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Showing posts with label Banksy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Banksy. Show all posts

Friday, 10 October 2014

The Road To Kazakhstan

We at PC Towers are no friends of potholes, having highlighted the terrible state of Britain's roads, and locally complained to get my own road resurfaced.

So we can only applaud the efforts of the 'Guerrilla' creative house group of artists in Kazakhstan .... who like the Iranian 'Black Hand collective' or the UK's 'Banksy' create street art to publicise or entertain or protest ....

They have opted to tackle the potholes of Kazakhstan in an eye catching and point making manner ...

Kazakh Potholes Are Dangerous
.... placing fake papier-mache legs sticking out of 10 holes around the city.  

"We approached the issue with irony. Rather than make the usual hue and cry about holes in the roads being bad, we simply highlighted the problem and showed it needs sorting".

An earlier campaign, had some success when they drew 'bulls eyes' around street litter bins, which encouraged the public to dispose of rubbish accurately, so apparently they are hopeful this campaign will do the trick ... eventually.

"People are paying attention, and writing in social media to thank us. This should solve the problem after a while" .... well lets hope so, I have seen uncovered drains like this before, and they are no joke on badly lit streets after a few drinks.

Friday, 14 June 2013

Cosmic Cosmo

Cosmo Sarson is name new to me ..... apparently he is one of a growing number of street artists who are emulating the success of the celebrated Banksy

Breakdancing Jesus

His recent work is a Breakdancing Jesus as a motif in Bristol ......

Breakdancing For The Pope

This story was apparently the inspiration for the mural ....... you can see more of his work on the link on his name.

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Libya's "Banksy"

During any war there are some oddly surreal moments, and the overthrow of Gaddafi has thrown up one of these at a checkpoint in Benghazi being manned by engineering student, Ibrahim Humaid, aged 22. He was bored, but excited by the possibilities that his new 'Freedom' offered. The war had moved West to Tripoli, and there wasn't much to do at the checkpoint, so he started painting caricatures of Col Gaddafi, and just kept going.

Now I don't necessarily agree with the Arab idea that everything wrong in the Islamic world is because of 'Zionists', and so his suggestion that Gaddafi was a Zionist Rat is frankly plainly stupid .... Gaddafi was all Arab, and all Rat .... but hardly a Zionist.

But regardless of that one caveat, I think its fair to suggest that Mr Humaid has a real talent, and could, if he can throw off these religious blinkers, as quickly has he has thrown off the shackles of the regime, become the Arab "Banksy".

The Work of Ibrahim Humaid

The Work of Ibrahim Humaid

The Work of Ibrahim Humaid
 
The Work of Ibrahim Humaid

The Work of Ibrahim Humaid
 
The Work of Ibrahim Humaid

The Work of Ibrahim Humaid

The Work of Ibrahim Humaid

The Work of Ibrahim Humaid

Ibrahim Humaid At Work

The Artist - Ibrahim Humaid


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