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We were wandering around the Brick Lane and Shoreditch area of London this week and spotted these rather wonderful graffiti animals everywhere. Eldestteenageson, who is at art school in the area, says they have been around for a while, but we think they are worth mentioning anyway as they are impressive and refreshingly non-Christmassy. Their black-and-whiteness looked rather beautiful next to the snowy pavements.
Are these by Banksy, the famous graffiti artist?
Posted by: cathy | December 28, 2010 at 11:03 AM
I asked eldestteenageson the same question, who reckons not, but also doesn't know who they are by. Anyone out there got an idea?
Posted by: amanda | December 28, 2010 at 12:14 PM
update on that....the squirrel appears to be by Belgian artist Roa...Ax
Posted by: amanda | December 28, 2010 at 12:17 PM
They are by ROA a Belgian street artist similar to Banksy and have caused a huge stir here in Hackney as the council tried to get rid of them, as they did a Banksy we have on a wall in Stoke Newington. 'Save the Hackney Rabbit' had huge support and they eventually relented and kept it.
Read about it here
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/oct/25/roa-graffiti-rabbit-hackney-council
J x
Posted by: jane | December 28, 2010 at 12:24 PM
Ooh, we're FULL of interesting info here at TWR! How daft to try and remove them. On the above article Jane has linked to it says there are guided walks around ROA's work, so if we've now got you interested....
Posted by: amanda | December 28, 2010 at 01:34 PM