During my visit in Manchester for the exhibition The beautiful and the damned, I happened to have time for a quick stroll in the city, in particular in the Northern Quarter.
Although Manchester and Liverpool are famous for their animosity as far as football is concerned, street artists have made their own choice. In Manchester streets can for instance be found pieces by Obey, Banksy, Space Invader, Kid Acne, Ariz or Roid MSK:
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Here are some news from Liverpool, particularly from Grafton Street, which I already mentioned here.
A gigantic “invicible” by Casm NSA covers the whole of the main wall of the spot. The surronding area is not far behind, as Liverpool’s two main crews -NSA and TCT- slowly but surely invest new walls in nearby streets.
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The first time I went to Grafton Street I didn’t notice a wall graffed by the NSA crew in a parallel alleyway.
So I went there this weekend to make pictures, and bumped into Casm graffing. He told me there is a studio dedicated to graffiti in Liverpool, so my next move will be to go and have a look…
I spent a weekend in my hometown, and dropped by this spot in the outskirts. It is a 500m long wall which is entirely graffed. As usual, everything is not good.
I personally love the Les Lascars murals. For you who are not French, this is a cartoon about caricatured characters living in Paris suburb.
This spot is not the most famous one in La Rochelle though. There is one right in the city center which you can’t miss. It’s very nice to paint there as there are many passers-by, who are not necessarily interested in graffiti, but the pieces there often get their attention.
Promise, next time, I’ll write about it.
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Grafton Street is located in the Waterfront Business Area, a warehouse area not far from the city centre.
This street is the playground of the very good crew NSA (Casm, Azid, Beta, Dead, Tea One, Pois, Care, Phog, Syph, Inoe, Hope, Ziek, Moak, Sta One, Kesk, Seez, Kore) who develop a very detailed wildstyle:
I did not spend a long time in Bristol streets, because the queue for the Banksy exibition was very long. But the city seems to have a lot of street art pieces.
Tom’s Bar is a small pub in Prince Albert Street, near the Lanes in Brighton. A few weeks ago, during the TB&TC, it has been completely graffed by, among others, the VST crew (Snub23, Orticanoodles, Twat, Grafter, Limbo,etc…).
I spent a long weekend in Brighton, the seaside city south of London, and used the opportunity to look for street art.
Well the city is full of it. I for instance liked the murals by team MSK, who I thought was Californian -including Revok and Saber- but who apparently expanded to England. There are also murals by team Heavy Artillery, often made with MSK.
I think Gary’s lettering (from MSK) is very impressive and beautiful.
There are also some classics in Brighton, for instance the kissing bobbies by Banksy, which is apparently a fake -the original one having suffered along the time.
If you’re going to this city, look behind the roadsigns, and you’ll find stickers by Snub, London Police or Toaster, sometimes the three of them on the same sign.
Anyway, Brighton is well-stocked in street art, and the quality and quantity is impressive for the size of the city.
The Mission is the latino district of San Francisco. It is famous for its ethnic murals, commissioned by a local association. They are very easy to find all around the district, since they are huge, and litterally everywhere.
Three alleyways caught my attention, because they contain graffiti of various styles, and not only ethnic works: Clarion Alley (off Mission St), Lilac Street and Balmy Street (both of them off 24th St).
The last one is very famous because only famous people are allowed to paint there. However I like Clarion Alley better because there is a great variety of styles, which is very refreshing when you’re used to see always the same kind of works.
Besides there is in this alley a work by Hera de Herakut, who I mentioned some time ago, and who gave an interview about this work:
Here are the pics I made, but I advise you to virtually visit the district via Google Streetview to realize the density of paintings.
Haight is a district of San Francisco, famous for being the home of the hippie movement. There still are smoke shops, vintage clothes and trendy bars.
The disctrict is nice, next to the Golden Gate park if you want to have a beer in the sun, but be careful, there is said to be tarentulas there.
Concerning graffitis, the only artists I knew were D*Face and Galo. But there is an alley covered by murals from local artists, opposite the oldest skateshop of the city (30 years) Skate on Haight.
nb: the pics of the Reverse Graffiti Project were not taken at Haight, but were on the way, so I put them here.
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