The Southbank Centre, London is a huge, vibrant Arts centre for music, theatre, the visual arts and more. It has a rather austere exterior appearance. But search, and you will find sculpture, and other neat touches that soften the concrete walls. And you will find colour, particularly in the area around the Mexican street food restaurant Wahaca.
A neat piece of artwork shows an animal (an urban fox perhaps) attempting to scale the vertical walls.
And a corner nearby has been transformed by an attractive geometric design.
Nearby in an undercroft is the South Bank Skate Park. This has been a feature of this area for many years. This is where you will find the more familiar graffiti artists’ work.
Evidence perhaps that if there is an area for street artists to display their craft without clashing with authority, then the more visible external walls will be largely protected and will be treated with the respect they deserve.
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This is a nice urbex find, Andy. Really good detail and color in the images. What talent to creat these things on such a large scale.
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Thanks Jimi. Street artists often get a bad press, but many of them are incredibly talented and anonymous
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Very cool graphics, especially the first.
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Thanks Ken – I detected a touch of humour in that first shot which is what makes it fun
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Some nice work here, Len – both yours and the graffiti artists’. The first graphic looks to be a cross between an animal and one of the Mexican Lucha libra wrestlers with their masks. Maybe he works at Wahaca during the day and as a wrestler at night.
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Sorry Andy, I was in a world of my own whilst writing my comment.
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Thanks Mark. You know more about Mexican wrestling than I do! And don’t worry about the mistake, quite a few folk think my name is ‘Len’!
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Nice finds Andy. I love the first one.
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Thangs Edith. That first one is a one-off
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I love graffiti images like yours. Very nicely done. Thank you for the inspiration for my mind to continue to be creative and push through with my photography.
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Thanks so much for visiting my blog and for your comment. Inspiration is the real bonus of the blogging community. We hope to provide it and we acquire it through all the work we see.
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I like this artwork, especially the man/fox. It’s good to see some areas reserved for creative expression such as this; we have them here too. Great pix and finds.
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Thank you. I love Graffiti. A bit of tolerance by the authorities pays dividends in the end. Everyone stays happy.
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I really like the geometric design and how it wraps around the corner, but appears to put the corner into a single plane. I think we all win when the street artists are given venues for their work, and when a protective coating of art is put up which they respect and don’t paint over. More art, more eye catching surfaces and less vandalism.
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Thanks for that comment. I agree with you absolutely.
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ha! I have that same pic of the fox somewhere from my last London visit….small world huh?
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What an extraordinary coincidence if it is the same one.
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