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Street Art London

Frank Steam156 Malt

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BanksyA40 Westway, W2

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Ben Slow

Hanbury Street, E1

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Broken Fingaz Crew

The street art scene in London is happening. Lots of local legends live and work here and tons of writers arrive from everywhere else to leave their mark. It’s kinda weird that the authorities can get kinda strict about it though. Never thought they would send helicopters after you for bombing.

Hackney Road, E2

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Conor Harrington

I’m not much good at anything else and the slightest improvement is endlessly satisfying. I like creating new worlds, and painting is all about that.

Whitecross Street, EC1

Fashion Street, E1

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Cosmo Sarason

All of my work has some kind of social commentary behind it. It has to have meaning and purpose, other-wise it may as well be wallpaper.Location and context are everything and can determine how your work is read. I did a piece in Hanbury Street off Brick Lane, it was important to me that the piece was of relevance to the local Bangla community and that I wasn’t just another artist pissing on their doorstep. When I went to Bristol just after the Stokes Croft riots it would have been a moot point to refer to anything other than the riots.

Covent Garden, WC2

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Dank

I have been doing art for my entire life, ever since I was a toddler. It’s all I have ever really done, and it feels integral to who I am. To capture a mood, atmosphere or particular emo-tion is what inspires and motivates me. I’m fascinated by light and the way it can instantly create a certain mood in an image. This, I have

discovered over the years, is key to my art. At the moment there are too many people doing mediocre crap in order to sell work. Too many shows in galleries and then suddenly a few street pieces appear – all to sell a print. It seems as if you do anything on the street in London it validates you and makes you desirable

in the art market. I’ve tried to stay away from street art and concen-trate more on graffiti and large scale productions that are purely painted for the enjoyment of creating, and for the love of going large.

Bethnal Green Road, E1

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David Walker

I like to paint around East London, my mother is from Shoreditch, there’s still a great deal there she experienced growing up, there’s something poetic about putting work on the streets she used to walk down.

It’s rewarding to do street art in Lon-don since there are so many people genuinely interested in what’s hap-pening here, it’s crazy how quickly an image spreads before the paint is even dry.

Money is a relatively recent factor in street art, it’s had both positive and negative effects. I think it has helped the scene raise its game and created opportunities for many British artists overseas and also establish London as one of the most recognised destinations for this kind of art. It’s also created some monsters, but that’s the nature of the beast.

Making art is a practice that con-stantly challenges, frustrates and rewards me and so far I have never tired of it. I want to push my work with spray paint further and further away from the preconceptions of the art form, I’ve found many new ways of making marks and using the can, hopefully my next body of work will demonstrate a fresh approach to tackling the medium.

Pedley Street, E1

Rivington Street, EC2

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Jimmy C

The streets of London show a di-verse range of local and internation-al artists, and in certain areas the walls are changing on a daily basis. The walls are like an ever changing gallery; a continual dialogue. I am trying to add some colour and visual poetry into the city through the por-traits that I paint, along with some essence of the human spirit.

Whitby Street, E1

Brick Lane, E1

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Sclater Street, E1

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Mobstr

I’m motivated by addiction, trying to add something different to our urban surroundings. Certain walls are better than others. The more prolific the better.

Hanbury Street, E1

Tabernacle Street, EC2

Redchurch Street, E2

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Truman Brewery Courtyard, E1 Hanbury Street, E1

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Obey

London Pleasure Gardens, E16

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Phlegm

Devenport Road, W12

Heneage Street, E1

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Devenport Road, W12

Rivington Street, EC2

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Roa

I wanted to paint something related to the season and the city and I opted for one spiny mammal coming out of hibernation.

When I was younger I often saw hedgehogs around the city, but lately they are endangered and are often only seen as the victims of road kill during their nocturnal activities.

For me, this roaming hedgehog is a nostalgic imagery and a metaphor for springtime and rebirth.

Chance Street, E1

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St8ment

Every day I walk around I see some new pieces. It’s definitely inspiring to see this eclectic artwork in town.I like to confront people with their own living. What happens when they see pictures of other people I took and brought back life-sized? Does it change their view? I love to get in contact with people on the streets, when I bring the artwork into town. There are so many interesting people and I don’t want to miss these encounters.

Blackall Street, EC2

Blackall Street, EC2

Blackall Street, EC2

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Blackall Street, EC2

Blackall Street, EC2 Redchurch Street, E2

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Type

Brick Lane, E1

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Vhills

I believe we are all composed of many different layers of social and historical fabric, which ultimately compose and form us. The environ-ment we live in is the product of this same process of layering, and I be-lieve that by removing and exposing some of these layers, by destroying them in fact, we might be able to reach something we have lost along the way. It’s all very symbolical. Take it as a semi-archaeological work of dissecting layers, trying to under-stand what lies beneath the surface of things and realising how ephem-eral everything really is.

I love those decaying walls with a darker surface behind, and just carve the wall and expose its fragil-ity to the city. By highlighting the poetic value of decay I try to explore the ephemeral nature that underlies all things, but also question the ne-cessity of catalysing change based on the practice of development for the sake of development, regardless of the social, cultural and historical heritage razed in its wake.

In London I found a city which is not polished. In spite of being one of the major cities in the world, it doesn’t really put any make-up on, it doesn’t really embellish itself.

Truman Brewery Cortyard, E1

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Eine & Steve Epso Curtain Road, EC2

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London is finally getting its due as one of the most international hubs for street art today. Its sooty brick walls are decorated with the liveli-est and freshest street art in the world from an array of talent, both international and home-grown. Street Art London presents a carefully curated roster of work from global megastars such as Obey, Banksy, Space Invader and Roa, to rising newcomers like Malarky and Mobstr. Publisher Dokument Press is considered the authority on street art books, and Frank Steam156 Malt is one of the most respected and influential street art photographers work-ing today. The art he captures is accompanied here by exclusive quotes from the creators themselves, giving fresh insight to their work. Street Art London acts as a permanent snap-shot of an impermanent form in a constantly evolving environment. What sets this book apart is its sheer awesomeness, it doesn’t set out to bring the most “hip” street art, it simply brings you the best.

9 789185 639588

ISBN 978-91-85639-58-8