Please leave a comment if you know the name of the artist/crew behind any of the artwork. Credit where credit is due.
If you have a URL with more info, even better! Thanks!
If you have a URL with more info, even better! Thanks!
This page is part of the personal web ramblings of Magnus Hultberg.
Put your mark on the Wharf!
Wahaca, of mexican street food fame, is announcing a competition to street artists in order to find someone to decorate their new venue opening in Canary Wharf.
Read all about it on their blog: Your Chance to Graffiti Canary Wharf!
Sad treatment of Eska mural
Got a tip last night that Eska had put up a new mural in the tunnel. Since I like his stuff I walked through the tunnel on my way home for the first time in a long time, and there it was. Pristine, untouched, brightening up the tunnel in all its glory. Unfortunately, I for once didn’t have my camera so decided I would snap it first thing in the morning.
Walked past it today, and somebody gave it the proper Beirut treatment. All bombed to shit. Typical. I wonder if the outline of “IMAGE” was there in the original. Or if that is a really skilfully done hack. If it is, good work, I must say.
Classic Eska. New, clever innovation introduced with this one though, using a stencil he has connected the left side of the graff with the right one painting the URL to his web site (www.eskaart1.com) as a halo on the floor.
Kindly contributed by Eska himself, here is a photo of the mural without all the tags:
Check out more murals on the Eska web site.
Two new galleries
Check out the Galleries page for two fresh galleries with artwork.
Also check out Eska’s site, where he has published some recent stuff from Stockwell and South Bank.
Been a bit lazy with the blogging lately, summer and holiday is the obvious priority.
Expect more updates as temperatures wind down… 
Gritting the tunnel, 1st of August
On the 1st of August an event slightly out of the ordinary will take place in the Leake Street tunnel: knitters and graff artists will create “a fusion of can and craft” as they will be gritting the tunnel.
Bringing knitting and graffiti together is bound to lend an entirely unique look and feel to the dear tunnel. This is an event not to be missed, so bring out your best hardcore ninja knitting needles and join in the fun!
Read more on the I Knit London web site.
Babyfaces, new Eska mural
This piece came up this last Sunday. Wish I had had time to go down there and have a chat, but events over the weekend conspired against me.
UPDATE: 3D made by Eska wile the baby’s face was painted by Pikto and Pikto’s girlfriend. Great collaboration guys.
Get sick, green eggs, gay arm and hand
Spot the pattern?
Me neither.
More of that brush painted (?) artwork (see also “Headache inducing“).
It just looks so freaky.
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Tunnel 228 in Leake Street
Duh. Sometimes I am sooo slow on the uptake. Ever since I heard about the Tunnel 228 project I have been kicking myself for not knowing in time to get tickets. Anything done in the tunnels below London has my undivided attention.
Not until today though, when DebL commented on the mysterious torso and kindly gave me some more info on them, did I realize that Tunnel 228 actually emerged in the Leake Street passageway. Perhaps the construction work I saw earlier this year was related to that. What else could it have been…
In fact, looking at the picture of the exit here, I am fairly certain it was.
The Guardian has written a lot about the Old Vic and Punchdrunk collaboration:
- The Old Vic and Punchdrunk collaborate on Tunnel 228
- Pictures from Tunnel 228
- Tunnel vision of underground art
Kicking myself, kicking myself…
Hek, Crime Design Crew
Past few weeks have seen two new pieces by Hek. One blue and white in the appendix and one chrome in the main tunnel.
He says himself that he wasn’t very happy with the blue and white one as a combination of weird wall surface and rain made the paint drip.
That may be the case, but I must say I really like his style. Simple design, powerful and determined outlines, really stands out from the wall and gets the attention.
Looking forward to see more.
