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Ben Eine and RYCA in Hackney

Feet firmly on the ground Ben Eine teamed up with RYCA yesterday to paint these new hoardings in Hackney, East London. With a font comprised entirely of dots with smiley faces it turned into a marathon session with Ben choosing the wording ‘The St…

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Whitecross Street Party /

A couple of upcoming events well worth taking a look at:

 ’Rise of the Non Conformists’, Whitecross Street. As well as a two day street party two dozen artists will be turning the street into a giant canvas, including Burning Candy Crew, Carrie R…

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Ben Eine’s gift to President Obama

Yes you read that headline right. In a strange turn of events that probably has left Ben Eine thinking he may have entered a parallel universe a painting of his has apparently ended up in the mits of US President Barack Obama via David Cameron and his …

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Ludo returns to London

Ludo has made a welcome return to London in recent weeks with works from his Natures Revenge series appearing all over the East End of London. I managed to track down a few last Friday but if you want to see them in person be quick – just like real flo…

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And there’s more

While I love Shok-1′s recent monochrome fixation the colour in this latest piece really makes the image ‘pop’ off the wall. Shok claims that he’s only working his way back to full colour at present so expect more hues to creep in on the next …

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More Shok-1 on the streets of London

Loving this punker on the side of Shok-1′s latest vehicle makeover. The vehicle itself is an old bus converted into a mobile tattooing parlour and if you get a chance to see it in person check out the amazing level of detail.

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Alphabet Street

Been a while since the last post. Partly because I’ve been taking a bit of time out and partly because there’s been nothing going on. Well, except for Eine painting an entire new alphabet in just one street! Lower case all the way, it turns a road off …

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Candy Shop Open

Candy Shop – A Burning Candy pop up show, 8th May to 22nd May 2010 at 10 Palmers Road, London E2 OSY. Thu – Sat, 1-7pm. Check highrollersociety.co.uk for details.
Don’t know Burning Candy? They are responsible for work like this all over London:

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Phoolan – a craftivism piece by Carrie Reichardt and Nick Reynolds

The Elephant Parade in London recently started with a scale and scope in an outside art project that has rarely been seen before. Over 250 elephants were custom painted by artists and some celebrities and placed in central London. I…

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There is a Fourth Way – Vote Toaster

It’s election day tomorrow where we get the chance to put an X in a box to choose between the Conservative/Labour duopoly that’s been in control for all our lives (with apologies to any readers who were over 18 years old about 60 years ago). As usual w…

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