The city is at
a standstill; not the best time
to queue for a bus.
by Scooj
Tag: UK
79. Leonard Lane (5)
The works in Leonard Lane never cease to surprise or challenge. I saw this today, and didn’t pay too much attention to it, then stumbled into a comedy double-take (fortunately nobody was watching).
To say that this street has a lot of experimental art/graffiti is an understatement. But this one has me intrigued. I don’t know the artist, and there are no signatures that I can make out.
The work has a backdrop of random graffiti, which I guess was there before. Overlaying it are four wheatpaste circles of decreasing sizes that have replica images that have been lifted from the backdrop. It is very clever, and has left me wondering how it was done.
Definitely one for Tate Modern.
8/10
Home sweet homeless
Atop the steps, my
bedroom under vaulted skies;
open plan living.
by Scooj
Painting and decorating
Painting ceilings is
a mugs game unless your name
is L. da Vinci.
by Scooj.
78. Frogmore Street (4)
This busy mural is in great company, with a Banksy and JPS only meters away.
It is by 45rpm and Richt. Although 45rpm has a lot of work around Bristol, and a website, it is difficult to dig up very much about him although he does have a post about his work with Richt on pattern collage murals.
Richt is also a Bristol-based artist and illustrator whose works are also scattered around Bristol and the Westcountry. The pair appear to collaborate a fair bit.
7/10
Squat pigeons
Perched high, defiant
grey skies above, squat pigeons
wait for the Winter.
by Scooj
‘Tis the season to be jolly
You know times are hard
when you see Father Christmas
sell The Big Issue.
by Scooj
F.A.B.
Barry Gray and your
ondes martenot; music so
sophisticated.
by Scooj
- Barry Gray was the genius behind all the music in the Gerry Anderson productions: Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlett, Joe 90, UFO and Space 1999 amongst others. Incredible ’60s and ’70s music, big band, first synthesisers…just incredible. I went to a concert celebrating his music in Bristol this week. Unbelievable music for children’s programmes.
77. Bolton Road (1)
A recent political mural just off the Gloucester Road (which eventually becomes Cheltenham Road and the Stokes Croft area) caught my eye a couple of weeks ago.
This collaboration by Feek (the main character) and 3Dom (the octopus and ‘citizens’) looks to be a poke at the right wing politics of the Tories and UKIP (whose party colours are purple and yellow).
Feek is a local Bristol artist who links up with quite a few of the artists, like Sepr, 3Dom and Soker, amongst others. Annoyingly I am struggling to find out much more about him.
Bolton Road is more of a narrow alley way, and this mural is rather difficult to photograph.
7/10
The Ministry
Pale civil servants
wearing tired suits and faces;
austerity’s grip.
by Scooj
Natural adventures 