London street

East London, Spitalfields, Brick Lane areas are rich in street art. This is a small sample.



Alexandre Farto aka Vhils

Made by first applying a layer of plaster then chipping/gouging back to the brickwork

http://www.alexandrefarto.com/filter/Projects

http://youtu.be/t6FU1Fvn9Nk

http://youtu.be/cG9Lv1vmqKY



Stencil artist at work



A great walking tour of the East London district http://www.alternativeldn.co.uk/

Oslo - Norway

Prism - Drawing from 1990 to 2012 - Nasjonalmuseet (Museum of Contemporary Art) Oslo

Nancy Rubins
http://www.gagosian.com/news/2012/03/05/409

Jorinde Voigt

http://jorindevoigt.com/

Pierre Lionel Matte

http://youtu.be/KMGPJvP5MvM

http://www.plmatte.no/

Kjell Varvin

http://varvinart.blogspot.co.uk/

Zhang Chun Hong

http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/hair-drawings-and-installations-by-hong-chun-zhang

http://www.artbabble.org/video/npg/artist-zhang-chun-hong-national-portrait-gallery

http://www.booooooom.com/2010/04/06/hair-drawings-by-artist-hong-chun-zhang/

Istanbul Art

Art is all around you through history in Istanbul. Some old and then some contemporary in this post.

A city that connects east and west, Europe and Asia. Built across large expanses of waterways. Numerous famous mosques on the distant hill.

Hagia Sophia interior

Mosaics in Chora church (Kariye Museum), an ancient roman building dating from 11 Century.

Topkapi Palace, Harem

Contemporary border design detail

Arter Gallery - Mona Hatoum   http://www.arter.org.tr/W3/


Kapan 2012

Daybed 2008 and Grater Divide 2002



Deep Throat 1996



3 -D Cities 2008-10

Dirimart Gallery - Franz Ackermann  http://www.dirimart.org/

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This is the local art teachers house, the one who has spent all his money on travel at the expense of home maintenance

 
 
 

Istanbul

Istanbul is a visually rich city, here are some photographs of the old city during a food tour (highly recommended) http://istanbuleats.com/about/

Buying breakfast roll



Breakfast in a backroom of the coffee merchant

Spice market

Kitchen wares street

Lunch

The boys at Safa

Pide master

Grill master, particularly eggplant

This shop only sells peppers, both fresh and dried

Late afternoon drink 'boza' , made from femented millet. Tastes a little like a lemon curd

The whole block buys this mans freshly made flatbread

Night Kabab crawl