For a long while, the wall on Clink Street, South Bank (London) contained an old mural that had been tagged over. The mural was by Spanish street artist SPOK and the subject may be best described as a spray can gadget. The mural has been looking tired for awhile; I first took notice of it in 2010, and it was already looking a bit tired then. Earlier this year, I noticed that it had been tagged over extensively. I'm happy to say that the wall near the entrance of the tunnel on Clink Street has had a new lease of life.
The new wall features the work of Australian artist JimmyC (James Cochran). I covered a lot of his work in my originally post here, which features Usain Bolt during the 2012 Olympics. Over the past few years, JimmyC has been busy creating new murals and refreshing them, such as this female portrait near Great Eastern Street, this female portrait near Petticoat Lane, this scenery and portrait on Calendonian Road, this portrait of Mick off Brick Lane, this family portrait on Joe's Kid Cafe, and the portrait of David Bowie that was famous at the beginning of this year after the singer passed on.
This new mural is not too far from Shakespeare's Globe theatre and features the bard himself. This is appropriate because this year marks 400 years since the end of Shakespeare in 1616, and London hosted 'The Complete Walk' in April to mark the anniversary and showed light projections on the Guildhall. The walk mentioned features several shorts of the bard's work, and one of the screens was located in the spot where the mural is; it was showing "The Twelfth Night."
This is an excellent addition to London's street art scene as it shows a famous London resident, located not far from his theatre which was probably a little closer to where the mural is than the present day reconstruction. Have you been to see it yet?
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