The street artist known as Ronzo completed new street art at the weekend just off Brick Lane near another one of his pieces. I've been waiting for artwork to appear here for a little while now, so I was glad to see the new artwork appear on Monday morning on my way to work. The artwork features dinosaur bones in concrete with a broken skateboard, spray paint cans, and a CCTV camera. The toothy dinosaur wears the trademark Ronzo red and white ball cap.
Ronzo's street art in Corbet Place
Below is a photograph of one of Ronzo's monster sculptures in the same square as the street art photographed above. These fellows started to appear at the City's boundaries, but most of them have been removed except the ones located in Shoreditch. They are known as the 'credit crunch monsters'. Smaller ones appeared in the City (known as 'Pity of London'), but these were removed. However, this character has become quite popular. It's a pity that I did not get to see the smaller versions in the City.
Ronzo's street art in Corbet Place, known as 'Crunchy'
Ronzo is a street artist from Germany, and he arrived in London in 2000. Many of his artworks feature toothy monsters or the trade-mark hat.
'Fresh in Town' and cockroach sculpture off Great Eastern Street
In addition to the above, Ronzo has created additional artwork in London. This "Fresh in Town" artwork with the cockroach sculpture appeared earlier this year near Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch. He also created a series of street art featuring pigeons with gold chains and ball caps. The one below was also located in Corbet Place off Brick Lane, but it was replaced sometime at the end of last year or beginning of this year. I think it's brilliant.
Ronzo's pigeon, a.k.a. Birdz
One of the works of street art to appear before the Olympics featured Ronzo's pigeon with the Olympic logo. Recently, sculptures of pigeons have appeared on Great Eastern Street.
Birdz
To read more about this street artist and to read an interview from him, go to: http://www.veryverylondon.com/2012/03/08/interview-ronzo-a-street-artist/
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