Paris summer part 1

We recently went to Paris for a 4 day break with our friend Simon. Whilst there we snapped some pretty fine pieces of graffiti so I thought I'd share some with you, here goes...

 Distressed girl

 Blind test

 Tightrope walker

 Now I'm not usually a fan of rubbish tagging, but this one caught my eye as my name is Hame and my twin sister's name is Heather (Hev) - we didn't do this tag though!

 Hobo

 Ph. Herard

   Ph. Herard

   Ph. Herard

   Ph. Herard

We were walking the streets on sunday morning when we came across three pieced that had been done on cut door panels. I really liked this one, and was tempted to bring it back to London, but it was too bloody heavy. Great idea though, so I think I may use it later...

acrylic on door panel

 Invader across the canal from our apartment

  Ph. Herard

 Sign modification (for Mark)

 Wonder woman (now)

 This was a really nice paste-up but unfortunately if had been dogged by the time we came across it

 Interesting stencil in gay town

 Stencil

 Super Mario in tiles

 B&W paste-up

 Large B&W hand painted past-up

 Paste-up

 Invader down toward Notre Damme

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Paris summer part 2

On a recent trip to Paris I took a bunch of snaps of what was happening over there. This is part 2:

Love the continuated messaging on this piece near Hotel Du Nord 

Invader 

Flouro  phallis

Not sure who this is, but it was very well done 

We came across this guy on our first day, and even saw the artist putting one up near our apartment in broad daylight... No two are the same so it's always a pleasure to see the next one.

 Ph. Herard signs most pieces. Can't find much info on him, but here's a link (from a french site): http://www.loveonthewall.com/2012/05/ph-herard.html

Dickey Mouse 

 Ph. Herard 

 Ph. Herard 

Stickers 

 Woman paste up

 Woman paste up. There were a number of these life size stencil/paste ups around the city, all individual, ann very well done, great style and technique, and mostly all ver high up 

 Hiding

Tile cow 

Cast painted face

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Time to clear the phone...

Been a while since I have purged the phone, so I thought I'd chuck up a few of my favs from the last little while when I haven't had my camera with me. Quality is a but sus, but you get that. Enjoy.

 (LoveFilth popping up all around archway/Holloway/Islington)

(Nice Grafter stencil on an electricity box on our way to the garden) 

(Classic retro viewmaster piece from Toby in Crouch End) 

(Classic retro viewmaster piece from Toby in Crouch End)  

 (Invader down town - either in Totenhamcourt Rd, or Regent St - can't remember)

Tile in Archway - don't think it's anything to do with Invader tho... ) 

(Penis, think this was near Angel somewhere?)

(Banksy or not? Think not, but it's along Holloway Rd by a bed shop)

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New(ish) Invader in Covent Garden

Noticed a new Invader piece in Covent Garden the other week. It's on the Nike shoe shop overhang on Neal street. Check it out...
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Invader teaser for latest NY exhibition now online

A detail of the work for the new exhibition. Check out the video link below

Some earlier Invader B&W tile work from Paris

Here's a great piece by a French graf artist called Invader who I've been following for a few years. He usually does space invader characters in tiles around the world, but has gone off on a tangent for his latest exhibition in NY. This is wicked artistic innovation...

http://www.space-invaders.com/top_10.html
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The disappointing disappearance of street art in London

Twat - Shoreditch

Banksy - Faringdon

After strolling around the streets of London this week hoping to photograph some fresh street art I was disappointed to discover a distinct absence of artwork. The usual haunts of Shoreditch, Soho and Brick Lane seemed to be lacking in the usual abundance of stencils and paste-ups. Found a few new Invader mosaics and a Banksy rat in Faringdon, but not much of anything else. Also a lot of the areas around Rivingdon Street were freshly white walled. I hope this can only mean a fresh canvas for London's urban escapaders...