Jose Parla

I said a couple of days ago that Josie Firmin pointed me to two London things, the second was a gallery, Elms Lester, hidden behind London's Tin Pan Alley in Denmark Street. There, I discovered Jose Parla, an artist who is a catalyst, fusing street art into the viewer's psyche. He was holding a signing - every person got their own artwork inside the book.

This painting is titled "Hackney Canal". Whatever you may think about the photographic representation of art, I can tell you that his work has a vibrancy in real life that no photograph can capture.

Read the artist's statement here.

Art Spotted Under Bridges

There are quite a few bridges in Southwark where the council must have been negotiating with the Trolls, because they have been brightened up with artworks. The recent spate of installations have all been done with lights, making the entrances to the Bankside area much more inviting.

You can see a wider view of the scene here.

See where on the London Daily Photo Map.

Grafitti Goes Mainstream

Friday night is the start of the Tate Modern's Long Weekend with lots going on, marking the start of the Street Art exhibition. They are using the entire façade as display space, see the perspective of this image here. I also bumped into the video producer RomanyWG making a time lapse video of the artists. I rather like some of his stuff, like this one on a Banksy piece.