Austerity Measures Street Art Protest

This thought provoking street art is protesting against the coalition plans for cuts in public spending. This photo was taken near Old Street, London.

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Street Art : Brixton

An interesting murial on the side of a residential house in Brixton, London.

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Stop Wriggling & Let Me Love You

I saw this on a wall in Brockley, South London and loved it.

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Bob Marley -Street Art - God Father of Reggae

A wonderful picture of the late Bob Marley painted on a street wall near Brockley station.

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Street Art at Brockley Station - True Blue Art

The above photograph was taken of a wall outside Brockley Station.

Is this street art or graffiti?

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Street Art at Brockley Station

The above photograph was taken of a wall outside Brockley Station.

Is this street art or graffiti?

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The Elephant Parade hits in Trafalgar Square!

Life-size models painted by artists and designers are dotted all round the U.K. capital's streets, from landmarks such as Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square and even to Buckingham Palace.

The fiberglass artworks will be on display through June and will be auctioned at Sotheby's in July to raise money to help save Asia's dwindling elephant population.

More to follow tomorrow!

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Elephant Parade in London

Elephant Parade is a conservation campaign that shines a multi-coloured spotlight on the urgent crisis faced by the endangered Asian elephant. Brought to you by http://www.elephantfamily.org/, the event sees over 250 brightly painted life-size elephants located over central London this summer.

Each decorated by a different artist or celebrity, the elephants brighten and beautify the city, enhancing every park, street corner and building they grace. Running from May to July 2010, this is London’s biggest outdoor art event on record. With an estimated audience of 25 million, we aim to raise £2 million for the Asian elephant and benefit 20 UK conservation charities

Play the short slide show below and enjoy the pictures!

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Who's that Boy? - Street Art or Graffiti

Street art or Graffiti ... you decide!

Underground Art - New York City Subway

New York City art at Times Square subway station

Street Art or Graffiti? You decide! - Greenwich Village - New York City

Graffiti or Street Art?

Picture taken in Greenwich Village, NYC.

Pepper Pot - 1a Thorpe Close - Ladbroke Grove

“He who has the pepper may season as he lists.”

George Herbert

This photo was taken in Thorpe Close - Ladbroke Grove, London

Life at times can be boring, full of routine.

Work, home, tv, sleep, work, home, tv, sleep.

Is this your life at the moment?

Sometimes we should add a litle pepper in your lives and mix it up abit.

Evolution my arse! Street Art in Ladbroke Grove

"Life is full of change, but why do people stay the same?"
Trojan Gayle

The above photo was taken in Ladbroke Grove,West London.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
"life:liberty:security: religous & political expression:freedom from torture & cruelty"

The human race has been evolving since the dawn of time.
We have increased our knowledge to make our lives better and to live longer.

My question is, with our collective knowledge, why are people's basic human rights being abused all over the world. Why havent we evolved to the point where we can maintain the fundemental freedoms to which all people everywhere are entitled to?

For further information please check out Amnesty @ http://www.amnesty.org.uk

Outside the O2 Arena - Street Art

Yet another piece of street art/furniture.
London is being littered with great pieces of modern art for the past couple of years.

This picture was taken outside the o2 Arena – formally known as the Millennium Dome based in Greenwich, London.

There wasn’t any information on what this piece is or who designed it – so if anyone out there knows – please let me know and I’ll update this post.

It looks like a shard of glass to me... what do you think?

Street Art/ Furniture

All around London street art or furniture have been popping up to make our streets and neighbourhoods look great. I took these pictures a while ago and for the life of me can not give you any additional  information on what they are or what structure is called.

They are situated near St Paul's Cathedral in the city of London and that is all I know. If you have any additional information on these structures please let me know and I will update this post.

Any how, on the matter of street art/furniture, I'm all for it. Especially when it reflects the local area's history and culture.

As always love to read your comments!

Street Art or Graffiti? You decide? - Granada

Art can be found all around us.

Granada has some great examples of street art.

Art is....


Art should make you feel.

Art should provoke thoughts

Art is sometimes hidden in plain sight

Art is everywhere

Just take a moment to notice it
© 2009 T.Gayle, all rights reserved.


... my mum wrote a great post on how she felt after seeing the above picture of Louis Armstrong .

Pop over to her post and check out her write up - Gloria's Spanish View