a mural by Zabou
This happy playful mural can be seen on Rue Godefroy in the 13th arr. It is one of many in Paris painted by Zabou, a French artist now living in England.





a mural by Zabou
This happy playful mural can be seen on Rue Godefroy in the 13th arr. It is one of many in Paris painted by Zabou, a French artist now living in England.
Graffiti and street art seen in Baptist Lane, CBD
below: looking down the lane. On the immediate right is an old mural of the Last Supper which has been scrawled over almost to the point of making the mural indecipherable.
below: A blank eyed bride with her flowers
below: Two faced and holding up a jacket.
below: Red brick wall and a window box
below: I’m against all authority except my mother (close enough translation anyhow).
below: Studying the hole in the fence
below: Two little cats
in Montreal.
below: This large mural by M.C. Baldassari is at one end of the lane, at Prince Arthur.
below: The very bottom part of the mural
As you walk down the lane, there are a number of older murals along with a lot of graffiti.
below: A Waxhead creation
below: Three mermaids by three different artists including lulukathulu and Amanda Valdes
below: A blue eye on the door. With a smaller eye drawn inside it.
below: Some of the murals have been tagged over. Parts of the pink animals (and blue dog) are still peeking out above the mess.
More Denver street art from this past summer.
below: A blue astronaut
Like a number of cities have done, Denver has a district where large murals and other street art is encouraged. In Denver’s case it is the River North (RiNo) Art District and the most street art is found along Larimer Street although I also found some at the top of Blake Street. Here is the first batch of murals and paintings that I saw.
below: Love This City mural. It is one of three ‘love’ murals, one in each of three neighbourhoods, by Pat Milbery.
below: A colourful head by Detour303
below: by Chris Spade. Haven’t you always wanted an octopus on your head?
below: Snarling at people on the street. Or maybe he’s screaming.
below: A purplish woman in profile, with red and reddish circles.
below: What one can do with a wall that isn’t flat. From one side you see a boy, walk in the other direction and you see a girl. Stand across the street and look straight at the building, the people disappear. This is “Larimar Boy and Girl” by Jeremy Burns.
below: Peaking out from behind the porch
below: by Gamma Gallery
below: I am not sure if this mural, painted by Max Sansing (MAX) means anything. The orange melting over the blue makes it look very creepy. I like the little purple girl on the tire swing though.
below: Another colourful head on a door. This one is by illson.
below: A grid pattern of stylized flowers on Blake Street.
below: Keep an open mind.
below: It’s an ad for Botanicare but it’s roots are in street art.
below: An MCLN pasteup featuring his Plague Doctor character walking old streets. A lost world of memories? Or Memories of a lost world?
below: The London Overground passes the north side of the park.
below: An unreadable sign.
below: The northeast exit from the park is a walkway that leads to Brick Lane.
below: The northeast corner of the park.
Just east of Commercial street in Tower Hamlets, Shoreditch is Jerome Street, one of many little streets in the area. The old home of Godfrey Phillips Ltd, tobacco and cigarette manufacturers is at the corner of Jerome and Commercial. The lower level with the red brick and large windows is now a restaurant.
below: It’s a bird, it’s a plane…. no it’s suit wearing mallards with proper footwear. Face the Strange.
below: Go fly your kite with this cute teddy bear by unify.
below: An assortment of stickers and paste ups. A man with Mickey Mouse ears – Magic Kingdon, Join the Club. Three of the posters are in Italian – one is mostly obscured by the skull, the one below the skull translates to “I have the memory of a goldfish” and the one above Mickey ears is a longer description of how this person can’t describe is love for another. The poetry is the work of Movimento per l’Emancipazione della Poesia.
below: A tribute to Prince
below: Another assortment of stickers and paste ups. Another Join the Club, Mickey mouse based paste up – this time with “Where dreams come true”. Also, more Face the Strange but instead of flying ducks, we have fruit portraits. Do men look better with grapes or oranges instead of faces? I like the matching gloves on strawberry man. Lastly, I think that’s Queen Elizabeth in the pink and blue poster, along with I made you a moron. Think of it what you will. I suspect that the Rebel Rabbet sticker was added later.
below: Stick figures with something to say, even if it’s things like “Danger is only safe in pairs”, “Once all this was just a memory” and “You can’t paint a hen”.
below: The whole wall (fence)
below: Another view of the street
below: London beach on construction hoardings
Photos taken in September 2016
The Bernard Shaw, in a building built in 1895, is a pub on Richmond Street South in Dublin. I had heard that there was some street art in the vicinity, so a detour was made to that part of Dublin. The building looks like it needs a coat of paint!
below: A brightly coloured bird flies on one side of the pub
below: A peacock continues the bird theme on the other side of the Bernard Shaw.
Perhaps that’s him on the wall above?
below: Don’t forget to look up too.
below: “Our bodies, our lives, our choice” mural. Part of the “Repeal the 8th” campaign, an abortion rights campaign to call for a referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment to the Constitution of the Republic of Ireland. The 8th amendment criminalizes abortion in all cases except where to continue a pregnancy would result in death of the mother.
In the same area there was a car park… or construction site… or just a series of walls covered with street art and graffiti. Not much of it was noteworthy but here are a few pictures just the same.
below: This one accompanies a happy birthday and I love you message written for Angela, presumably written by Caolan.