Tag: Pigeon

1114. Upfest 2017 (95)

Agent Provocateur is a bit of a mystery, and like many street artists, doesn’t seem to want to give too much away. This is more than just understandable, it is just how things are in the world of graffiti art. His Upfest profile says:

‘Agent Provocateur […] is […] an […] amazing […] artist *

*edited due to being fake news.’

Agent Provocateur, Upfest, Bristol, July 2017
Agent Provocateur, Upfest, Bristol, July 2017

This piece is a nicely worked stencil with a message of sorts – a pigeon with bombs under its wings. He has uploaded a picture of this onto his website, which offers not a great deal more insight into his world, but has some nice pictures of his artworks.

801. Stokes Croft, the Carriageworks (25)

A couple of weeks back, we were blessed. Aspire made a trip back to Bristol, from his new home in London, and while he was here, he sprayed a couple of pieces, one of which was this magnificent pigeon in one of the Stokes Croft arches.

Aspire, Stokes Croft, Bristol, May 2017
Aspire, Stokes Croft, Bristol, May 2017

Although Aspire himself talked this piece down…’painted with some dregs from a recent job in Bristol this week’, I happen to think it is yet another example of his mastery of his craft.

Aspire, Stokes Croft, Bristol, May 2017
Aspire, Stokes Croft, Bristol, May 2017

The gold background is inspired, and actually draws the piece closer to the breakdancing Jesus by Cosmo Sarson which has gilt paint stretching high on a wall some 50 metres away.

Aspire, Stokes Croft, Bristol, May 2017
Aspire, Stokes Croft, Bristol, May 2017

This was not the only spraying Aspire managed on his short trip, and I will be posting about another piece soon. So glad he could make time to brighten up our streets again.

780. Upfest 2016 (124)

Located slightly off the main drag of Upfest is this rather large wall with an advertising hoarding inconveniently taking up the top left hand corner. In 2015, the wall was admirably sprayed by Snub23. This year it was the turn of Gamma Gallery.

Gamma Gallery, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016
Gamma Gallery, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016

I’m afraid I don’t quite get the concept of Gamma Gallery. I’m not sure if it is one person or a collective, but irrespective of that I think this is a magnificent piece. There is something about the pigeons that I really like.

Gamma Gallery, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016
Gamma Gallery, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016

For the observant of you out there…I took this picture a short while after Upfest, and the picture on the bill board is different from the one at the time it was painted. I wish I knew more about this piece, but the Interweb wasn’t very fruitful, so I am just enjoying it for what it is.

Gamma Gallery, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016
Gamma Gallery, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016

 

(why I don’t like) Ivy

 

Its relentless surge

strangling dispassionately

all it encounters

and the berries, destined to

paint my car in pigeon poop.

 

by Scooj

 

  • I was going to leave this as a haiku, but had so much more to say, and the rage in me added the two extra lines to make the tanka. The first version used a different word to poop, but I moderated it a little. Feel free to use the original word if it makes it more impactful.

Classy birds

 

Collared doves in love;

modest country cousins to

the streetwise pigeon.

 

by Scooj