All those beautifully crafted stencils you see about town. How do the artists always manage to graft their images to the wall so flawlessly, under no-doubt rushed and ill-lit conditions? Well, they don’t. This fuzzy example from Fashion Street demonstrates that this isn’t a game …
Graffiti hit the news a couple of times today. Two very different stories show what a complicated and divisive subject this is. At one end of the scale, Banksy once again wins mainstream approval for a new piece of commissioned work in ‘Santa’s Ghetto’ (Oxford …
London Zoo is a rather empty place at this time of year. Bashful sun, chilly days and fatter rainclouds conspire to keep both animals and humans indoors. So Londonist’s recent visit was a very peaceful affair. Although not all of the beasties were on show …
Jim Cereal is, according to what we presume is his MySpace page, a 25-year old male from York, possibly into contemporary dance and mime. Aside from that, we can’t find much about him on the web. His two stencils can be found in various places …
We knew the future Olympic Park was contaminated with radioactive material, but we had no idea an actual nuclear strike had taken place. These hazy outlines are the possible remains of two Stratford locals, caught on the church steps during the blast. Or maybe it’s …
A newish poster from OBEY (aka Shepard Fairey), round the back of Brick Lane. It seems to be one of a pair, with a similar effort outside Cargo. According to whom… The OBEY sticker attempts to stimulate curiosity and bring people to question both the …
There’s a yard behindThe Old Blue Last, off Great Eastern Street, that frankly makes our eyes bleed. For anyone on the prowl for weird and wonderful street art (and it’s not just us, right?), this is untouchable. Stenciler El Chivo provides the colourful backdrop, flytippers …
This week’s ‘urban decorater’ is Blek Le Rat, one of the pioneers of stencil graffiti, from the romantic end of the Eurostar. He recently held an exhibition on Leonard Street (near Old Street) and the two images on the right were located close by, presumably …
We were tipped off about this one by reader Penni. A lifesize stencil of Jack the Ripper in the heart of his former stomping ground. How could we resist tracking it down for a photo? But even though we anticipated it, the stark silhouette managed …
We were going to save this one for Random Graffiti of the Week, but it’s just too delicious to sit on. Walking around Shoreditch over the weekend, we kept spying these odd little stickers plastered with a regularity beaten only by those sodding onlyjoe labels. …
Just a little bit of juvenile bus stop humour for you. It is Friday, after all. Photo taken by M@ in the Old Street area.
Get the Londonist book of London Pub Crawls for just £2.68...less than the price of a pint. Available now for Kindle.
