Display:
"STENCILS AND STREET ART"

Ad astra per aspera
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 02:50:15 AM EST
Stickers.  I noticed that Toulouse was overwhelmed with them. I loved it, especially the series that I saw where people had posted up stickers with themes.  My favourite were some quite small one, probably white labels, coloured in wich a patchwork of bright colours.

But here we have Cardiff stickers.  Seeing them always makes me smile.  The skull one was high up on a wall, and I have seen a few around the place.  I like looking out for stickers, sometimes visible sometimes a little obscurely placed.  It's another way of looking at the urban environment.












These were all taken on an old and rubbish compact digi  cam.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:00:43 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Freehand and tags.  Some areas of Cardiff have more than others but overall there is not a great deal of graffiti compared to Paris, Milan and other cities on the continent.












Any idea which railway bridge that is, DoDo?!!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:06:48 AM EST
[ Parent ]
No, no, no more trainspotting till next week...!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:29:35 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Fitzroy Street?

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 11:36:32 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Looks like it...!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 11:58:32 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Very impressive! Yes, it is that one!

Ad astra per aspera
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 04:07:40 PM EST
[ Parent ]
And stencils!  I love them.  Some are silly, some arty, some clever, some obscure - a person's own little in-joke.  I really do consider it to be art, even if not in the Banksy league.  There are very few stencils in Cardiff so it is always a great delight to find one.

The grotesco one was in an area where yet another Tesco Extra had been opened, putting the local grocery shops out of business.


















Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:13:00 AM EST
[ Parent ]
I like those where the grout support gives a heavy grainy feeling...!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:46:23 AM EST
[ Parent ]
This one will be for Sven...

This other one I like a lot because it decompose flight ! It has alas disapeared as the building was broken down !

A rare "happy birthday" stencil !

Another one I like ist the meerkat ("Je boude" means "I sulk" ! )...

Or the manga fox...



"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:23:52 AM EST
[ Parent ]
These are great!

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:27:24 AM EST
[ Parent ]
I love the meerkat one. This is making me want to spend the weekend making new stencils now!

Ad astra per aspera
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:48:29 AM EST
[ Parent ]
I'm sorry about seemingly "dumping" pictures, but I"l be out of line at about 2 PM ( changing the line)...

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:00:26 AM EST
[ Parent ]
No don't apologise!  There are loads of great photos here.

Ad astra per aspera
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:01:57 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Hey... You have a diary to do first !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:01:08 AM EST
[ Parent ]
lol.  I did write something for a while ago, to kick me off with the thesis writing - with pictures and everything.  So I must dig that out again and eurotrib-ify it.

Ad astra per aspera
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:03:44 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Fabulous pictures!
by The3rdColumn on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:10:12 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Oh, my heart skipped a beat with that car ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:02:45 PM EST
[ Parent ]
I knew it... :-)

I've kept this other one for you...




"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:20:13 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Exactly the colour of mine too!

Although isn't this a Light 15?

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:40:11 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Aye... I know a garage at Asnières that has more then a dozen of those !

Just in case... :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:48:57 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Oh pity, pity! Oh Lordi, lead us not into temptation....

You have posted some GREAT pictures.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:53:57 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Well, we all know how to make it work with ethanol since WWII...!
Though the door handles have cost numerous cyclists an arm...

But what a car !!!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:58:26 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Summertime with the windscreen up. Room for a picnic table in the back. Oh sweet memories...

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:01:39 PM EST
[ Parent ]
In the "street art" part, there are nowadays (as shown by In Whales) som stickers of various sizes...

This one is lifesize and reminds me of my birthplace (Takadim, takadim, takatakataka-dim-dim)

But some artists are sensible to not disgrace building facades, so they resort to the pavement...




"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:36:04 AM EST
[ Parent ]
In Whales

Our Job from Cardiff? ;-)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 10:30:27 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Of course, street art can be used for some political statements...

Or...




"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:41:56 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Great stuff!  You've just reminded me that I have some political graffiti from Venice that I must put up. I'll do that this evening.

Ad astra per aspera
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:45:42 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Nice... I hope I'll have my line back !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:33:40 AM EST
[ Parent ]
At last, the local situation can lead to some humor...




"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:45:14 AM EST
[ Parent ]
The last one, "MissTic", is for those who dwell in Paris and saw since a dozen years all those stencils from MissTic...

The fact that he is now being paid to make ads on cars about "renting is being free", is somewhat amusing for one who was free whitout renting anybody's wall...!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:38:06 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Mural in Frankfurt am Main, D


Mural in Frankfurt am Main, D


Mural in Frankfurt am Main, D


Paper man in Colima, Mexico


"Cowbra", Installation in Frankfurt


Organic street art, NYC


Functional art advert. in front of bakery, Heidelberg, D


Sidewalk art (at least to me), Prague, Czech


Platz in München, D


Mobile street art, Stuttgart, D


Mobile street art, Stuttgart, D


Mobile street art, Stuttgart, D

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:05:16 AM EST
[ Parent ]
I really like your perspective on street art!

Ad astra per aspera
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:10:41 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Yes, me too... !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:31:34 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Thanks for leaving it open to interpretation...

If it's art and I can see it from the street... why not?

I love the stone work in Europe, even something as simple as the way a curb is made...

Here's one from Amsterdam...

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 08:13:01 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Nice to see that some notice the effort we often have to do, to get those details there.... :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 09:04:54 AM EST
[ Parent ]
You have an eye for this!

The second is familiar to me, but I don't know where it is.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 10:14:35 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Danke sehr!

On Reuterweg at Emil-Claar-Straße, further south on Reuterweg are the CitiGroup offices and across the street is the park with the lonely turm (tower) in it.

Remember now?

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 11:57:34 AM EST
[ Parent ]
I probably went along Reuterweg only 2-3 times, so it is a hazy memory...

If you love strange street features, have you been at the Bockenheimer Warte yet? More precisely, at the end of the Senckenberg-Anlage? (And, since you like museums, have you been to the Senckenberg-Museum yet?)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 12:17:08 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Nope and nope, just moved here last Sunday and haven't my bike yet, so my wanderings have been limited. But I will be sure to check those out!

Thanks for the tips...

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 12:33:54 PM EST
[ Parent ]
In the long series of booooring and ugly letters 'decorating' walls along my daily commute, there is one graffiti that stands out. I call it The Roma Angel (though, it was more likely intended as The She-Devil), and I should have photographed it a year ago, when it was less weathered:



*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 10:12:00 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Nice little devil... :-) !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 11:02:32 AM EST
[ Parent ]
A Felice Varini work in Paris, while the Odeon theater was in works !

There was just one spot where all those lines glued on walls would get in perspective... Interestingly, while many people were makings Oooh and Aaaahs, very few thought of finding the spot (which was, of course, in front of an art library)!

I got my connection back ! Quick job!




"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 11:09:17 AM EST
[ Parent ]
last Saturday.



Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 12:45:25 PM EST
[ Parent ]
When you think that it could have been the new ring tramway... Getting through gardens, art spots, local flea shops, etc... And for much less then the present one... All that because SNCF and RATP didn't agree !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:53:46 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Well, it's much better where it is, accessible and taking car room...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 06:05:18 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Paris street art.


Il faut...


Lizard


Balloon


Giraffe


Comandante Che Guevara


Cheshire

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--
by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 02:25:54 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Great... I peculiarly like the last one, the Krazy Kat :-)

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 03:54:40 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Decay and rust can also generate some "art-form", at least in the eye of the beholder :-)




"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 04:20:20 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Lovely! Great colours.

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--
by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Fri Feb 1st, 2008 at 05:05:41 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Textures are fun:


Side of a corrugated iron shed.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 07:11:23 AM EST
[ Parent ]
I would never have thought it was a sheet of corrugated iron... :-)

Great catch!

 I like those "zooming in" sort of pictures but few are satisfying, I believe it's a light and contrast thing ! And maybe the level of details in such a scale ?

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 11:46:35 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Devizes - not quite the street art capital of the world. Nonetheless:


A genuine Banksy!


And another!


Hmmmm...

Meanwhile in Barcelona:

Dude.


Outside the art museum.


Nowhere near the art museum. (You can just about make out a bemused pigeon - not on fire - in the mid-ground.)

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 06:55:18 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Some great talent in all of that.
You've reminded me I have a real Banksy photo too.
Ah, here.



Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 07:11:36 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Excellent !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 07:20:47 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Pisa street art. Way more political than we ever see around Cardiff.




Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 at 07:03:32 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Display:
Login
. Make a new account
. Reset password
Occasional Series