Tag: London street art
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New Banksy appears on Pall Mall
A new Banksy appeared in Central London yesterday (Wednesday April 29th). This time its not graffiti but a sculpture standing atop a realistic, but plastic, plinth. The satirical sculpture of a man striding confidently off the plastic plinth with a wind blown flag wrapped around his face is presumably a comment on the ludicrous nature…
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The Stickmen of North London
On the traffic clogged streets of North London, particularly along Hornsey Road, drivers and pedestrians often find themselves accompanied by whimsical yellow figures perched atop street signs, clinging to lampposts, or lounging on building facades. These playful installations are the brainchild of ‘Kit’, an anonymous street artist who has been transforming everyday urban fixtures into…
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London’s Chewing Gum Artist
One of London’s greatest living artists’ work can’t be found in any art gallery but rather on the pavements, and particularly one London bridge. Have you ever noticed the hundreds of tiny works of art on the Millennium Bridge? They are the work of Ben Wilson, an ‘outsider artist’ who paints the chewing gum stuck…