You tell me these things
as if I need reminding;
I like to love me.
by Scooj
Tag: Graffiti
109. Hurle road.
I pass this mural every week on the way to my daughter’s piano lesson. Every time I see it, I say to my daughter “I must get a picture of that”. She groans, and has become very bored with me repeating myself.
Today I took the pictures. This commissioned piece appears on the side of a shop on the Whiteladies Road. A commission is probably the only way street art is going to make it into this area. It is by Andy Council, and I have posted a couple of his works previously from the Hotwell Road and Nelson street. You will see he has a very distinctive style.
His works often incorporate Bristol landmarks and here he has included the Clifton Suspension Bridge. This is very safe street art, but brightens up the area nonetheless.
6/10
108. Charles Street
Following on from yesterday’s post I thought I would add another piece by Aspire. This mural is tucked away off the main road at the southern end of Stokes Croft. This beautiful robin is in great company…is that marilyn in the yellow telephone box?
I have no idea who pasted the yellow phone box, I like it…it is quirky and it appears to have changed colour from red (as seen on streetview). I like the robin more though. I’m on a bit of an Aspire streak…maybe more next week.
7.5/10
107. City Road
The pure joy of Bristol street art is that it is so incredibly varied; from the sanitised masterpieces to the illegal spraying. Fine art and burners sit side by side. For those interested in art Bristol is becoming a very large free-to-view canvass.
I have recently become aware of a number of pieces by Aspire, a Bristol-based artist who specialises in portraits of birds, using his spray paint to create pixelated images. More on this in a nice interview with the artist from the Our Autonomous Nature website. I like his work very much and will post more works from around the Stokes Croft area.
7/10
106. Nelson Street (3)
It is such a glorious Winter’s day today, cold and sunny. I had to get out for a short lunchtime walk. I headed down to Nelson Street to photograph this stunning mural by Aryz.
Aryz, originally from Barcelona, painted this mural in 2011 as part of the ‘See no Evil’ street art event in central Bristol. In his biography, it states he likes a large mural…well this is pretty big.
I have been meaning to post this for a long time, but have struggled to get good pictures of it. the light is difficult and shadows often obscure parts of it. These pictures are from different days – the sunny ones from today.
8/10
105. Moon Street (5)
The Lakota nightclub in Moon Street is famous, not only in Bristol, but countrywide (as I have just found out from reading the wikipedia entry), and has had something of a turbulent recent history.
The area is a magnet for street artists, but the commissions on the walls of this club are outstanding. Cheo and Gregor Minto have given one of Bristol’s landmarks a remarkable identity.
If you live in Bristol, Moon Street is well worth a visit just to see these magnificent walls.
8.5/10
104. Jubilee Street (2)
I have just been checking up on Streetview to recall the place I photographed this wall. It is Jubilee Street, and the amazing thing is that there has been a massive turnover of high quality street art in this area (since the last release of Streetview in 2014). Obviously I will have to venture here more frequently.
I have delayed posting this fabulous piece because I wasn’t sure who sprayed it – then I saw the signature in the chewing gum under the shoe. The artist is Deam. I have plenty more of his works to post in the future. I have a feeling that SPZero76 might have had a hand in this too.
I love this work and I love the area.
8/10
103. Frogmore Street (5)
This collaboration rounds off, for the time being, the different works of Bristol artists in this area. The wall in question is directly below the Banksy, and adjacent to the 45RPM and RichT wall.
It is a cheerful piece by Silent Hobo, Cheo and Deam (who seems to sign himself with variants of Deam, Deamz or Deamze). Each artist has sprayed a separate part of the wall in their own distinct styles.
The wall has been repainted reasonably regularly, although this has remained for a couple of years. I fully expect it will change again this year. The wall gets a load of attention from visitors who come to look at the Banksy above it.
I am fond of this work.
8/10.
102. Moon Street (4)
This wall is famous. It is on the side of the Full Moon pub in Stokes Croft, and is a favorite spot for street art. It is a great place to demonstrate the ever-changing nature of street art and graffiti walls.
Over the 2016 Christmas break, a ‘Sandy Claws’ character (from the Tim Burton film – The Nightmare Before Christmas) appeared on the recently plain painted wall. I don’t know the artist, but it looks like it was commissioned by the pub owners to draw attention to their Attic Bar.
A few days later the piece was gone and the wall painted over, and this is how it looks now.
However, I took a picture of the same wall in November 2014 and captured the SPQR ‘astronaut’ (which I had incorrectly believed to be a Banksy when I took the photograph). SPQR is a West Country ‘artisan’ who emulates the Banksy stencil style and dark humour. I’m not too sure who sprayed the embracing skeletons, but they rather tickle me.
It will be interesting to see what appears here next.
8.5/10 (astronaut)
101. Partition Street
I have visited the Three Tuns pub on many occasions. A few years ago it was an office favourite for farewell dos – at that time the public sector was being hit by harsh cuts, and many of my friends lost their jobs. It may become a favoured venue again as further cuts are in train for this year.
This cheerful mural by Zesk has appeared very recently (Early January 2016) and is something of a departure from his usual wildstyle burners. As with many of the street artists in Bristol, Zesk has close links with the hip hop music scene. There is little more I can tell you about him, but he keeps his Flickr account up to date.
There is something about this piece that reminds me of some of Inkie’s work. I think it will grow on me, especially as I will walk past it most days.
7.5/10
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