Street Arts
We at Hookedblog headed along the canal out to Hackney Wick in East London yesterday to visit some friends with our camera in tow. With the London 2012 Olympics fast approaching and the Olympic Stadium and village just across the canal from the Wick, it is likely that the whole area will be scrubbed clean for the tourists just ahead of the games. If you get the chance be sure and visit the area before this happens. Here is a selection of the street art and graffiti that we captured.
UPDATE 10 February 2012:
We have read reports yesterday via twitter, that the council have begun their clean up of the Wick already, with the yard next to Hackney Wick station having now been white washed. If this is the case hopefully the artists will use this blank canvas and hit back with some fresh new work.
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Street Arts
Street Art — Hackney Wick
We at Hookedblog headed along the canal out to Hackney Wick in East London yesterday to visit some friends with our camera in tow. With the London 2012 Olympics fast approaching and the Olympic Stadium and village just across the canal from the Wick, it is likely that the whole area will be scrubbed clean for the tourists just ahead of the games. If you get the chance be sure and visit the area before this happens. Here is a selection of the street art and graffiti that we captured.
UPDATE 10 February 2012:
We have read reports yesterday via twitter, that the council have begun their clean up of the Wick already, with the yard next to Hackney Wick station having now been white washed. If this is the case hopefully the artists will use this blank canvas and hit back with some fresh new work.
- East Meets East - Show Opening 4th March
Some great artists are lined up for this event including LSD comrade Busk. As followers of the blog already know we've been filming Busk creating a number of works for this show. We've had a sneak preview of the works from the other featured...
- Graffiti Removal - Hackney Wick
Hackney Wick is the home and canvas to many of London's street / graffiti artists for a few years now. Cursing down the canal yesterday i came across the blank walls and obvious attempts to totally wipe the other wall. There seems to be an unwritten...
- 'higher Ground' Street Artist Donk Installs A Huge Wheat Paste In Hackney Wick, London
Late last week with the London winter sun making an appearance we ventured outdoors with our camera to check out what's new on the streets. After a quick whizz around Shoreditch we jumped onto the bus and made our way out further East to Hackney...
- Phlegm — Hackney Wick
We were visiting friends in Hackney Wick yesterday and we spotted this new piece from Sheffield based artist Phlegm just across the canal from the 2012 Olympic Stadium. We are assuming the piece is relatively new as we haven't seen any pictures of...
- East Meets East Exhibition
One for the diary next week March 4th, a brand new gallery space and a new exhibition entitled "East Meets East", featuring works from Nasimo (Bulgaria), Run (London), Busk (London) and kennardphillipps (London). In keeping with East London's traditionally...