A few weeks ago, I posted about new walls painted in east London by Brazilian street artist Cranio. Cranio's work is well-known as his subjects feature blue natives usually getting up to mischief. They sometimes have political, social and economical meanings. The first piece to appear this year was a fresh repaint of the wall on Brick Lane, covered here. Soon after this was painted, the wall at the corner of Pedley Street and Brick Lane (opposite) was painted with the blue natives surrounded by a lot of money and luxury items.
Since then, more walls have been painted in London with Cranio's natives getting up to all sorts of adventures. First, I discovered this little fellow asleep on the side of the road.
I took some photographs and didn't disturb him. A loud group of people walked past, and he stayed asleep! Just around the corner, though, he had a few friends.
First, I've snapped a photograph of Cranio's signature, on the scaffolding on the other side of the corner from the blue native.
Cranio's additional murals featuring the blue natives were located further down Sclater Street. It is a collaboration mural, and it has recently been painted. The collaboration section is painted in bright red-orange, and it contains the work of Cranio, Kazz, Himbad and Zadok. First, we have Cranio's blue native dressed like Batman. He appears to be holding a mobile phone.
It looks like Cranio-Batman is fending off a large purple tri-clops creature by artist Kazz. Kazz is an Iranian artist, and I've seen some of his work in London before. Kazz's art features primarily abstract faces painted in black and white with a lot of lines, and they remind me of tribal style faces.
Further along the wall are two of Himbad's characters. The cat-like character on the right is a character that Himbad always paints, and in the bottom image, you can see a pair of eyes in the upper right hand side of the photograph. That's another one of Himbad's specialities. She's based in London.
Zadok, another street artist that I'd previously covered here, also collaborated on this piece with a plant. Zadok normally paints birds, and the work is very detailed.
A little further away, on Rivington Street, I discovered a final mural by Cranio inside a corner of scaffolding. The blue native was holding two neon lights, and Cranio's signature is along one wall of the scaffolding.
I found this a difficult piece to photograph as it was inside the dark corner, and the neon lights did appear to glow. It's a clever piece.
I know that there were a couple of murals by Cranio that I have not been able to photograph, and one was painted over. I do have another one to share with you, so keep checking back.
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