Shok-1 (Shok Oner) is a street artist based in London. His style includes spray-painting murals to look like X-ray, but he also creates realistic pieces, such as the heart-shaped rope knot that appeared earlier this year on Commercial Road. The artist created a series of ten murals, known as 'X-Rainbow' in a square just off of Brick Lane. These depict rainbow-coloured bones and insects. Unfortunately, these murals often did not last long before they were tagged over. The last few in the series did not last long at all, and the last one was only around for a day before being tagged over.
I have included the 'X-Rainbow' series that I photographed over the past year. I missed seeing and photographing a few of these, but I've added them here with a credit to the photographer. It is a pity that these were tagged over as I enjoyed seeing these, and I felt that some of them were amazing examples of street art. With each new piece, the artist got better with this technique. (I have arranged the pieces below in reverse chronological order.)
The above and final piece only lasted for about a day before being tagged over. Below, the ninth piece featured an X-rayed insect. It did not last too long before others started to paint on it and around it. This was unfortunate because this piece and the piece below were my favourites in the series.
The hand below, number eight in the series, did not last too long before someone tagged obscene objects over the top of it. It was promptly painted over with the next piece in the series.
I also liked these X-ray tail bones, but it also did not last very long.
The following murals were taken at earlier stages, and I am not particularly sure of the order for a couple of them.
Remi Rough and Shok-1
Besides the series of X-Rainbow murals, I have also included other work by the artist discovered around Brick Lane.
Shok-1 off Brick Lane
Shok-1 and Remi Rough
Knotted heart on Commercial Road
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