Tag: Urban

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.

Unknown artist, Leonard Lane, Bristol
Unknown artist, Leonard Lane, Bristol

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

Unknown artist, Leonard Lane, Bristol
Unknown artist, Leonard Lane, Bristol

Home sweet homeless

 

Atop the steps, my

bedroom under vaulted skies;

open plan living.

 

by Scooj

78. Frogmore Street (4)

This busy mural is in great company, with a Banksy and JPS only meters away.

Richt and 45RPM, Frogmore Street, Bristol, November 2015
Richt and 45RPM, Frogmore Street, Bristol, November 2015

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 and 45RPM, Frogmore Street, Bristol, November 2015
Richt and 45RPM, Frogmore Street, Bristol, November 2015

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

‘Tis the season to be jolly

 

You know times are hard

when you see Father Christmas

sell The Big Issue.

 

by Scooj

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.

3Dom and Feek, Bolton Road, Bristol, November 2015
3Dom and Feek, Bolton Road, Bristol, November 2015

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).

3Dom and Feek, Bolton Road, Bristol, November 2015
3Dom and Feek, Bolton Road, Bristol, November 2015

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.

3Dom and Feek, Bolton Road, Bristol, November 2015
3Dom and Feek, Bolton Road, Bristol, November 2015

Bolton Road is more of a narrow alley way, and this mural is rather difficult to photograph.

7/10

 

Planet v economy

 

Winning the global

race is irrelevant if

there are no runners.

 

by Scooj

76. Park Row (2)

Alex Lucas is a breath of fresh air on the street art scene. She is a hugely talented textile designer and illustrator/animator. Her commissions are instantly recognisable and can be seen all over Bristol.

Alex Lucas, Park Row, Bristol, November 2015
Alex Lucas, Park Row, Bristol, November 2015

This mural, completed in October 2015, looks to be a commission by the University of Bristol Cabot Institute, and is right next to the most wonderful public conveniences.

Alex Lucas, Park Row, Bristol, November 2015
Alex Lucas, Park Row, Bristol, November 2015

The work features a plesiosaurus and other sea creatures from the period, one mischievously using a spray can, and tells a story of sea level rises. There is more about the collaboration on the Cabot Institute website

Alex Lucas, Park Row, Bristol, November 2015
Alex Lucas, Park Row, Bristol, November 2015

I love this.

Alex Lucas, Park Row, Bristol, November 2015
Alex Lucas, Park Row, Bristol, November 2015

8.5/10

Boat

 

In the shadow of

Brunel’s finest, but worthy

of such company.

 

by Scooj

75. Park Row (1)

Mistaken by many for a Banksy, this wonderful stencil is actually by JPS (Jamie Paul Scanlon) and was sprayed in 2013. Clearly it draws on Banksy’s style and subject matter, but that is no surprise as JPS credits his emergence and confidence as a street artist with a visit he made to a Banksy exhibition at Bristol Museum.

JPS, Girl on swing, Park Row, Bristol, November 2015
JPS, Girl on swing, Park Row, Bristol, November 2015

I have written several posts about the work of JPS, and he remains my favourite Bristol-based artist.

JPS, Girl on swing, Park Row, Bristol, November 2015
JPS, Girl on swing, Park Row, Bristol, November 2015

8/10

Graduation

 

Happy happy day,

mums and dads brimming with pride;

mortar boards and gowns.

 

by Scooj