Tag: Simian

5174. M32 Cycle path (211)

Bean, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2023
Bean, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2023

When I first found this falling monkey on the M32 Cycle path, I was left pondering whom it was painted by, and although it was signed, I didn’t have enough to go on to be able to post the piece at that time. It is by Bean, who has been making a bit of an impact this April, hitting the walls of Bristol pretty hard.

Bean, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2023
Bean, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2023

Bean has painted several different characters and certainly has a versatile approach and creative imagination. I am a big fan of monkeys in street art, and since Nightwayss left us, there has been a shortage of simian artwork, so it was good to find this piece. I am expecting great things from Bean this year, if April is anything to go by.

2796. St Werburghs tunnel (154)

During the first half of February, a whole bunch of new pieces appeared in the St Werburghs tunnel, in fact the turnover there has been quite remarkable this winter, and this extraordinary piece by Deddringa was among them. He is an artist I am unfamiliar with and this is the first piece by him that I have posted.

Deddringa, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2020
Deddringa, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2020

The piece is rather unusual, and has the appearance of a dystopian future Planet of the Apes kind of thing, or at least that is how I see it. The simian features on the face are skilfully blended with the background, especially under the mouth where the silhouetted buildings come through.

I probably need to do a bit of swotting up to find out more about Deddringa and hope to see more of his work in the future.