Street Art & Graffiti (Outdoor Work)
TrenchOne street art in Edinburgh
One of my favourite artists active in Edinburgh at the moment is TrenchOne, instantly recogniseable and always interesting choice of subject for his work. You can check out more on [...]
Old Walls Project – comparing Milan’s walls over 2 decades
I was contacted recently by Alberto Boido, an Italian graffiti aficionado who recently launched the great online project ‘Old Walls’ documenting the life of walls in Milan the 90s, and comparing them [...]
Elph and other work in the Old Town, Edinburgh
Been out and about this weekend messing about with a few new pieces of equipment I bought, and went to check out the legal wall that began on New Street [...]
Pablo Delgado – ‘Missing People’ street art
The guys over on Hookedblog.co.uk have been searching east London for Pablo Delgado‘s second wave of missing posters, but this time with an added twist. Pablo’s missing posters this time [...]
Shok-1 & Remi Rough
First off, happy new year! Been pretty quiet over the last few weeks, but now back with lots of new ideas and looking forward to getting them down and up [...]
Jaz in Buenos Aires and beyond…
It was only recently that I discovered ‘Jaz’ the Argentinian street artist specialising currently in massive large scale work, often combining surreal depictions with prominent brashly coloured shapes and lines. [...]
JBAK in Dresden for CityBuilder
New big piece in Dresden from Berlin’s JBAK. They traveled south to finish this great piece last month as art of Dresden’s CityBuilder project and smashed it yet again. Quality [...]
Ludo at Moniker & nearby Village Underground
When we were in London covering Moniker Art Fair, we noticed a few larger scale outdoor pieces from French street artist Ludo, with his distinctive greyscale and green coloured work [...]
Moniker Art Fair – Ben Slow x Amanda Marie x Remi Rough
This year’s Moniker Art Fair saw a collaborative effort across all 4 panels on the Village Underground wall, resulting in a really interesting composition of 3 very different styles from [...]
Shepard Fairey mural Ebor Street
Shepard Fairey is in London for his upcoming show ‘Sound & Vision’ that opens on the 20th of the month at Stolen Space, and found some time to create a [...]
Stik swaps London for Berlin
If there’s a city that’s synonymous with street artist Stik, it’s London. It’s virtually impossible to pay a visit to the English capital without stumbling across one of his men/women/children [...]
Banksy in Treme, New Orleans
Found this while clearing out folders and folders of photographs from trips over the past few years. We tend not to post up new Banksy work given the massive amount [...]
Wurstbande @ Artbase, Berlin
We first found out about Wurstbande a few months back before they launched their book “Süss aber Dumm“. Describing themselves as a creative heads collective, born in raised in Europe’s [...]
JBAK – The Fight
James Bullough and Karl Addison (aka JBAK) have recently completed another large scale piece, this time not in the city of Berlin, but a little further afield. Their newest piece [...]
Conzo, TrenchOne and more @ Edinburgh’s newest wall
Within the last few weeks Edinburgh’s street art scene took another leap in the correct direction with the agreement to stage a legal wall on New Street in the city’s [...]
Flip wall on Ebor Street, East London
Brazilian street artist Flip has been in London recently and painted this really amazing piece on Ebor Street in Shoreditch. Reminds me a bit of Agostino Iacurci in terms of [...]
Fin DAC interview with UKB
In a relatively short, but exceptionally busy, urban art career, Fin DAC has defined and perfected an atypical paint/stencil style that ignores the accepted visual language of street art almost [...]
Os Gemeos new street & mural pieces in Boston, USA
New works in France by Fin DAC
Over the last week or so Fin DAC, the London based street artist hailing from Cork in Ireland, has been a busy man over in France, painting for the street [...]
Berlin Street Art 5 – A selection of paste-ups…
Another set of flicks from our recent trip to Berlin, this time a selection of paste-ups whose creators are unknown. If you have any idea who created these, please let [...]
Wurstbande, Blo, Ryslee & JBAK collaboration – Wedding, Berlin
A really nice collaborative piece from Wurstbande, Blo, Ryslee & JBAK in the Wedding neighbourhood of Berlin. Each artists bringing their own style to the wall at the renowned culture [...]
D*Face wall in Shibuya, Tokyo
The UK based artist D*Face has been spotted in the east this week, and not east London. He’s creating this latest piece in the Shibuya district of Japan’s capital, Tokyo. [...]
JBAK new work for ‘Silence is a Lie’
The ‘Silence is a Lie’ exhibition kicked off late last month on the 28th of June in Berlin within the historic SEZ building (Sport und Erholungszentrum). The venue, now regenerated [...]
DDS Crew documentary preview : Underbelly
London’s DDS Crew ,the graffiti artists responsible for much of the London Underground’s graffiti over the past 20 years, are to release a DVD documenting their work. For the past [...]
Berlin Street Art 4 – Billy (x Bue), Low Bros & Muro
The penultimate set of street art images from our recent Berlin trip – we’ve got quite a few smaller pieces we’ve been unable to identify that we’ll post up soon, [...]
The Shutter Project, LeithLate 2012, Edinburgh
Edinburgh’s general attitude to urban art took another step in the right direction (from our perspective!) with the start of the Shutter Project as part of the LeithLate 2012 festival. [...]
Berlin Street Art 3 – Vhils, Jimmy C, JBAK, Robi the Dog, MTO & Roa
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Third instalment of photos from Berlin, this time featuring Vhils, Jimmy C with more of his distinctive portraits, the first mural by American due JBAK (James Bullough & Karl Addison), [...]
Berlin Street Art 2 – Classic Blu murals, Kripoe, Karl Addison, Alice & Prost
Another batch of pictures from the recent trip east to Berlin. In this set there’s a mix of classic murals from Blu, and highly visible work from Kripoe (right in [...]
Berlin Street Art 1 – Robi the Dog, Blu, 1UP Crew & Jimmy C
We spent last weekend in, arguably, the best city for street art in Europe. If there’s ever a city that never fails to disappoint, it’s Berlin. We took so many [...]
Mr Brainwash – caught in action in London…
These photos were snapped by Michael, a regular UKB contributor, and show Mr Brainwash’s (MBW) new work in London. Despite MBW having (it appears) limited hands on action when it [...]
Karl Addison mural, Phoenix (AZ)
Check out this latest mural from Karl Addison along with the creative video documenting the creation of this piece. What do you think? We think it’s pretty damn good! UKB [...]
Looking back at Upfest 2012
Upfest – the Urban Paint Festival – was conceived by 3 like minded artists in 2008, after taken large amounts of inspiration from festivals such as Super Cans (Southampton), Cans Festival [...]
Phlegm has been out and about again, having been relatively quiet over the past month (probably due to the really bad weather we’ve been having in the UK.) Sneaking out [...]
Agostino Iacurci murals
Agostino is fast becoming one of our favourite large scale mural painters, with his simplistic yet effective and colourful pieces. So far each of the pieces we’ve seen take a …
Spaceboy Shutters @ Welch’s Fishmonger, Edinburgh.
Edinburgh’s public art scene has really been gathering pace recently, another recent addition that I’ve been meaning to get down and snap is Spaceboy’s 6 shutter piece at Leith’s Newhaven harbour. Along the rear of Welch’s Fishmonger he put together this large piece with the help of ECA students, and beer company ‘Red Stripe’. Spaceboy … Continue reading »
Kram mural at Wool Urban Art Festival, Covilha
Some stunningly colourful and detailed large scale mural work from Spanish artist Kram at Wool Urban Art Festival recently. The festival sets out to use several walls in the city as a support for interventions of urban artists, with the aim of bringing, for the first time, an event of such characteristics to an interior … Continue reading »
Joe Caslin’s huge new paste-ups in Edinburgh
Posted by urbankulturblog ⋅ April 29, 2012 ⋅ Leave a Comment
We covered Joe Caslin’s paste ups last week, after he put up an enormous 40ft mural in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town. More pieces have cropped up since then, as he continues to turn some of Edinburgh’s unused walls into something worth going out of your way to see. Read more about the project … Continue reading »
Joe Caslin 40ft Paste-up Mural in Edinburgh.
Posted by urbankulturblog ⋅ April 21, 2012 ⋅ Leave a Comment
Admittedly, Edinburgh lags behind many of the world’s other capital cities in terms of large scale street art projects. So it was with great excitement that we discovered the ongoing ‘Our Nation’s Sons’ project. Based on the illustrations of Edinburgh College of Art student (ECA) Joe Caslin, five of his large-scale drawings are due to … Continue reading »
SAM colourful street art in Buenos Aires
We heard of SAM through the guys at Buenos Aires Street Art, his work is very colourful! Check out some of his most recent pieces below and see what you think. Continue reading »
First look: G40 Art Summit in Richmond VA
Posted by urbankulturblog ⋅ April 2, 2012 ⋅ Leave a Comment
With the G40 Art Summit in it’s third year, Richmond (Virginia) is the location for 2012′s event promising some of the best large-scale (and later, small scale) work from 13 of the worlds best muralists. This year’s event takes on special significance for the city as it will be the inaugural event for the city’s … Continue reading »
Edinburgh Street Art 2 feat. Hamburg takeover at Potterow
Posted by urbankulturblog ⋅ March 29, 2012 ⋅ Leave a Comment
Here’s the latest street art from Edinburgh, including pieces at the Potterow wall, as well as a few other pieces from elsewhere! Looks as though a few guys from Hamburg really went to town as well, a few really top pieces from them, and the 333 Arts crew. UKB
Malarky & Pez collaborate on shutter in London
There had been rumours of this coming together on Twitter recently, and tonight we see the fruits! One of East London’s most prominent street artists (esp. in Brick Lane area) is Malarky, so it’s great to see a joint effort involving someone new getting up alongside him, in this instance, Pez. The Catalunyan street artist … Continue reading »
Omerta & Games in London nr Village Underground
Another of the unposted photos (until now) from our trip to London in January, this time featuring two quality pieces by Omerta (right) and Games (left) who collaborated with this wall just across the road from the Village Underground on Holywell Lane, Shoreditch. UKB
Some Roa pieces from London
During our visit to London at the start of the year there were a few photos we took but didn’t get round to posting. These two are of Roa, the infamous street artist from Ghent in Belgium. For those unfamiliar with his work, it often concentrates on the animals and creatures that can be found … Continue reading »
Brussels Invasion!
Invader has taken his square mosaic tile aliens to Brussels for his most recent invasion – Street Art Belgium have covered this with over 50 photos, see a selection of these below! The French urban artist who takes his inspiration from the video game ‘Space Invaders’ has ’invaded’ cities across the world, from Newcastle to Nepal, and has also exhibited … Continue reading »
Malarky & Edjinn new shutter in London’s East End
Posted by urbankulturblog ⋅ March 22, 2012 ⋅ Leave a Comment
Malarky claims another store shutter in the east end of London this time with Catalonian artist Edjinn. Malarky making use of his time in Barcelona to sort out a collaboration back in the UK. Check it out below…UKB Photo from streetartlondon.co.uk
Hyuro’s murals in opposition to Spanish education cuts
Posted by urbankulturblog ⋅ March 21, 2012 ⋅ Leave a Comment
Spanish based street artist Hyuro has created some fantastic pieces of late, and challenge the Spanish government’s recent financial cuts within education. His style is similar both in terms of its appearance and its intelligent approach to raising concern over contemporary issues, to that of his fellow countryman Escif. Both of these artists have created … Continue reading »
Street Art Experimentation at “The Cave”, Berlin
Posted by urbankulturblog ⋅ March 20, 2012 ⋅ Leave a Comment
“The Cave” is a private venue for street artists in Berlin to exercise their creativity without consequences, organised by James Bullough. As a result, some of the work that has been coming out of the project has been really great, what follows is the description of the purpose of the group and it’s purposes along … Continue reading »
Gaia & Nanook collab in Atlanta for Living Walls
Posted by urbankulturblog ⋅ March 13, 2012 ⋅ Leave a Comment
Just moments ago, Gaia posted the finished wall that he and Nanook have been working on in Atlanta (483 Edgewood Ave Atlanta, GA 30312). Featuring two different, but definitely complementary styles, the finished product looks great and will surely be a great addition to the neighbourhood and to the Living Walls project as it strives … Continue reading »
Train graffiti – update incl Baer, Animals & Nec’st
Having not reported on any train graf recently, we were reminded as if on purpose, by a few nice pieces we’ve stumbled across in the last few days. See what you think, Baer’s piece undoubtedly deserves a special mention! In Belgium ‘Animals’ has been very active painting a couple of spectacular pieces too…UKB Photos from … Continue reading »
D*Face new mural in Brooklyn (nr. Williamsburg Bridge)
D*Face, the UK-based street artist known for his distinctive winged dog character (couldn’t think of a better description..!), has been busy stateside the last few days, getting some nice pieces up in Brooklyn. As this appears to be a working trip to New York, we expect to see more work appearing on D*Face’s site over … Continue reading »
Phlegm 3-wall-masterpiece Sheffield!
We’re massive fans of Phlegm’s work. It appears in many of the UK’s cities, including London. But, without doubt Phlegm is the king of Sheffield! He’s had his work all over the city, and again with this recent 3-wall piece he only gives us further reasons to continue following his progress. There’s not much that … Continue reading »
Heart Transplant: A Street Art Documentary – update
We were in touch with a young group of artists late in 2011 as their street art documentary ‘Heart Transplant‘ began to take shape, directed by Visual Artillery, and international artist collective with members worldwide. Since then some significant developments have unfolded for the team. With the film gathering pace, and an impressive bank of … Continue reading »
Above paints massive warehouse in Cape Town (and releases new book!)
Above‘s work is undoubtedly amongst some of the most instantly recogniseable at the moment. Despite his origins in ‘traditional’ graffiti back in 1995 when he spent his time painting the freight trains of California, Above is best known for his upward pointing arrows, and more recently his stencils and letter work. Earlier this year he … Continue reading »
Gaia’s Open Walls Baltimore project is up and running!
We’ve just received word from Gaia that the street art project he has been dedicating some serious time to recently, ‘Open Walls Baltimore‘, has kicked off. This is, first of all, great news for all parties interested in street art. It promises to bring some amazingly talented artists to the city from across the world … Continue reading »
Lucas & Malarky re-paint Redchurch Street wall
Having recently photographed Lucas and Malarky’s piece on Redchurch Street during our visit to London, we were happy to hear that the pair have revisited the monster piece to give it a bit of love. At the time it had been dogged with tags, and wasn’t looking in the best condition. However, this recent re-paint … Continue reading »
New Rime street art, Vandals EYES in Detroit
Another great piece from Rime in Detroit recently sprung up along with these photographs below courtesy of DonutChocula and the Seventh Letter. We covered the massive wall of Rime’s 50 characters‘ wall back in December last year, and while this piece is notably smaller than the wall he created in Miami, it’s still pretty epic. If … Continue reading »
Phlegm hard at work in Sheffield – new murals!
Welsh-born artist Phlegm ,who currently resides in Sheffield has been hard at it in the early part of 2012 painting several new murals, and pieces all round the city. What is great about Phlegm, his work and his blog is that often he gives us an insight into the sketches that make up the murals … Continue reading »
Spear paints abandoned ‘Pearl of Caribbean’ hotel on Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Urbankulturblog received some photographs taken from the amazing Isla Mujeres, Mexico, of Belgian artist Spear‘s work that cropped up overnight on the 5th/6th of February. To see the sun whilst in the depth of the current European cold snap was a treat in itself! Spear‘s work is photorealistic and he works on a variety of … Continue reading »
Leake Street Tunnel – hidden piece?
After enjoying the Leake Street tunnel nearby Waterloo Station, we came across a fire exit slightly ajar, and after checking around to see if anyone was looking, jumped inside to have a look around. Just inside was this pretty epic looking piece, including some hidden animals amongst the mesmirising sea of lines. Artist to be … Continue reading »
London Street Art 3 – Feat. Leake Street Tunnel, the Horror Crew, Don & Conor Harrington
To end/start the week we have the 3rd instalment of our London street art photography. This set includes the Leake Street tunnel at Waterloo, as well as the Horror Crew, Don, Conor Harrington and new work from Jimmy C off Brick Lane. Check them out, and if you like this, remember to like us on … Continue reading »
Milo Tchais finished shutter Redchurch St. / Brick Lane
The shutter that we covered earlier in the week by Milo Tchais, the Brazilian Londoner, is now finished and looks fantastic. Thanks to Hookedblog.co.uk we are able to see the shutter as it stands now. The colours on this piece are really vivid and intense combined with the interesting and psychedelic-ish depiction! Nice work! UKB Photos courtesy … Continue reading »
London Street Art 2 – Feat. Malarky, Mr Penfold, Lucas and Dogboy
The second instalment of our wander around the streets of East London. After getting in touch with Malarky to get his tips for the best places to look, we concentrated on Brick Lane & Redchurch Street. The style of all these guys is distinct but works together brilliantly. So here’s a taste of what we … Continue reading »
Milo Tchais new shutter at Redchurch St / Brick Lane
Another new shutter being painted at Redchurch St near Brick Lane. It was a busy weekend! Unfortunately, had to leave to go back north before the entire piece was finished. Regardless, it looks like an interesting bit of work. Check out the pics below, artist to be identified. EDIT: Artist confirmed by Mark at Hookedblog.co.uk as Milo … Continue reading »
Ink Fetish new wall nr. Brick Lane, East London
Another spot from the recent trip across the border. This new piece by Ink Fetish appeared throughout Saturday night, and looks great! Find out more about Ink Fetish – aka Tom Blackford – here. UKB
London Street Art 1 – Feat. Stik, Phlegm, Don, Dabs Myla, Tilt, Revok & Opium
Having spent the weekend in London on the hunt for street art to photograph, there are quite a few to sift through and get posted up on urbankulturblog. Ideal work for a long train journey home! Below is work featuring Stik, Phlegm & Revok amongst others… So here’s part 1 of the trip, including the … Continue reading »
’1UP’ movie – out of stock? Not any longer!
We have it on authority from the 1UP crew, that the DVD release of their movie ‘One United Power’ is now back in stock! So, for all that weren’t quick enough to get orders in, here’s your second chance! But be quick, the entire stock sold out in 3 weeks last time around… 1UP is … Continue reading »
Eine’s “In Control” in Mexico!
Recently released photos from Eine‘s latest work in Mexico have appeared on his website, as his style continues to mutate and change. Check out the photos after the jump. UKB
Buff Monster mural Los Angeles (Standard Hotel)
Buff Monster, the Hawaiian-born artist who currently lives in LA, recently completed a monster mural (in more ways than one) in his current city near the Standard Hotel at 550 South Flower & Sixth Street. More info and photos after the jump.
Blu’s Destructive River of Money
Blu has finished another wall in Buenos Aires with a social/political commentary on the money from huge developments worldwide, with houses and countryside being swallowed up by the oncoming river of money from the burst banks of capitalism. Perhaps there’s a focus on South America to coincide with the recent announcement that Brazil overtook the UK as the … Continue reading »
Rone in Jamaica, London, Paris & Hong Kong
Australian street artist Rone has been busy over the festive period, getting up in Hong Kong, Paris, London and Jamaica. His posters are regarded as some of the most instantly recongniseable and inconic in Australia and can be found lingering under overpasses in the countries cities. As noted on Rone’s website, from all the artists … Continue reading »
Blu Planet – Buenos Aires mural.
Buenos Aires was treated to yet another masterpiece from Blu recently, this time portraying a world apparently disintegrating with humans flying out into orbit. It’s been suggested by Buenos Aires Street Art that this may be a commentary from Blu on the world’s exponential population growth, which recently topped the 7 billion mark. Al Gore … Continue reading »
Chaos paints trains and stations (various locations)
Thanks to Juxtapoz magazine for the photographs of German street artist Chaos’ recent work both on trains and within stations at various locations. We think you’ll agree that these are pretty sweet, hope to see more appearing soon. UKB
Recent Train pieces – Belgium
The ‘Graffiti Art on Trains‘ blog documents trainwriters across Belgium. With probably one of the most extensive and up to date collections of train graffiti. Browsing the photographs is an easy way to lose an hour of the day! We picked our favourtie pieces from the past few posts, check them out below. UKB
ROA’s new manatee wall, Miami
Miami seems to have been the place for a lot of exciting new work recently, as ROA’s latest piece demonstrates. The subject this time; a manatee, and the result; breathtaking. Take a look below, there’s a little added surprise as your viewing angle changes…UKB Photos taken from ESP Visuals
Rime’s 50 characters, Miami
This new piece from Rime is really sweet, but even more impressive when you become aware of the process behind it. His original idea was to create a piece reminscent of the trainwriting style of the 70s and 80s in NYC where trains would be covered in paste-ups from front to back. Rime explained the … Continue reading »
Aryz, new mural in Lisbon
We’ve covered Aryz‘s work before during this year’s FAME Festival in Grottaglie, Italy, where he painted one of our favourite pieces from the festival, the superb LSD shrimp with top hat. For the 2nd anniversary of the Montana shop in Lisbon Aryz was invited to paint an enormous mural, and unsurprisingly did not fail to … Continue reading »
CHO Crew Documentary!
Thanks to http://www.urbanartcore.eu for bringing this to our attention. As far as graffiti documentaries go, this last week has been something of an early Christmas present. The online public release of the Unlike-U Trainwriting documentary (thanks to the Berlin authorities being ever-so-slightly unhappy at a film documenting the turning of the city’s trains into rolling walls!) was … Continue reading »
Wedding Walls Project – James Bullough/Karl Addison
As 2011 draws to a close, so does the Wedding Walls project – a mural project conceived this year to bring more art to some of the blank walls of the Wedding district in Berlin. Over the course of the project, artists such as BLO and Victor Ash have been involved in painting some really … Continue reading »
Malarky & Very Nearly Almost (VNA)
Quick post today, but we felt it was worth posting. In this month’s VNA magazine there’s an interview with Malarky, which we’re looking forward to checking out. Nice little profile video of Malarky here as he paints a shutter in London, and provides a nice reason why not to spend £40 on pints of beer, … Continue reading »
Robbo vs Banksy, is the war over?
Anyone who has ever held in their hands a can of spray paint, or has ever had a slight interest in street art, will no doubt have come across the name Banksy. The name is synonymous with the scene, and the man behind it a major player in mainstream culture. “Graffiti Wars” shown on Channel … Continue reading »
Smash137 new work, and exhibition.
Since we last posted, roughly 2-3 weeks ago, there’s been a few new nice shots of work by Swiss artist Smash137′s work appearing online via his website smash137.net. Check out a few of these below, his style is amazing. He also recently opened his exhibition at Gallery Celal called, “Grow Up!”, check out urbanartcore here … Continue reading »
Heart Transplant : A Street Art Documentary
UK had the pleasure this week of speaking to Heritage, a street artist hailing from California, who is involved, along with his crew (Visual Artillery, more on that later), in producing a great street art documentary. The project currently being filmed/edited is Heart Transplant : A Street Art Documentary, and follows the artists involved in … Continue reading »
Moniker Art Fair and others, Part Three!
With this our 3rd and final instalment of Michael Hynd’s photography , we wrap up the series of photographs documenting Moniker and some extra pieces in the surrounding area. This particular post contains less related to Moniker (if any!), so check out parts one and two for some more. Enjoy! UKB
Copenhagen Trains: Vandal Tactics
Copenhagen Trains : Vandal Tactics is a recently released film documenting the trains of Copenhagen’s transport system and the graffiti work that has appeared on them. The film covers (in the main) the work that was completed over a 10 year period between 1997-2007, see an example below from Cres & Cave, photo taken from … Continue reading »
Smash137 & ZEDZ collaboration.
It’s been a while since the end of Cityleaks, but after having a little look at their website brought up a few things that I think are well worth mentioning. First of all, the Cityleaks team have posted a video of Smash137 & ZEDZ collaborating on a wall for the festival which is not only … Continue reading »
Moniker Art Fair and others, Part Two!
Here’s the second instalment of Michael Hynd’s photography from this weekend’s Moniker Art Fair and some other pieces thrown in for good measure. Check out part one here if you haven’t done so already. We’ll post the next set soon! UKB
Moniker Art Fair and others, Part One!
With another successful Moniker Art Fair drawing to a close tonight, we’ve already got ourselves stock of pictures from the weekend to share with you courtesy of Michael Hynd’s fantastic photography. We’ll put them up in a few parts so we’re not overloading each post! There’s a few extras that may, or may not be … Continue reading »
C215 work, East London
UKB’s very own photographer extraordinaire Michael Hynd has been on a mission this afternoon, covering the best that Moniker Art Fair has to offer on it’s final day. On his travels he photographed this little piece that many of you will be familiar with, as it appears to have been around for a little while, … Continue reading »
Buff Diss in Taiwan!
After featuring some work from Aakash Nihalani yesterday, we were taking a look at another tape artist, Buff Diss, hailing from Melbourne in Australia. A different style completely to Aakash, but no less impressive that’s for sure. Below are a few photos he has posted from a trip to Taiwan. UKB
Aakash Nihalani, perspective work.
Something a little different for this Thursday afternoon. With all eyes in the street art world firmly focussed on Moniker Art Fair this weekend, we thought we’d take this opportunity to let our minds wander elsewhere. Through Unurth we discovered Aakash Nihalani, an artist working in the studio and the streets and producing something a little … Continue reading »
Moniker 11 Programme released!
So the time has come. This year’s Moniker Art Fair kicks off tomorrow, and with the programme now online it comes as no surprise there’s going to be plenty to see and do over the weekend. Appearances from Eine, and live painting by Word to Mother and Best Ever will be great events to get along … Continue reading »
D*Face wall for Moniker, Holywell Lane, London.
Thanks to Hookedblog.co.uk we are able to bring you photographs of the recent wall painted by London based artist D*Face With Moniker Art Fair coming this Friday, with a preview vieiwng on Thursday, this giant wall had been painted white in anticipation of D*Face’s work. Really nice piece to kick off this year’s fair a … Continue reading »
Mr Penfold & Malarky, London
Mr Penfold and Malarky have been painting in London over the last few days and have come up with some really nice work. Penfold was originally in London to brighten the House of Strange studios, but teamed up with fellow bandit Malarky. Here’s what they produced, courtesy of Mr Penfolds blog. UKB
Team Robbo throw up, Edinburgh!
Edinburgh is a city with a relatively low key graffiti scene. So it makes it all the more exciting when discovering a nice bit of work, or a piece with a story behind it. Today I noticed a new throw up on the Union Canal by Team Robbo. After the beef between Banksy and Robbo … Continue reading »
Meeting of Styles, London.
Meeting of Styles took place this weekend, on the 8th of October. Early indications from the flickr account set up by MoS suggests that the work was as good, if not better than expected! Please check here for the full gallery and for photographers. In the meantime, here are a selection we’ve seen that look … Continue reading »
Mural on Holywell Lane, (location for Moniker Art Fair), London.
Moniker Art Fair is coming this weekend, after scoping out the location we noticed this cool mural. We’re not sure exactly of the artist(s) – it would be good to know if this was from last year. If anyone has any details let us know at urbankulturblog@gmail.com or post a comment! UKB Edit: Please note, … Continue reading »
Moniker Art Fair 2011, London.
Looks as though it’s going to be a busy month for street art enthusiasts in London. With Meeting of Styles kicking off on the 8th of the month, and then Moniker Art Fair following up on the 13th and lasting until the 16th. Moniker is back for it’s second year at the Village Underground in … Continue reading »
