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around Ehrenfeld station

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The Ehrenfeld neighbourhood of Cologne is a “hotspot” for urban art of all sorts. This blogpost focuses on some of the murals and graffiti that I saw close to the train station. It is one of many posts featuring art in Arheneld.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Erheneld station,by Herakut, a girl and her dog. dog is wearing blue and white striped t shirt

below: By the German duo, Herakut, a girl and her dog in a blue and white striped shirt with words “Ohne dich würde ich mich nicht trauen” (Without you, I wouldn’t dare)

by Herakut, a girl and her dog. dog is wearing blue and white striped t shirt. text on mural says Ohne dich würde ich mich nicht trauen

below: This geometric creation by Zedz is beside the Lidl parking lot.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, geometric abstract by zedz on side of residential building
urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, geometric abstract by zedz on side of residential building

below: “Matriarchy” is a mural by Ukrainian street artist AEC Interesni Kazki (aka Aleksei Bordusov). There are two naked women – one black woman riding a tiger and one white-ish woman sitting under a red umbrella. That’s quite the platform that shes sitting on.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, "Matriarchy" by Ukrainian street artist AEC Interesni Kazki aka Aleksei Bordusov
urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, "Matriarchy" by Ukrainian street artist AEC Interesni Kazki aka Aleksei Bordusov, black woman sitting on tiger's back, grey person with top of head missing

below: SeiLeise (Tim Ossege)’s depiction of Cardinal Woelki’s as a Star Wars emperor wearing a dark habit and standing between two soldiers from the imperial guard of honour wearing red coverings and a fig leaf strategically placed.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, SeiLeise stencil, archbishop in black hooded robe, holding staff, accompanied by men draped in red so heads are hidden but fig leaf over groin

below: This European flag is also by SeiLeise, a flag where the gold stars are being methodically cut off and removed.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, stencil by SeiLeise, older man, seated, wearing suit cutting yellow stars off a European flag

below: “A Chinese Fairy Tale” was painted by Dabtar and A.Signl who are members of the street art crew Captain Borderline. Amnesty International and Colorrevoltion e.V. were also involved. Apparently the mural is a statement (or to raise awareness of?) the human rights situation in China. It dates from 2014.

restaurant patio in front of a wall with urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, A Chinese Fairy Tale" painted by the street art crew Captain Borderline, A.Signl and Dabtar, dragon puppet, panda mask,
urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, A Chinese Fairy Tale" painted by the street art crew Captain Borderline, A.Signl and Dabtar, dragon puppet, panda mask,

below: This 3D large mosaic head is an earlier work of Captain Borderline (2011).

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, 3D mosaic head by Captain Borderline, big white eyes and nose, red lips, closed mouth, big ears, bald
3D mosaic head by Captain Borderline, close up of nose, red lips, closed mouth

below: Once again, another Captain Borderline painting – this time they collaborated with local artist, Rakaposhii (mural ‘Mystical Wall’, shown in 4 photos)

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, mystical wall mural by Captain Borderline and Rakaposhii,
urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, part of mystical wall mural by Captain Borderline and Rakaposhii, two women, in black and white
urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, part of mystical wall mural by Captain Borderline and Rakaposhii, building with balcony railing, black and white tiled roof
urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, part of mystical wall mural by Captain Borderline and Rakaposhii,

below: This long wall was designed together by two street artists as part of the first City-Leaks Festival in 2011 – Swiss artist Smash137 and Dutch artist Zedz (see above mural). It’s title is “Musikalische Komposition”. Between when this picture was taken (October 2025) and now (September 2026) the building was demolished.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, mural by smash 137 and zedz
urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, mural by smash 137 and zedz

below: “Häusliche Gewalt” (Domestic Violence) was created by street artist RIPO (aka Max Rippon) in July 2014

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, Häusliche Gewalt (Domestic Violence) was created by street artist RIPO (aka Max Rippon)

below: Lichtstrasse with RIPO’s mural along with a couple of paintings higher up on the adjacent building.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, street scene, Häusliche Gewalt (Domestic Violence) was created by street artist RIPO (aka Max Rippon)

below: In accessible – murals painted on a wall that is now behind a fence…. one of the pitfalls of art on temporary structures.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station

below: Potted plants, and/or plants in colourful vases surround a person who seems to be removing an animal (leopard?) mask in a mural painted by Gaupo Sapo (composed of YuMu, Krashkid, and Alexander Isakov) in 2017.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, Potted plants, and/or plants in colourful vases surround a person who seems to be removing an animal (leopard?) mask in a mural painted by Gaupo Sapo

below: A very happy spray paint can admires its work?

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, mural behind a fence

below: Posters with messages like “We are all brainwashed” surrounded by winged phones and television emitting concentric waves. Another message from Vanessa Slagter is “Grow Women Power – Grow where you want. Not where they want to see you”.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, three posters by Vanessa Slagter

below: “Any Europeans should see behind the wall” by the artist Benten.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, large monotone mural, Any Europeans should see behind the wall" by the artist Benten, woman holding hands up in front of her face

below: “Believe Israeli women” and “Make street art great again”. The artist’s ‘signature’ looks like biebezvrfarbe.rise

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, green poster with image of woman holding a sign that says make street art great again, also a small sticker says believe israeli women as well as small round sticker saying all we need is peace

below: A man and his hair.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, older painting of a man on a wall where plants have grown over the top of the wall and look like his hair

below: Vincent was painted on his hair even though this is Sid Vicious (of the Sex Pistols). This stencil Sid with a can of Fanta in his hand is by Petit Agite. The pink heart is an add-on.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, black and white stencil, large, of Sid vicious from punk rock band Sex Pistols. he is holding a can of Fanta pop. other small slap graffiti around him
urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, grey mannequin lying on ground outside door that is covered with graffiti, wall beside door is also covered

below: A guitar player – with legs doing some awkward things!

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, faded painting of a guitar player
urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, pink rectangle, face with oval slitty eyes and rectangular mouth, black dots on cheeks and chin

below: Four little bits and pieces – A NanE popsicle with a goofy toothy expression. A black and white Bustr (?) who seems to be gaping wide mouthed at the tiny woman’s portrait. The latter was made by Henry Paulson who seems obsessed with three or four young woman whose very similar portraits can be seen in a LOT of places. Last, top right is Little Vandal Cube by Reth.

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, Four little bits and pieces - A NanE popsicle with a goofy toothy expression. A black and white Bustr who seems to be gaping wide mouthed at the tiny woman's portrait. The latter was made by Henry Paulson who seems obsessed with three or four young woman whose very similar portraits can be seen in a LOT of places. Last, top right is Little Vandal Cube by Reth.
urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, large paste up with blaw, blaw, blaw in a text bubble
urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, collection of slaps

below: More Henry Paulson faces… some normal, some with big lips, some with mismatched eyes…

urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, arrangement of stickers with woman's portrait, all byHenry Paulson, all rather similar black hair and blue eyes,
urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, street scene
urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, train bridge over a street with traffic, the words love and peace painted on the bridge
urban art, street art, in Cologne Germany, near Ehrenfeld station, sticker with a pigeon head, yellow beak, wearing a white shirt with a collar

Photos taken October 2025

the last of Bonn

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In the past few months I have posted three sets of pictures of Bonn murals and graffiti.  The images that I am posting here are all that I have left from my time in Bonn.  At this point, I have no plans to return so this is “the last of Bonn”.  Of course, if anyone wants to send me pictures of more Bonn urban art (because I am sure that I missed some, or that there is more recent art/graffiti), I will be happy to post it with full credit.

below: “Einsusflug” and a tripping pigeon wearing its cool sunglasses.

graffiti slaps with picture of a pigeon, cursive text says einsusflug, pigeon is wearing sunglasses and carrying asack on a stick over its back

below: “This zystem is our enemy”. To which someone has replied, “True that”.

graffiti pasteup with text, the zystem is the enemy, written in white. someone has added, in black, true that

below: Many of the sidewalk/traffic/utility boxes around central Bonn have been painted with scenes from the city.  This is the Old City Hall (Altes Rathaus) that dates back to the 18th century.  I have always liked how City Hall ‘translates’ to Rat House in German!

sidewalk utility box in Bonn Germany,painted with a city scene, old city hall, altes rathsaus, a pink and white building with black roof dating from the 18th century

below: Another box, this one with very stylized, almost abstract, trees.

sidewalk utility box in Bonn Germany,painted, stylized trees in a forest

below: Images of Johannes Sebastien Bach (1685-1750), the German composer, are all over Bonn.

two sidewalk utility boxes,side by side, in Bonn Germany,painted with portrait of JS Bach and with a picture of an old house

sidewalk utility box in Bonn Germany,painted with a city scene,

below: “Chin Up” On the outside looking in.

graffiti paste up with text that says chin up, picture of person with backpack on, peering over a fence at a large city

below: “‘Cuz this is NOT FINE!”

graffiti, cartoon picture of dog sitting on a chair, by a table with a mug on it, flames around it, text balloon that says cuz this is not fine

throw up tag on wall of building by a bridge, view from the bridge

street art, graffiti on small structure by parking lot behind a building, Bonn Germany

scrawl graffiti on a white building in Bonn, large M and e with a red heart

Photos taken October 2025

Previous Bonn posts:

1. Along Kolnstrasse

2. Hochstadenring

3. Together on a concrete wall

checking in to see what’s new

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… another walk down Graffiti Alley

group of people, back to camera, walking down graffiti alley

below: Part of a monochrome mural by Nicolas Araneda aka niko.volts that has a lot of very American feet walking all over the faces of other people as lay on the ground….   ‘Trampling’ might be a better verb than ‘walking’

part of a mural in shades of grey, black and white, of feet wearing boots that look like the American flag, walking over the heads and faces of other people lying on the ground

below: Some walk in heavy boots, and others swim with open mouth ….

large fish mural in graffiti alley,

below: Looking crazed and demented, “Lobo” by Horus (aka Trevor Goodwin)

evil villain face with red eye, white wrinkly skin, yellow teeth, graffiti on a wall in graffiti alley, by horus,

below: Not quite so crazy or so demented but certainly not cuddly and warm either.

face, graffiti, white skin, yellow hair, red lips,

below: “Bring your green hat” by FreshPaintDaly aka Billy Creekwater

Donald Duck like character, but older and seedier, with black hat, text balloon that says bring your green hat

below: Two (and a bit) of six panels, drawings by Hartshorn (or posts collective).

street art drawings on the pavement

street art painting in graffiti alley, in alcove that was a window, now boarded up

street art painting in graffiti alley

collection of graffiti slaps covering a door in graffiti alley

below: “Not today Satan”.  There’s a lot going on here – the Silly Sausage Gang being front and center.  33wallflower33 in her white coat with the fuzzy collar and little decorations by catchoo .  There is also a T-bonez (of urban ninja squadron fame) wearing a green shirt and a necklace with a pendant – that’s Sticker Eddie he’s wearing, apparently.   The red-hearted pug’s name is Mopsi. Mopsi has something in his mouth but the donut is in the way (for more Mopsi see the Instagram page of his creator, So schoen immer weider)….   And the other dog is a collaboration between TRP613 (check out the reflections in the sunglasses!) and DivadogLA

part of a door covered with graffiti stickers and other slaps

below: “Get me out of here” and a dose of Instant Karma.

two graffiti paste ups, one is a young woman saying get me out of here, the other is a large hand holding a glass that says instant karma

many paste ups up high on a wall

below: Free Iran

free iran mural in graffiti alley, woman holding a white dove that died because shot with an arrow

below: This painting of a woman with her headphones above and yellow birdie walking a dog below was one of the first murals in Graffiti Alley – the work of Uber5000. Not many originals still exist!

uber5000 mural in graffiti alley, yellow birdie is walking dog, woman with headphones, on brick wall,

below: Elicser Elliott’s contribution to a larger mural that has been painted below the pink Poser bunny, “Don’t watch me cry”

street art painting by elicser elliott, part of a larger collaborative mural, man with burgundy baseball cap, with hands over his eyes. back of hands have tattoo words, Don't watch me cry, written over the two hands

below: Half a face.  He only needs one eye to stare at you.

half of a purple face, urban art, with other shapes and colours on it, black and grey eye and nose

below: Gold…  With a garland of white and blue flowers.

street art painting, gold male face with light blue highlights, wearing garland of blue and white flowers

below: A very large and very purple bear is at the door.

street art painting covering a door in graffiti alley, a large purple bear's head and face

below: He or she looks rather cramped in there. Signature says Neem?

street art mural, blue face

below: Another flower garland and another Neem head squeezed into a box.

two graffiti paintings, on left is black and white face with fingers in front, on right is an orange face with a garland of daisies on its head

graffiti alley, people taking pictures, people walking past

below: Scowling and smoking with ace in his cap.

mural in graffiti alley

below: Skydome forever and ALCS, as well as Vladdy’s number 27 shirt and World Series 2025…. little blue and white pieces of ceramic that celebrate the Toronto Blue Jays that someone lovingly made.

graffiti or urban art made of a collection of little ceramics, all decorated with toronto blue jays baseball team symbols

below: One Inch?  …  And other stickers crammed together.

man in red shirt is taking a picture, behind him is a sign that is covered with graffiti stickers

graffiti stickers covering a sign, a mural of a face is behind it

below: “We are the colours of corn”

feet on paved alley, where someone has written we are the colour of corn

below: More stickers and pasteups including catchoo’s dumpster fire that t-bonez from urban ninja squadron is using to dry his socks and underwear.

graffiti stickers and slaps on a wall

below: A couple of contributions from Dogmaslaps here (they’re all about dogs in case you haven’t guessed yet).

below:  More pasteups, some of which are quite intricate and detailed … especially the top two (vulture and jaguar?) which are both the creations of Ezpektro.

below: Sharing space with the Ezpektro pieces are a few smaller pasteups, some of which were made by artists that are new to me.  There is a pink bike in the top right, the same bike that is in the Make Art Not War poster in the above image…  BikeDeSuro creates stickers and wheatpaste featuring bikes.  From the left, a woman by Fiigueers and then a young girl with the Spanish words, “que nunca se apague la llama de la autonomia” which translates to “may the flame of autonomy never be extinguished”… The collection is rounded out with a guitar player from Sentient Cookie and a cute little green guy from Catchoo.

 

below: MonkYi cat with a very real looking heart in his claws.  Two carp swimming on the pavement in front.

below: Charmander, a Pokemon character.

orange pokeman character, urban art

below: Alfred E. Neuman makes an appearance in a couple of places – he’s the dude from MAD Magazine.

Alfred E. Neuman graffiti, also a woman on a television screen, as well as a very large painted eye

Alfred E. Neuman as a graffiti sticker, along with a black and white little bird

below: By 50 shades of greatt aka Adam McKnight – It looks a lot like Sponge Bob… maybe it’s his cousin?  But what’s with that tongue?  It looks like a slug is trying to slither out of his mouth.

square cartoon character with skinny arms and legs, and big white hands, purple tongue sticking out, by fifty shades of great

 

below: Verity and a happy face.

graffiti, including a yellow happy face and the word verity

small graffiti on round metal disc, graffiti is image of person with head of a large baseball,

below: Someone is not impressed…. Lame

concrete block at the base of a sign on a metal pole, stencil graffiti on the concrete that says lame

below: Green guy says: “In one year’s time, strike your blow, I shall return.”

stickers and paste ups, graffiti alley

below: “These days will define us”

small sticker graffiti with words these days will define us, with a drawing of the Earth

street art painting of a purple and yellow bear's face and front paws

Photos taken August 2026

Windsor graffiti

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A few little pieces seen around Windsor (Melbourne)….

slaps on a wall in Windsor Melbourne, including D7606 telephone booth, tweet street art cat and balloons, a raccoon, spiderman, a skull, and others

below: A Marilyn Munroe look-alike; I doubt that she had a tattoo around her neck though.

graffiti, image of woman that looks like Marilyn Monroe

below: Junky using an old beer can, a blond beer by the looks of it.

Junky graffiti made of crushed beer can, with bottle tops for eyes

below: Another Junky crushed can with bottle tops, rusted with age.

Junky graffiti made of crushed tin can, with bottle tops for eyes

below: What time is it? The time is now….

paste up graffiti, paper, black drawing of a watch with the time saying the word now rather than numbers

below: A little square head by Conrad Square and a maroon vulture wearing a baseball cap on his head and a padlock around his neck. I am sure that THEF has a meaning so if anyone knows what it is, please let me know too!

slaps on a wall in Windsor Melbourne Australia

below: How many little critters were squished together to make this cluster?

sticker graffiti

below: The Pink Panther sporting some tattoos by mik3_tee, a Brisbane based artist.

round sticker graffiti,The Pink Panther sporting some tattoos and holding a camera, also wearing a swim mask, by mik3 tee

below: “All colours are beautiful”

graffiti including one piece that has text that says all colours are beautiful

below: Simple. A statement.

black line drawing of a face, simplistic,

below: A bunny rabbit and a giraffe among others

slaps, one is a rabbit, another is a giraffe neck and head
stickers on a windsor wall, including skull, tweet street art, and others

Photos taken March 2025

covering a Florentine door at number 49

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below: A well covered door at number 49. It looks like a mess but within the chaos there are a few interesting pieces…..

A double grey door with rounded arch, lots of graffiti, paste ups and stickers on it,

below: Vroom, vroom, checking out the scooter…

two slaps on a door, one is by daught calm and is a man in a red plaid jacket with black hat and beard, riding on a motorized wheelchair, the other is three grey faces on black background

below: A weathered underwater woman by Blub along with a superhero Captain America in blue by Undeterred.

paste ups and graffiti on a door, a superhero in blue, an older man with a glass in his hand, a piece by blub of a woman with goggles on,

below: A cute little fish with the remains of a little crown.

two paper paste ups graffiti on a grey door, one is a little fish with a crown oh its head, and the other is a red band-aid

below: Diversity is Hope

large paper wheatpaste on a door, black woman with arms crossed to her shoulders, laughing, with text diversity is hope, by RAF Union

below: Unlocked

graffiti including one by cartoon car slaps of a green car, a pink light, a dog, a man with a green face, the word unlock,

below: A comment on society and our fixation with phones and technology – Solitudine Contemporanea (contemporary loneliness) by Laben (Alex Laben)

graffiti by Laben, child on smartphone with words solitudine contemporanea, also a small sticker for grundle grinders

below: Work Zombies and Justice for Wei Wei (Chinese artist)

graffiti, work zombie, justice for Wei Wei, tribe jiu jitsu italia, a man's face in green and black

Photos taken March 2026

Warburton Lane

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below: Warburton Lane in central Melbourne was full of stickers and paste-ups including this happy little octopus with a zigzag smile

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne

below: This pile of animals by Kaffeine – with a pink pig in a jaunty vest on top – covers a double door and more

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne

below: About the graffiti on the left – one of the characters that often appears in Mr. Dimples graffiti such as this one, is the fellow with the funny rectangular head – with a button for one eye and a stitched X for the other.

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne

below: A D7606 crayon writes something on the wall while two big eyes watch. But I’m worth it!

graffiti paste ups and stickers on a wall, D7606 crayon, eyes, a sign that says I'm worth it
graffiti paste ups and stickers on a wall including catchoo worm with tongue stuck out, a typewriter with a piece of paper with words until the west wind brings you back again. A pair of eyes, a cat collage on sheet music paper, a train by D7606, t bonez from urban ninja squadron dressed in red and giving peace sign with two fingers

below: “Until the wind from the west brings you back again” is in the middle, to the left of a very red T-bonez from Urban Ninja Squadron (peace man!). On the other side there is a cat collage on sheet music by chacha_doune (aka Cha). It’s difficult to see but the train headed your way has “God Save the Queen” written on one of its front corners – That paste up seems to be a collaboration between D7606 and Voxx Romana.

graffiti paste ups and stickers on a wall

below: White chickens

realistic white chickens, street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne

below: That’s the biggest carrot that I have ever seen! … and the skinniest ankles!

graffiti pasteup, man from back, wearing plaid shirt, carrying white over the shoulder bag,, also carrying very large gigantic carrot.

below: … Safety pins and a lot of piercings! This crazy pink haired punk emu is full of holes! Painting by John Murray.

crazy emu, street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne by John Murray, pierced ears and punk pink hair on the emu

below: Meet Nancy – another John Murray emu

crazy emu, street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne by John Murray,

below: This is Effie; she’s obviously related to Nancy!

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne

below: A little bit real in the midst of a lot a fantasy. By Lukas Kasper.

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne by Lukas Kasper of a lion face with very realistic furry nose but stylized abstract rest of face

below: More mixing of reality and fantasy – human, animal, and robot with a disturbing outcome.

street art mural, man walking on all fours, with a tail, with some body parts made of mechanics

below: High red shoes and not much else

2 pieces of street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne. Part of a painting of white leaves on black, one a slap by leilah of a cat-like woman robot with high red shoes and bikini

below: mmm

paste up graffiti, large piece, woman with two heads

below: A lone fisherman surrounded by barbed wire.

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne, a circle of white barbed wire. in the center is a framed photograph of a man fishing beside purple water

below: Angry suburbia

graffiti paste up

below: mmm

graffiti and street art, Mr. Dimples, a woman holding a bomb

below: Mr. Dimples again

Mr. Dimples graffiti,

below: Neftnik’s young woman wears a green outfit with leggings that are blue with red polka dots.

neftnik graffiti, woman with blue face and red hair, wearing green top and pleated skirt, carrying a sword

below: That’s a bomb?

street art, urban art, a woman holds a black silhouette of a bomb

below: Up, up, and away – that’s one way for a ladybird to fly away home!

graffiti, ladybug holding a bunch of helium filled balloons

below: A jumble of slaps

collection of graffiti stickers and paste ups on a wall

below: Peppa Pig, Nemo, a happy flower, and a banana with a face… and more.

collection of graffiti stickers and paste ups on a wall

below: Potted plants

black and white paste ups, line drawings of plants in pots, old and weathered

below: A handful of dripping diamonds

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne, black and white, handful of dropping diamonds

below: Robot heads on circles

street art in Warburton Lane, Melbourne, Robot heads on background full of circles, design

below: Portrait of a woman

Photos taken February 2025

Together on a concrete wall

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A while back I posted about street art that I found around Hochstadenring in Bonn (Dec 2025). What I omitted from that post was a section of the wall that was heavily covered with paste-ups, stickers, and other small pieces of street art. This is that section.

concrete wall between street and elevated section of road, with many graffiti slaps and paste ups on it, Bonn Germany

below: A happy blue monkey by Opus.

paste ups on a wall, a large blue monkey with glasses and a toque, making a heart sign with his hands, by artist known as Opus, There is also an orange figure by Jam Paste (also graffiti)

below: A red frog clings to a character that looks rather concerned about that large skull lurking behind him. I think that this is a good example of an interesting juxtaposition, whether intentional or accidental, that you can get when you have a collection of pieces from different artists together in one place.

paste up graffiti pieces, A red frog clings to a character that looks rather concerned about that large skull lurking behind him.

below: Elvis is in the building!

paper paste up graffiti in Bonn including an image of Elvis Presley. Rock and Roll King,

below: “You’re driving me bananas!”, a young Sophia Loren, a bird in flight, a green octopus dressed in red and white stripes, and many more slaps.

collection of stickers and paper paste ups on a concrete wall in Bonn, one with text that says plus "You're driving me bananas!", a young Sophia Loren, a bird in flight, a green octopus dressed in red and white stripes, and many more

below: Green Taxonomy, and in the bottom corner, Planet Selfie. Made of triangles and other angular shapes is a white protestor holding a sign that says “Yetis geggen rechts” by Metraeda

graffiti - Metraeda drawing of a yeti, Green Taxonomy poster of a large green face, CAP, or cut and piece, blue character from Mario Brothers game, a dragon, and a vase,

paste ups on a concrete wall

below: More love on a phone – this time featuring Sulley from the movie “Monsters Inc”.

paste ups, graffiti, featuring Sulley from the movie "Monsters Inc". holding a phone that says love, also an image of a couple standing together

below: The paste ups that reference art history (e.g. Rodin’s “The Thinker” and other statues) are the work of Jam Paste. In the center, “It’s not dreams that escape me, but reality”.

collection of graffiti and urban art on a concrete wall in Bonn

paste ups on a concrete wall

below: 8arms2hug is all about octopi including this lovely lady in turquoise with the flowers on her head and a necklace around her neck. Beside her, the bunnies with baseball bats were created by CAP aka Cuts and Pieces.

two paste ups, on the left an octopus and on the right, black and white rabbits with a baseball bat

below: Several posters are here too – One says “WAS HATTEST DU AN!” (= What were you wearing!) while another proclaims, “das Kleben ist schön” (which translates to “pasting is beautiful”).

posters and paste ups in a collection of graffiti
paste ups in a collection of graffiti

below: A Maid in Cologne artwork shares space with Mr. Burns, from the Simpsons TV show, with a French phrase on his cap, “L’Etat c’est moi”.

paste ups, one features Mr Burns from the Simpsons show

below: Another section with a lot going on including a Zastoj character with 2 X’s for eyes who holds a gun that is almost as big as he it. At the bottom, the striped shirt on that shape suggests Sailordude by TRP613 but his head is different – a collaboration with another artist? Perhaps Metraeda?

graffit by Zastoj, sailordude by trp613, and metraeda, as well as others

paste up graffiti in Bonn including a lego figure robot

below: Once again, there is a lot happening here – from Jams Pastes version of the Thinker, to a small woman carrying a protest sign that says “Frieden, Bier, Sonne” – peace, beer, sun. My apologies to the artist of the latter piece – her name is written on the arm in the image but I can’t read it (b. chandre?).
Three of the paste ups are text, made like beer coasters, and these are by Bierdeckel Street Art.

paper paste ups including sign that says Society sucks - be careful, a copy of Rodin's sculpture by Jams Paste, the thinker, a small woman holding a protest sign that says, in German, Frieden Bier and Sonne (peace, beer, sun) by
The three beer coaster inspired paste ups:
1. “Wickl Dich Nicht Ich”: this translates roughly to “Don’t wrap yourself,
2. “Liebe das Leben”: This green sticker translates to “Love Life.”
3. “Be Kind To Your Mind”

below: One strange looking monster by Sheep Art Cologne (aka Klaus Schaefer)

black and white image of a monster creature, paper paste up by sheep art cologne

Photos taken October 2025

Let’s make peace

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below: Let’s make peace with this nightmare – “Facciamo pace con glu incubi”. She is one of a few paper paste-ups that appear together on a section of wall in Naples (via Santa Maria di Constantinopoli)

portrait of woman with shoulder length brown hair and green top, with text in italian, facciamo pace con gli incubi which translates to let's make peace with this nightmare

below: This is that wall

collection of paper paste ups and other graffiti on a wall in Naples Italy

below: This purple and black watercolour portrait is also included.

watercolour painting portrait of a woman in purple and back

below: As are these women and their big yellow flower.

paper paste up graffiti of two young woman in grey tones, with a large yellow daisy flower

below: Immediately beside the above wall is this little Exit Enter figure and its bright red heart.

exit enter, the artist, graffiti of a small white and black feature-less figure with a red heart

below: More red – this time on the other side of the wall.

black line drawing of a face, with minimal lines, with lots of red around the lines

Photos taken February 2026

other Naples urban art

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There was far too much interesting graffiti and urban art seen in Naples to squeeze it all into one post. I have posted some previously and this post attempts to “finish” what I have from February 2024 – before I go back to Naples. Most of these images were taken while exploring the streets of the Spanish Quarter (Quartieri Spagnoli)

below: Electric! … but unplugged.

street art mural of an electric cord and plug lying on the ground

below: La Ditta Fortunato (The Lucky Company)

street art, shades of grey, a man with a sign La Ditta Fortunato

below: Zelda enshrined

a little street art piece that turns a religious shrine into a shrine for Zelda, the video game character and heroine.

below: Dancing in the dark

large paper pasteups of dancing girls

below: Superwomen sharing a pizza, street art by LiDieSis

street art by lediesis, two women dressed as superwoman eating pizza

below: Couple, staring into each other’s eyes.

street art, two people, middle aged, man and woman looking at each other

below: A street scene in the Spanish Quarter

Street scene, Spanish Quarter, Naples, motorbikes, graffiti, balconies, laundry, doorways,

below: Graffiti paper wheatpaste by Lingual (I think that’s what it says), a man’s portrait in grey tones, with two small green snakes slithering out of his mouth. Is this a political statement? He’s designed like an antique stone bust and carefully positioned on top of a real stone plaque on a wall in Naples

monochrome paper paste up by lingual of a man's portrait with a small green figure hanging from his mouth

below: Graffiti cat

paper pasteup of a cat

below: Like the image above, here is another strange woman sniffing flower parts

graffiti on a wall, largest piece is an orange woman in red flower petals sniffing red, she has blue hair

below: More than one person has left their shoes here…. A runner with a stopwatch in lieu of a head.

street art graffiti on a small concrete lab, a runner with a stop watch clock for a head, at least two pair of shoes have been left on top of the slab

below: Very big hands, skinny arms and legs, and a puffball rabbit tail?

graffiti on a wall in Spanish Quarter, Naples

below: A small section of Vico Toto where there are some paintings that pay tribute to Totò, the stage name of an Italian actor Antonio “Totò” De Curtis (1898-1967). You can see more of the works here, Toto and friends, an earlier blog post.

part of Vico Toto, a narrow street in Spanish Quarter of Naples

below: Life is short

graffiti urban art, painting of two fish, with a big hook between them and the words life is short

below: Maradona (1960-2020) was a football hero to many and references to him are all over Naples. For more Maradona and football graffiti in Naples see “Football and the ‘cult’ of Maradona“

street art painting of Maradona, beside a blue bench

below: Let your phone blind you and suck your brains out! Graffiti by Inserra.

graffiti by inserra, a smartphone is using a red straw to suck out the brains of a man, phone has yellow hands that cover the man's eyes

below: “Sempre la… stressa… cosa” or, in English, “Always there….stress… what” as he tries to balance a precarious load of chair, tire, fan, wine bottle, and more.

street art, drawing of a person balancing a number of household objects such as a chair, trash can

below: Punk chicken – except, don’t those feet look like a humn hand??

graffiti, painting of a bird with a chicken head

below: Outstretched hands encircle a shiny orb in a paper wheatpaste by Vivia Cirillo.

monochrome paper pasteup, man with arms outstretched

below: Perfectly placed skateboarder by Satwerz

graffiti picture of a skateboarder on a wall above a real railing

below: “mmm”Il faccio mordere” or “I’ll make him bite”

a motorbike, a pile of empty crates, and a street art painting, Spanish Quarter, Naples

below: Monochrome portrait of a local rapper, Geolier (Emanuele Palumbo), who is from the Gescal neighborhood of Naples. It was painted by Salvatore Iodice.

a motorbike is parked in front of a black and white street art portrait of a man, a famous rapper from Naples, painted by Salvatore Iodice

below: Two young men, by J.P. Gimenez

monochrome street art portraits of two young men

below: Sophia Loren serves up a pizza and on the right is, apparently, San Gennaro – On September 19, 305 AD, the Bishop of Benevento, Gennaro, died in Pozzuoli, martyred along with 6 others. As for the fellow in the middle – I don’t know!

motorbike parked in front of black and white monochrome street art paintings of three people, Sophia Loren holding a pizza, an unidentified man, and San Gennero who was martyred in 305 A.D.
Naples street scene with people, parked cars, street art, narrow streets, balconies, laundry,

below: Cartoonish interaction between telephone and eyepiece, only a fragment remains.

fragment of an old street art painting on broken concrete, blue telephone and white cartoonish eyepiece

Napoli graffiti urban art, large paste up of one woman combing another woman's hair

graffiti in Naples

below: Keyboard player

graffiti, silhouette of a man playing a keyboard

abstract figure, street art

below: Cyop and Kaf painting high up on a wall. There are many examples of their work on the walls of Napoli! For more images, see Cyop & Kaf in Naples blogpost

mural by cyop and kaf on a wall, above the street

below: Another street in the Spanish Quarter.

street scene, shrines on wall, cars parked, graffiti on garage door, laundry hanging from balconies

below: Bright red lips and blue cheeks.

street art picture of a woman with bright red lips, grey eyes, and blue make-up,
yellow guitar player graffiti

below: Cave Gu-Tang black dog

cave gu-tang graffiti paste up of black dog

fishes invasion, don't sleep text sticker graffiti

blue face in a street art painting, along with words viva napoli

Photos taken February 2024

Rankins Lane (Melbourne)

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below: Time for coffee, time for shooting. ….

graffiti in Rankins Lane, Melbourne, paste ups of three little men saying hey, it's coffee time, also a very blue shadowy character with a gun in each hand and a long robe and hood that covers his face

below: ET

graffiti in Rankins Lane, Melbourne, paste ups and stencils, globe parachute on an iguana, ET in a black robe and framed with flowers, words that say your dreams will come true if you keep wishing, and last, a big black question mark,

below: King of Clowder’s double headed woman stencil

graffiti in Rankins Lane, Melbourne, paste up by King of Clowder of a woman with two heads

below: Paper paste-up behind a plant – it’s a large espresso maker repurposed as a planter.

graffiti in Rankins Lane, Melbourne, paste ups, espresso coffee maker being used as a planter, on a brick wall behind a real potted plant

below: Rabbit and Cat, BFF

graffiti in Rankins Lane, drawing of a cat, a rabbit and a heart between the two of them

below: Happy Day

graffiti face

below: Words of advice – “Don’t trade your authenticity for approval.

slaps graffiti

below: Part of a large tropical mural by Deb with birds – parrots and flamingos – and a big pink royal looking cat.

mural by Deb in Rankins Lane, very pink, women, toucan, and flamingos, tropical plants

below: The other part of the Deb mural.

mural by Deb, a vulture and a plate of cupcakes

mural by deb, woman and a parrot or toucan

mural by Deb, a group of pink flamingoes

below: Recess time with scissors and combs.

graffiti on a very red wall, image of a collection of hair cutting tools, razor, comb and scissors, with the word recess written across the top

below: Crab and beetle.

two graffiti piecess side by side, a red crab with big front pincers and a smaller beetle

below: More pink. Mama Cat? With many kittens?

graffiti paste up - pink cat with 6 little kittens

below: Clownish?

graffiti in Rankins Lane

abstract image, graffiti

below: Gas mask and coveralls

graffiti image, person in Gas mask and coveralls

Photos taken March 2025