Bateman's Row in Shoreditch has been refreshed twice this year with new street art, creating a new place for street art to be painted on in the area. Pure Evil had used the walls for murals (covered here: Pure Evil Street Art Murals on Bateman's Row), and I captured his work just in time because it was painted over shortly after by Otto Schade, one of London's busiest street artists. Otto Schade, originally from Chile, has been painting London's walls for several years, and I first noticed his work in 2012.
Otto Schade's work is easy to spot because he has two primary styles. One style is the circular silhouette pieces that depict a scene with a social or political message. The other style is the ribbon technique, used here on Bateman's Row. Characters are created using a ribbon style.
This piece is titled "The Lady don't protest enough", though at first I thought it was a tribute to William Shakespeare as it reminds me of the scene in "Hamlet" where the title character refers to a skull, and The Curtain theatre was discovered on the road near this road. However, it may be inspired by that but also by the treatment of women in the world.
Next to the mural is one of Otto Schade's standing/posing women created using the same ribbon style. This one is unique because the artist uses the shape of the panel/wall to create an umbrella that the lady is holding.
I've previously posted about Otto Schade's work in the following posts:
Otto Schade "Jack the Ripper 2040" Street Art
Otto Schade 'The Believers' and 'WTF'
'Bull in a China Shop', 'Osch-car' and 'Flies Around Sh*t'
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
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