In Shoreditch, Part II: Faith47, Satterugly, Rone, Hottea, Bicicleta, Jimmy C, Ben Slow, Roa, Martin Ron & Skeleton Cardboard

South African artist Faith47 and to the right Mexican artist Satterugly
South African artist Faith47 and to her right Mexican artist Satterugly

This is the second post featuring some of the walls that I recently saw in Shoreditch, the East London neighborhood that is increasingly attracting artists from throughout the globe.

Another view of Faith47 and Satterugly with Australian artist Rone to the left and Hottea's first-rate graffiti
Another view of Faith47 and Satterugly with Australian artist Rone to the left and Hottea’s first-rate graffiti
Brazilian artist collective, Bicicleta
Brazilian artist collective, Bicicleta
London-based Australian artist Jimmy C
London-based Australian artist Jimmy C
London-based Ben Slow
London-based Ben Slow
Belgian artist Roa with Argentine artist Martin Ron to his left
Belgian artist Roa with Argentine artist Martin Ron to his left
Irish artist Skeleton Cardboard with a message
Irish artist Skeleton Cardboard with a message

Photos 1-4 by Dani Reyes Mozeson; 5-7 by Lois Stavsky

Banksy + 5: October 19th

For today’s Better Out Than In piece, Banksy posted the video shown above. As of when I’m posting this late on Saturday night, the video somehow has over 50,000 views and I know at least two people who searched all day for the spot where it was filmed. The power of Banksy…

On a related note, since it’s a little over halfway through October, I thought this might be a good time to remind readers what this Banksy + 5 series is about and why I’ve been posting every single pieces from Better Out Than In and accompanied (almost) all of them with 5 photos of street art or graffiti by artists other than Banksy. Initially, I had planned not to post daily updates about every piece in the show. Maybe I’d send out a link on Facebook, but I didn’t want to take the time to write up and format blog posts every day for something that 1000 other sites would be covering. But Jonathan Lynn from Anewspace in Dublin suggested to me, “you should do a column called ‘this is the new banksy & here is 5 more artists who painted today.” From that, I modified things slightly and we got Banksy + 5: Today’s Banksy plus five photos of work that had either been uploaded to flickr or emailed to me within about 24 hours of that day’s Banksy’ going up. Banksy is a mastermind of getting media attention, and I knew that even the simplest posts on Vandalog mentioning Banksy would get more hits than posts mentioning just about other artist or providing interesting or exclusive content. Just as Banksy uses the media, I figured we could use Banksy a bit. So, let’s get on with the + 5…

Today I want to share with by Nathan Bowen, Skeleton Cardboard, Sened, and three unknown artists edit: Anser, Aaron Rose and one unknown artist. Please leave a comment or get in touch if you know any of the artists that I don’t.

Nathan Bowen and Skeleton Cardboard in London. Photo by Dave Nolionsinengland.
Nathan Bowen and Skeleton Cardboard in London. Photo by Dave Nolionsinengland.
Sened in Tel Aviv. Photo by Astra Nilsson.
Sened in Tel Aviv. Photo by Astra Nilsson.
Unknown artist in Berlin. Photo by aesthetics of crisis.
Aaron Rose in Berlin. Photo by aesthetics of crisis.
Unknown artist in Athens. Photo by Jean-Claude Utard.
Unknown artist in Athens. Photo by Jean-Claude Utard.
Anser in Toronto. Photo by Mary Crandall.
Anser in Toronto. Photo by Mary Crandall.

Photos by Dave Nolionsinengland, Astra Nilsson, aesthetics of crisis, Jean-Claude Utard and Mary Crandall