Tag: UK

53. Nelson Street hoarding (1)

There is a lot of building work going on in the old centre of town, mostly the construction of accommodation blocks for students. Of course this means that there is a fair amount of permitted street art space on the hoardings around the sites.

Andy Council, Nelson Street, Bristol, October 2015
Andy Council, Nelson Street, Bristol, October 2015

Andy Council is an artist who lives in Bristol. His works usually incorporate dinosaurs or other animals and architecture, and much of it is about Bristol. You can see his work all over the place, frequently in community spaces that need brightening up. He is also the ‘go to’ designer for all sorts of leaflets and other communications material.

Andy Council, Nelson Street, Bristol, October 2015
Andy Council, Nelson Street, Bristol, October 2015

This work painted in 2014 is a typical piece. It is temporary and likely to be gone soon.

 

Love Earth

 

That moment when you

rise above the clouds and the

wonder is revealed

 

by Scooj

Polly Higgins

 

Single-handedly

determined to make others

sit up and listen

 

by Scooj

 

For more about ecocide law, go here.

Butterfly paper napkin

 

Versatility

embodied; a plate for cake

or pretty nose wipe

 

by Scooj

52. Broad Street

During the ‘See no Evil’ event in Bristol in 2012, Conor Harrington dropped over from his native Ireland and painted this mural in his distinctive style. It is called ‘the Duel of Bristol’.

Conor Harrington, Broad Street, Bristol, October 2015
Conor Harrington, Broad Street, Bristol, October 2015

Harrington now lives in and has a studio in East London. Like so many before him, he started off as a graffiti artist, but is now a celebrated muralist gaining worldwide acclaim. There is more about him in this excellent Frankie Beane post.

Conor Harrington, Broad Street, Bristol, October 2015
Conor Harrington, Broad Street, Bristol, October 2015

This mural happens to be located in one of my favourite parts of Bristol, tucked away behind the church of St John the Baptist and through the old city gate – I love the way it is framed by an ancient/modern setting.

Conor Harrington, Broad Street, Bristol, October 2015
Conor Harrington, Broad Street, Bristol, October 2015

8/10

Missing since September 29

 

A wife and three girls

desperate for any news;

Daddy please come home

 

by Scooj

 

prompted by small notices strapped to lamp posts around Bristol centre this morning.

51. Frogmore Street (3)

Standing on the bridge at the bottom of Park Street looking North East, you are treated to the most wonderful stencil by Banksy.

Banksy, Frogmore Street, Bristol
Banksy, Frogmore Street, Bristol

‘Man hanging’ which probably goes by several different names was sprayed in 2006, and led to something of a watershed in a permissive stance from the Bristol City Council regarding what was then called graffiti. There is a lovely article written at the time from the BBC website. How things have come on in relatively few years.

Banksy, Frogmore Street, from Park Street, Bristol
Banksy, Frogmore Street, from Park Street, Bristol

I am fortunate enough to walk past this iconic Banksy twice a day at least, and I am never bored by it. In 2009 the work was attacked with blue paint, calling into question all sorts of difficult conversations about street art and graffiti and vandalism and ‘he had it coming to him for selling out’ etc etc. For me it is just a pity. It seems that with his art, if you are not there in the first day or two, it will get damaged or removed.

Banksy, man hanging
Banksy, man hanging

9.5/10

War memorial

 

So many left to

fight and gave their lives in haste;

now the grass grows green

 

by Scooj

Swindon

 

If anyone can

tell me what the hell’s going

on here, please could they

 

by Scooj

 

Making waves

 

Autumn waves crash on

tiled floors, a terrarium

for urban living

 

by Scooj