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Diggin into the archives bring back lots of mostly good memories but some of these artists have done so much brilliant street art that picking just one or two highlights is cruelly dismissive of their street opus. Another week of suspended animation has rolled past so here we go with the 4th collection of flashbacks […]
Four weeks of Lockdown now, most sensible countries have extended their lockdown period for a few more weeks but don’t worry, the archive isn’t going to be running on fumes any time soon. The relationship between impact and size is not at all clear in street art. Isaac Cordal‘s forlorn concrete figures were found in […]
Mid Nite Crisis14 – 22nd December 2018 Rocket Barber Shop118 Stoke Newington High St, London N16 7NY Sweet Toof, East London’s legendary dental illustrator is back for a show in the unlikely surroundings of a North London barber shop cellar. The unorthodox location heaves with canvasses, prints and bizarre objects. Knick knacks with lurid buck […]
If there is one thing Shoreditch has lacked in the past few years it is the regular sightings of shocking pink gums and pearly teeth from Sweet Toof, the last proper dental checkup around Brick Lane was a paste up bombing session with Insect in 2013. Paul Insect, Sweet Toof, 2013 Last Christmas a glorious […]
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 […]
All photos HowAboutNo Words NoLionsInEngland We are just over halfway through October so it must be time to reminisce fondly on the street art that appeared on Shoreditch walls back in September. We can also reminisce on the good old days when the part of Graffoto wandering round with a camera would let the part […]
All photos: NoLionsInEngland Not making any promises that this will become a regular feature but….here are some musings on and pics of street art and graffiti which happened to catch our eye around London recently. Sweet Toof and Insect knocked up some gorgeous paste ups and papered a broad swath of London’s East End. Choosing […]
Sweet Revenge – A retrospective showcase by High Roller Society at The Colour Works, 117 Wallis Road, Hackney, London E9 5LN 11 August – 19 August 2012 all photos NoLionsInEngland except DaveShocko and Myriam JC Preston where stated Sweet Toof solo shows are as rare as hen’s teef. There was the curious basement outing at […]
13 Jun 2012 – 1 night onlythen Lovebox Festival, Victoria Park, London15 Jun – 17 Jun 2012 all photos NoLionsInEngland, except HowAboutNo where stated OK, so who’s idea was it to mash up memories of an embassy car park (Banksy, Swiss Embassy, London) with the spirit of a secret NY subway station (Workhorse et al, […]
Welcome pop pickers! A post I have meant to do for the last few years on Graffoto has been a look back at the year, be it a good or a bad one. The problem in previous years was that I just always ended up leaving it too late in the holiday, my bingo wings […]