I visited Brick Lane the weekend before last and noticed that the huge wall at the end of Hanbury Street was painted and getting ready for a new piece after the previous Nagel and Pang piece remained for some time. Today, I went to Brick Lane and was happy to see a huge mural by one of my favourite street artists, Dan Kitchener (DANK). This artist often creates street scapes with a light or rain effect as well as portraits of (mainly) Japanese ladies.
This work is titled 'London Rush' and features the artist's "Liquid Light" style of painting. According to the artist on his Facebook page (1), it took 1.5 days to paint and was sketched out in free-hand and spray-painted. It's the largest piece by the artist that I have seen so far, and it really made me feel almost like a part of the image or that I could step through and be in another dimension.
Next to the piece is a separate shutter, and it also features a city street scene by the artist.
Recently, a portrait of a Japanese lady appeared in Shoreditch too, and the artist's work has appeared on this wall many times and is often refreshed. The piece is titled "Butterfly" and it was painted for the artist's recent solo show "Queen of Neon".
Although I have not been to Croydon to see it in person, Dan Kitchener has also been extremely busy painting there. The below photograph shows some of his work, and the one above is only a small section of a 36-panel wall. The below section is a separate area in Croydon.
Prior to this work, I captured additional pieces by Dan Kitcher at the start of the year, and you can see this post here.
1) https://www.facebook.com/DanKitchenerART/
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