Floating about in
a sea of uncertainty;
hold on or let go?
by Scooj
Month: April 2016
204. Cheltenham Road, Metropolis hoardings
These hoardings rarely have decent works sprayed on them because they get painted off almost immediately…it may be that the owners of the site don’t want the hoardings to become a practice wall. The result is that the hoardings are heavily tagged instead. In among the useless tagging, there was this gem however – an anonymous tribute to DJ Derek. As is is a stencil, I would expect to see it popping up around the place. Simple and touching.
DJ Derek’s funeral took place last week, and there has been no more news about the circumstances of his death. I do not believe they were in any way suspicious.
203. Brunswick Square hut
Brunswick Square is a reasonably recent discovery for me, which is why it has taken me so long to find this work by Dan. I posted another of his works in Hillgrove Street back in October 2015, but I really struggle to find out much about him at all. I know the piece was sprayed in 2009.
I have lifted he backstory quote from Dan to this wonderful work from the Wooster Collective website and it is as follows:
“After the opening of a new multi-million pounds mall in the city centre of Bristol. All the areas around have been proclaimed “no street drinking zone” giving the homeless people and the local street drinkers no choices but to leave the area. As a result of this, the number of street drinkers is considerably increased in deprived areas where the drinking ban is not so strictly enforced.”
Special Brew, the drink pictured, is a strong lager favoured by heavy drinkers.
202. Greville Road (2)
This is a contemporary political stencil that I came across recently during a stroll down North Street. It is a controversial piece from an artist who is known for using iconic figures in his works – usually celebrities. In this instance he has conflated two ‘hate figures’…Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump, in a very interesting way. Edgy stuff, which makes it all the more attractive to me.
Pegasus is originally from Chicago, but now lives and works out of North London. He has a fairly substantial Wikipedia page, and a good website containing more about him and his works.
This is one of many political pieces in Bristol that are emerging as we enter into election periods in the midst of austerity. I expect more.
Bittercress
Frail unpretentious
flower too small to notice
too fair to ignore.
by Scooj
201. Stokes Croft various, Bristol
I am going to break with tradition for my 201st street art post, and talk about an unknown tagger. I have been seeing a lot of this tag lately, and my first instinct is to rather enjoy it…certainly better than scrawling black initials over everything. This may be an attempt by a new artist to start marking their presence before graduating onto something more ambitious, I certainly hope so. Here are a few sites from the Stokes Croft area that started appearing in March 2016.
Unknown tag, Stokes Croft, Bristol, March/April 2016
Unknown tag, Stokes Croft, Bristol, March/April 2016
Unknown tag, Stokes Croft, Bristol, March/April 2016
Unknown tag, Stokes Croft, Bristol, March/April 2016
Maybe I’ll get to find out who it is and observe their progress.
Close your eyes for a moment
Hear the tide ebbing,
seaweed pops and crackles and
bright water gurgles.
by Scooj
Her Monday morning
Squinting through makeup
that fails to cover the truth;
a heavy weekend.
by Scooj
Heron
In its grey coat it
came, eyeing up the neighbours
fishpond, then vanished.
by Scooj
200. M32 Roundabout, Junction 3 (8)
The final one of a quickfire burst of Deamze wildstyle works. This is yet another one on the M32 roundabout. Doing this reminds me that I really ought to get back down there to see what’s new.
This time we are treated to pinks and reds in this intricate work. Unfortunately it is very tricky to photograph, because it is in quite a narrow passage which makes it difficult to get the whole piece in frame. The sideways shot just about does it.
OK, I’ll leave Deamze alone for a while now and concentrate on some other works.
Natural adventures 