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When I first began to explore street art one my favourite artists was and indeed still is French stencillist Jef Aerosol. This Aerosol masterpiece was on Hanbury street and marked more or less a the time that this wall was just beginning to be used for permissioned murals. Jef Aerosol 2010 Shoreditch street art was […]
Taking Liberties! Jamie Reid political work 1970 – 2020Horse Hospital, Colonnade, BloomsburyLondon WC1N 1JD Opened March 6th, extended to end April Jamie Reid is the activist artist who is probably best known in popular culture as the artist behind the Sex Pistols album artwork. The Horse Hospital in London has a retrospective exhibition of Jamie […]
Muralism is the painting of astounding pieces of street art on buildings, these days usually with permission. We’re talking daylight painting, accomplished artists and permission but not direct municipal involvement. In Shoreditch that’s generally how it operates. We are not talking about civic murals where artists pitch for council approval, arts council funding and perpetual […]
StolenSpace, Osborn St, LondonThe Residency, Whitby St, London October 5th – October 31st Update: The Residency portion of the show has closed but a section of the art has been consolidated at StolenSpace and remains on show until the end of November. Shepard Fairey has visited London and a confetti of stickers, some major murals […]