Highly appropriate to depict suffering (well) half way up a very very long set of steps….
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Street Art
Posted in Lyon, Street Art on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Homage to the kelpie in Oatlands
Posted in Street Art, Tasmania on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a couple of towns in Tassie that reckon topiary might put them on the map. Oatlands has a bit more substance than that (try shopping for grown-up garden accessories at Provincial Interiors or a customised pure wool Casaveen sweater) but couldn’t resist this symbol of local activity and purpose!
Concrete & Construction Toys
Posted in British Columbia Canada, Street Art, Vancouver on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This gorgeous, professor branestawm contraption is featured at Granville Island in front of the concrete plant. Yes, a concrete plant 5 minutes from downtown. In the middle of an artists ‘colony’. The concrete trucks are the most colourful I’ve seen. Clearly colour is catching on here!
Manning the Maple Leaf Post
Posted in British Columbia Canada, Street Art, Vancouver on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Security post at the development site for the 2010 Winter Olympics housing. Someone has taken great care to make sure we all know who the home team will be!
God Bless America?
Posted in New York, Street Art on April 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On one of the dreary street corners on my way across from SoHo to Chelsea I came across this fenced-off lot. Two sides of the lot were covered in hand painted tiles. Once, there was a “title” – Tile America – but now some of the tiles have fallen off. I assume it was a [...]
Street Art
Posted in Paris, Street Art on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So rare, and so delightful to find a large image on an urban wall that’s not a mainstream billboard. I love the unexpectedness of it – what would be going on if Rue Oberkampf was in India? We all know what Parisians would like to do with 500kg of relaxed prime beef! I’m regretting now that [...]
