Graffoto“Missing”The Crypt GallerySt Pancras ChurchLondon 24th – 27th May 2018 “and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth” Genesis 1:28 – […]
Scale is nothing important in street art, otherwise only the biggest murals would count. A few years back curiosity was stoked by bizarre little cement structures appearing on the streets. Someone on the London scene a bit smarter and better connected identified the artist as 3x3x3. 3x3x3 has a Flickr profile, 56 followers (!) and […]
One of the many justifications given by street artists for their wanton abuse of other people’s property is that it’s a response, a push back against the use of the public visual space to host corporate propaganda, known in the indoctrinating the masses trade as advertising. One of Graffoto’s favourite proponents of advertising resistance is […]
Do you recall broccoli panic gripping the nation in Spring 2017? Something to do with the weather led to crop failure in Spain which triggered a desperate broccoli shortage in England. It is not known if the Cobra committee met to discuss rationing. Waitrose steeled itself for riots and Fortnum and Masons dusted off the […]
WORDPLAY Cartoonneros and Pure Evil Pure Evil Gallery Thursday 25th January – one night only In 2006, people with no discernible creative talent were invited by Banksy to Cans Festival to make some spray paint art. I don’t think have picked up a spray can since. Oh, to avoid doubt, Banksy also thought to invite […]
All photos: Dave Stuart except Lumiere London where noted Sat 20th Jan update: A wander around different locations, more Light Art photos added at the bottom Michael Davis – Ilumaphonium Millions of magical ingredients make up a great London night but its not often a cloudless sky is one of them. Lumiere London is back […]
Cut and RunSweet Toof and Rolf Carl Werner BSMT Space5d Stoke Newington Rd, Stoke Newington, London N16 8BH 14 Dec 2017 – 14 January 2018 All photos: Dave Stuart Long time ago in a ghetto far far away, pink gums and teeth chomped sections of roof tops, walls and anything else they could get their […]
The approach of the end of the year for many brings on a period of indulgence and reflection and Graffoto can’t resist getting stuck in as well. A little more free time during the Winter months allows a bit of photo library housekeeping which in turn means time to revisit some of the wonderful art […]
Caution: regular readers may be shocked to find references to the real world in what follows. Since his street art first appeared on London’s walls in 2008, Ludo’s paste ups have been a frequent delight around London. His dark and occasionally surreal vision sees nature take up arms, what at first glimpse may look like […]
Many moons ago Banksy came up with a fairly comical visual joke involving a policeman and a line of coke, the policeman would be stencilled on wall and a meandering line of white paint would be dribbled on the streets. Wry chuckles all around at The Snorting Copper. photo: Martin Bull, 2006 One of these […]