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<\/a><\/p>\nMy attention was drawn to this piece by the person who was photographing it seconds before I took this shot.\u00a0 \u00a0Peace to you, too giant skeleton person.<\/p>\n
I have this thing about herons;\u00a0 I hate them.\u00a0 \u00a0I hate them because they refuse to stand still and be photographed (although I still try every time I see one).\u00a0 \u00a0But this heron is not going anywhere, so I was able to capture it.<\/p>\n I was actually taking the photo of the piece with the alien, balloon and bag of money (the bag of money being a necessity in any big city).\u00a0 Later I noticed the piece of pixel art above it.\u00a0 \u00a0Could this be from the noted French artist Space Invader?\u00a0 \u00a0Quite the enigma as the artist does create anonymously.\u00a0 But it certainly is in the Space Invader style (who knew this was a thing?).<\/p>\n And then I came across this piece in front of a Truman’s pub.\u00a0 \u00a0I do know who created this, thanks to a blog post in Spitalfields Life.\u00a0 The artist and model is Robson Cesar, in his preferred medium of beer bottle caps (bottletops to you Brits).\u00a0 \u00a0I have heard the saying “the purpose of art is to communicate”.\u00a0 \u00a0Or maybe the purpose of art is to just add a bit of color and interest to life.\u00a0 \u00a0Whether it’s the former or the latter, I think that the artist involved achieved his goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s quite a lovely thing to be strolling down the street and to come across an interesting bit of street art (not tagging graffiti, which I find dull for the most part). My attention was drawn to this piece by the person who was photographing it seconds before I took this shot.\u00a0 \u00a0Peace to you, … Continue reading street art<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n