Street Art: C215

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Stencil street artist C215 is one street artist that I enjoy discovering when I am wandering the streets in east London. The artist is Christian Guémy from France, and he has painted his artwork in various cities over the world. His work is primarily portraits and images of cats. The portraits include the homeless, orphans, the elderly, and his own family. Often, the pieces are easy to overlook, and unfortunately, a lot of his work was tagged over quickly. It looks as though some of his London work was targeted by the same vandal who used the same colour to paint over his word. I find this sad as the work should be appreciated and enjoyed by others.

Last week, a large wall with C215's work was painted in east London. This is the first large-scale piece by the artist that I have seen in London.

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In addition, I have taken many photographs of the artist's work in London, which I have included below. The majority of these were taken at the beginning of last year, and a lot of them have since been tagged over now. Sadly, only about five of these remain but have faded considerably, so I am glad that the artist is back in London. Maybe more of his work will appear in the coming weeks.

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The photographs below are ones that I have found tagged over, and they were not around for long before being tagged over by the same person. (In one instance, however, the image was worn off.) I have included the image below along with what it originally looked like.

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Portrait of the artist's daughter; this has now been destroyed

C215's cats are one of my favourite pieces. I've discovered a few of these cats around east London. The placement of a random cat in a wall in east London brings a smile as they are unexpected.

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The images below are Google's resuls of C215's cats. I would love to find more of these cats.

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