Amazing art on Manette Street
I was pleased to be reminded by Mel’s Online Fire blog to post about this. It’s some really cool street art papered all over Foyles on Manette Street, Soho. This is just by my office and I stopped and stared the first time I saw it the other week. Giant faces and figures cover the whole street, windows, doors and all. The faces are striking and according to the excellent Urban 75, are photos of women from Morro da Providencia, Rio de Janeiro, “for whom crime, violent loss of loved ones and arbitrary repression are part of everyday life.
The work is by street artist JR and similar to his amazing favela project below. More cool pictures on Super Touch Art, along with details of JR’s current show “28 Millimeters women” at the Lazarides Gallery Greek Street, Soho. Lucky us getting a bit of him in London I reckon!
October 21, 2008 at 7:20 am
Wow, that is incredible. This is the same artist whose work was recently shown on the front of Tate Modern – the guy with the video camera that looks like a gun: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/streetart/
October 21, 2008 at 8:36 am
Oh wow, that was so cool, I loved that too. There’s something so impressive about it being massive!
Thanks M@
October 21, 2008 at 8:59 am
Aww dear, as much as I would like to take credit for the whole onlinefire blog, it’s a team effort
October 21, 2008 at 10:45 am
Brilliant!
October 21, 2008 at 10:50 am
Awesome, been wondering about that every time I walk past
October 21, 2008 at 11:06 am
It’s ace isnt it, lucky us definitely, well worth a walk past.
Big love to all the team obv Mel
October 21, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Let me know if you’re around on Friday after work and I’ll come pick you up and take a stroll through together.
October 21, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Excellent, I think we can squeeze that I into our Friday adventures!