I am a little late in getting around to publishing some recent street art by London-based Chilean street artist Otto Schade. At the end of July, I noticed a couple of new pieces from the artist appear in east London, and I caught one new one earlier this week. Otto Schade has two common styles of painting. One is silhouettes, which have poltiical or social messages. The other are portraits or images constructed out of ribbons or bands. Both styles appeared in London recently.
The first and most recent piece to appear just off Brick Lane is "Flies Around Sh*t". It features two large hands about to slap a fly off of a button. I instantly thought of the political issues that inspired this; imagine that one nation (the flie) is threatening another annoyingly and foolishly. The hands are the president of another nation, ready to strike the fly that is on the big red button. Of course, hitting the button means launching the missles. So, you need to leave the annoying fly alone as reacting will be catastrophic. I have checked out the artist's Facebook page, and that is exactly the message he is getting across.
A mural that appeared on the side of "Bull in a China Shop" at the end of last month is a bull made using the artist's ribbon style of painting. It features a running bull, which the shop is named after.
The final piece of an Oscar (Osch-car) for the annual film awards appeared at the end of last month also, and it was painted on the side of Cargo.
There was an additional piece painted near the "Bull in a China Shop", and it was Snoopy the dog lying on top of his dog house with the bird Woodtock on top of him. It was painted on a traffic box and removed within a couple of days, so I was not able to get a photograph of it. It was using the silhouette style.
I've previously posted about Otto Schade's work in the following posts:
Otto Schade Paints "The Believers" and "WTF"
Otto Schade 'Peace and Love on the Streets'
Street Artist Otto Schade Paints Southampton 'Zany Zebra' for Charity (and other work)
Street Art Round-up: Spring & Summer 2015
Otto Schade's New Street Art (Meerkats, Portraits, & More) in East London
New Street Art from Horror Crew, Swoon, Otto Schade, HIN, and others
Street Art: Otto Schade
Elephutterfly
Peace and Love on the Streets
Zany Zebras and Street Art in Southampton
Winter 2015 - 2016 Street Art Round-up
New Street Art (Portraits, Meercats and More)
Spring and Summer 2015
Bristol Upfest 2015
Summer 2014 Street Art
Early Spring 2014 Street Art Round-up
Horror Crew, Otto Schade, HIN and others
Street Art: Otto Schade
Olympics
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