Graffotosubtitle -“Hurrah, its not about Banksy or Robbo” photos: NoLionsInEngland and Howaboutno except where stated Pinpointing the beginning of the credit crunch depends for most of us on personal factors such whether you read your paper from the back to the front or the moment of hard impact such as loss of the McJob. Ronzo […]
all photos: NoLionsInEngland In the beginning there were four targets. Following a Christmas Day Robbo-mission and a little memo-to-Banksy early in the New Year, there were only two left. Now in the gap between yesterday afternoon (Sunday) and this afternoon, Team Robbo has collected the set. Slicing the knife into another chink in the armour, […]
all photos: NoLionsInEngland except Romanywg where stated One of the joys of cycling to work is chancing across fresh graff and street art. This morning, even with only half an eye for walls, rooftops and side alleyways I found two unexpected specimens of Burning Candy rooftop freshness. Firstly, thanks to a minor deviation down a […]
This post is written by nolionsinengland and is not necessarily reflective of the thoughts of co-bloggers Howaboutno and Shellshock, in fact they may not even be my friends any more! About 4 days after you read it here on Graffoto, The Times proclaimed ”Not since the rivalry of Picasso and Matisse…. has there been such […]
Christmas day is traditionally, in London at least, an occasion for graffiti writers to brush the turkey off their chops and head to the tunnels and lay-ups for some seasonal decorative activities. Banksy got his Christmas celebrations in early by hitting Regents Canal in Camden last weekend. In doing so, this spectacular piece caused uproar […]
Before I set out this morning on the minimal effort that passes as my contribution to the irreligious Xmas consumer fest, I glanced though my Flickr contacts’ latest uploads and saw ArtOfTheState had uploaded a new Banksy. And when AOTS calls it as a Banksy, it damn well is a Banksy. I recognised the building […]
The Art Gallery,University Of The Arts, London10 Dec 09 – Feb 2010 all photos: NoLionsInEngland and Howaboutno where stated Two major solo shows, a couple of crew shows not to mention some shutter painting have already made 2009 a prolific year for Cept. Bethnal Green Rd, 2009 Not to be outdone, Cept’s alter ego Mike […]
Rolling With The Punches The Print House Gallery18 Ashwin St, London, E8 3DL4 Dec 2009 – 10 Jan 2010 Celebrating identity is at the heart of graffiti, which makes Joss Sutterby of RT (RepresenT) crew a bit of a novelty among London’s finest for his avoidance of letter-form self promotion. While Vibes and Towns drop […]
all photos: NoLionsInEngland I come to praise street art not to bury it. If that gives away my answer to my own question fear not, for purpose of dramatic suspense the best is still saved till last. There are a myriad variety of ways I can cycle across London from home in the West to […]
feat ARYZ, BISER, BOM.K, DOES, NYCHOS, PROBS, RABODIGA, TIZER Maverik ShowroomRedchurch St, London25th – 29th (Sunday!) November 2009 All photos: NoLionsInEngland When Probs23, laden with experience of putting on shows at The Dragon Bar (RIP) and a little black book filled with phone numbers of some the World’s best graff writers, not to mention the […]