited up lion on safari with his bunny beside him.

mural of lion (person's body, lion's head) holding a machine gun and standing beside a person with a white rabbit head and pink ears

below: Face among the grasses.

in an alley, mural of a person's face, looking over his/her shoulder at the street

below: Dog and men

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mural of two men's faces in grey tones, with tags on the bottom portion

below: Harlem Globetrotters, right and left sections of the same mural.

mural of the Harlem globetrotters basketball team bouncing basketballs

mural of Harlem globetrotters basketball team crowded into a red, white and blue bus.

Collingwood murals

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Some of the murals that I have seen in Collingwood (part of Melbourne) in the past few days.

below: Refugee by Fintan Magee

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below:  I am having trouble finding out the artist’s name. Skoutut?  Skoukit?

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below: It says “Viva Frida”on the hat but I can’t read the signature.

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below: by Nomad?

Nomad street art painting of a woman in profile with long black hair and red flowers in her hair.

I am not sure if the above is by Nomad because when I was researching him online,
I found this photo:

Melbourne mural by Nomad

below: by 90 degrees

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below: by Lucy Lucy and Slicer, both of AWOL Crew

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below: by Nicola Jones

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murals, Rochester New York

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Wall/Therapy

Wall Therapy is now an annual event in Rochester New York. It started in 2012 with 11 street artists painting 16 different walls in the city. From their website, Wall Therapy is “a public community-level intervention using mural art as a vehicle to address our collective need for inspiration.” The Wall Therapy website also has a map of the locations of the murals. They are spread around the city. It is possible that some of these murals are not actually a part of the Wall Therapy project.

photos taken in June and September of 2015

 

below: ‘Anabel’ by Faring Purth, on 4th Street.

mural on the side of a black brick building, of a woman done in wide strokes of different blues, yellows and white. Upper body, mostly in profile, with her elbow bent and her hand turned towards her arm.

below: ‘Rhapsody’ by Faith47 with a close up of the skull below it.  Pleasant Street.

mural of a woman looking upward with a light radiating from her hands, a skull is below and beside her.

detail of a larger mural - a large skull with a flower

below: Jimi Hendrix, by Ernest Shaw Jr., 2014, on King Street

A brightly coloured man's face, that looks like the famous guitar player Jimi Hendrix, is painted on the back of a building, but it is behind a chain link fence. There is a vine growing on the fence that looks like it might be the man's hair.

below: ‘Untitled (Eagle and Wave), by DALeast, on West Main Street.

A bird in flight, street art mural, black on red brick.

part of a mural, an abstract looking boat with a wave of water, all done in black

below: ‘Etty’ by Faring Purth, under the railway bridge at Brown and Silver Streets.
The bridge is in a dark spot and the mural is long. (4 photos)

mural of a woman's head, lying on her side, under a rusty railroad bridge, by Faring Purth

Detail of a large mural. This picture shows a bird in flight swooping down to catch a worm that is being held by the fingers of a hand.

middle part of a long mural of a woman lying down, her hand is in her pocket which is also a bird nest. Five or six birds are in the picture, a couple tucked under her arm, some lying on her.

part of a long mural under a railway bridge, the end of the mural with a person's feet and large toes, with two birds also in the picture.

below: `From the Ruins` by Mr. Prvt and Msshaftway on the side of Cook Iron Store, Andrews Street

Long mural on the side of Cooks Iron Store, many falcons in flight over a city skyline at sunset. Taller buildings are in the background, empty parking lot is in the foreground.

part of a mural, falcons flying over a city skyline at sunset

below: I Got You, by Elicser, West Main and Canal

mural on the back of a red brick building, beside a metal exterior staircase, of a man carrying a woman on his back. Above the picture are the words I Got You

below: ‘Avery’ by Jarus, 2014, on Palmer Street (Fedder Industrial Park)

A mural by Jarus of a woman on a water tower (or silo shaped storage tower).

below: ‘The Red Dress’ by Jarus, Seward Street.

mural on the side of building, woman in a red dress lounging on a couch, dark background

below: ‘Love is Sacrifice’ by Jeff Soto and Maxx242, at Rochester Public Market

Love is sacrifice mural showing a woman with yellow hair that could also be a bird. Two vibrant blue roses are by her ears.

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below: `Martin Luther King’ by Case, on Park Avenue.

Mural of Martin Luther King on the back of a building. The building has a balcony on which is a barbecue and some chairs. In the mural, his hands are coloured, one in greens and one in reds.

below: by Troy Lovegates, 2014, Fedder Industrial

very large mural on the side of a building, three men and a cloud. One man has blue hands.

below: by Conor Harrington, on the wall of Historic Houseparts, on South Ave.
On a photo of the original mural there was no red colour.

Wall Therapy mural in Rochester, on the side of a building, in black and white, what looks like one man murdering another, the blood is red which is the only colour in the painting

below: by Cern, 2012, Pennsylvania Ave.,

Wall Therapy mural in Rochester, on the side of a building, whimsical elephant, cat, and other animals,

below: by David Walker, 2014, on Goodman St.

Wall Therapy mural in Rochester, on the side of a building, two large bluish faces looking up towards the sky. A car is parked in front of it.

below: Untitled (Fish Market) by Alexis Diaz, West Main Street

mural in a blue triangle of a person like shape with a three eyed fish as it`s head, upper body made of a tightly woven vine, heart with a keyhole in it, hand

below: Fox and Rabbit by Mr. Pvrt, 2013, on Comfort St.

Wall Therapy mural in Rochester, on the side of a building, A very realistic looking fox with round beady eyes

mural painting of a verylarge rabbit head on the second storey of a store, A and Z South Market.

below: Armand from House of Guitars, by John Perry, 2014, on Pennsylvania Ave.

Wall Therapy mural in Rochester, on the side of a building, a very large hand is hold a TV screen. A man with big bunny ears seems to be coming out of the screen along with a word bubble that says "hop hop"

below: Pixel Pancho, 2013

Wall Therapy mural in Rochester, on the side of a building, a picture of a boy hugging a robot head that has plants starting to grow up around it

below: Sea Creature, by Bile, on the wall of Stanley Steemer, South Ave.

A pink squid like marine creature under the water, but it's tentacles become very tag like

below: Mermaid, by Case, 2012, on Pennsylvania Ave.

A large mural of a mermaid swimming in the water with another woman on her back - the other woman is wearing a white bathing cap and orange arm floaties.

below: by Liqen, 2012, on Pennsylvania Ave., by Public Market

Wall Therapy mural in Rochester, on the side of a building, black line drawing of a very large eagle on its back, tied down as well as locked and chained. A soldier with a machine gun is guarding the eagle.

below: by Mike Ming, South Ave. on the north side of Personal FX Hair Studio

mural of bright coloured swirls and curved shapes.

below: by Sam Rodriguez, 2014, on Greenleaf St.

Mural of a large pink and purple face with letters in different colours painted on top of parts of it. One eye, nose and open mouth are visible.

below: by Omen, on Greenleaf St.

mural of a woman, very realistic looking, lying on her side with her eyes closed. It covers two garage doors.

below: by HowNosm, on Pitkin St. by Harts Local Grocers.

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below: Understand, by Adam Francey, South Ave. on the south side of Personal FX Hair Studio

colourful mural of abstract figues, faces, birds, and fish on the side of a building, There is one word written on mural and it is "understand"

detail of one of the faces in a colourful mural of abstract figues, faces, birds, and fish on the side of a building, There is one word written on mural and it is "understand"

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below: Discount Evolution by DALeast, 2012

Wall Therapy mural in Rochester, on the side of a building, a long whale in grey and black

below: by Omen, July 2014, on East Main St.

Wall Therapy mural in Rochester, on the side of a building, a three storey high black and grey woman looking over her shoulder

below: The World is Yours, by Queen Andrea, 2014, on Greenleaf St.

Wall Therapy mural in Rochester, on the side of a building, colourful words in capital letters that say "The world is yours" in blue, pink, and red, and orange

below: by Thievin’ Stephen, 2012, on Pennsylvania Ave.

Thievin Stephen is the title, Wall Therapy mural in Rochester, on the side of a building, a man's torso in a light grey shirt, but with a cow head, pink background

below: `The Giant Storybook Project` by Herakut, Oct. 2012, on St. Paul Street

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top part of a tall mural showing a man's head with a white creature covering his head and looking like long wavy hair. With the word 'Will power always consume the ones that seek it?'

below: It rained the day that I was there and I didn’t realize that my pictures of this building were taken with raindrops on my camera lens.

six storey red brick building with two tall vertical murals on it, one on the left side and one on the right side.

below: A bear by Mr. Pvrt at Rochester Public Market

A mural of a grizzly bear face up close, his mouth is open and his teeth are showing

below: ‘Sleeping Bears’ by ROA, on St. Pauls Street,

Black and white and grey mural, very large, on the side of a building by a parking lot by ROA featuring 2 bears, one on top of the other. A car is parked in front of the mural. It is raining.

below: Luong Mural by Addison Karl, 2014, on Palmer Street (Fedder Industrial Park)

A large four storey mural of a man, upper body, in profile, in blues and purples. His hands are in front of him.

very large street art hand, part of a mural, in blues and purples on a turquoise wall

below: Untitled (REXY) by St. Monci and Justyn Iannucci, behind 700 South Avenue.

A low building has been painted grey and then rectangular shapes in red and turquoise have been painted on top of that.

below: ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’ behind South Ave near Gregory (and next to the one pictured above).

 

rock, paper, scissors mural in a parking lot with cars parked in front of it. Another mural is in the background

Detail of a larger mural. Showing two feet - one where the bottom of the foot is seen, and the other where the calf and toes are seen.

part of a larger mural - two hands, a red open hand and below it a closed green fist

below: The next four murals were on the side of the same building. I am fairly sure that it was at the end of Flint Street. It is definitely on the west side of the Genessee River by a street that dead ends at the Genessee Riverway Trail.

 

A mural by LanShonda Davis, yellow background, two faces in profile, both black tieh dreadlocks, one man, one woman, they are face to face and their noses are almost touching.

by LaShonda Davis

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A mural by Myron Hall on the side of a wall of many people, mostly men, standing around talking, singing and generally being social.

by Myron Hall

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a wall of a building, steps with a yellow metal rail lead to a red door. To the left of the door is a mural, green background, a man playing a saxophone with musical notes coming out of it. A pregnant woman is in the mural, she looks like she has just walked up the stairs. Instead of a baby, she is carrying a globe, the Earth.

 

A mural on the side of a building. Blue background. A young man with an Afro hair style is wearing red boxing gloves. The words on the mural say " To be once defeated is to find cause for an everlasting struggle to reach the top" It is a quote attributed to Marcus Garvey. The mural is signed by Lujar.

by LuJar

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below: The next three photos are at 400 Atlantic Avenue.

Three older buildings on Atlantic Avenue in Rochester. Two of the buildings have painted boards in their windows. The third building is a taller brick building with a mural at street level alongside the sidewalk.

street art art mural on the side of an embankment wall and lower part of a red brick building on Atlantic Ave in Rochester New York

below: ‘Together We Fall’ by Aaron Li-Hill

Together we fall, a mural by Aaron Li-Hill in white, grey and black on the side of a dark red brick building. Abstract looiking people.

below: At 430 Atlantic Avenue – this building was painted on three sides by four different artists, Daze, Nate Hodge, Eder Muniz and Vexta. Daze’s contribution is on the east side:

A mural on the side of a building in Rochester New York showing a large eye that is half green and half pink. Lots of swirls of colour as well. Also a small section is painted as a grid of different colours.

below: Vexta painted this face on the northeast corner 430 Atlantic

A very large man's face painted by Vexta in a mural, with a background of different coloured splotches.

below: The southeast corner of 430 Atlantic Avenue.

The corner of a one storey building that is covered in a blue and white bubbly looking mural. With a sign for Meier Supply, HVAC Specialists.

Front of a building covered with a mural in blues, yellows and white, clouds like blobs, yellow lines, very abstract mural.

below: ‘Untitled (Boy on Heart)’ by Icy and Sot, South Avenue.

a small street art painting on the upper storey, side of a building above 701 South Ave in Rochester. A boy in black and white is straddling a large red heart. She has a red rose in her hand

brick wall painted orange. A skull graffiti stencil is on the wall, just above ground level. A snowflake shaped graffiti in white next to it with the word gyde written in cursive

 I haven’t found any information on the remaining murals.

large mural of active people over the front entrance of a three storey building,

mural on a garage door of a dog and deer meeting nose to nose

mural of a boy and a bird. The bird is sitting on the boys head such that the feathers of the bird look like the boys hair.

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below: I haven’t been able to find any information yet about the next two murals either. They were both on South Ave. Liquor Store, to the south of most of the other murals that I saw. By the way, it was a nice little store with an interesting selection of wine.

on the side of a building, large eagle taking flight

mural on the corner of a building, The word home is written in large blue letters around the corner, and on one side of the building is a pair of eyes over a real window, and a woman sitting beside the window. It looks like she is sitting on the ground, one knee up and she is turned from the waist to look back at the viewer.

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