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(See on Flickr)

Manchester's largest mural. Read all about it here. "[The well-known brand of trainers] was not wanting to interfere with the artists creativity with the artwork which would be painted on the wall." - apart from with the big logo in the middle, of course. Still it's beautiful, and I would like to thank The Well-Known Brand of Trainers for bringing it to a car park in Newton Street.

Two paste-ups

Don't know anything about either of these. I assume they are by different artists, but I thought I'd post them together...

Hipster text-speak paste-up

Oxford Road. By sneak, with supplementary biro by a second artist!

John Cooper Clarke stencil by Stewy

Chapel Street, Salford. There's one on Oldham Street too... See Stewy's Stencils on Flickr for more of Stewy's stencils.

Bortusk Leer stufff

Bortusk Leer: little dog thing
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad

Bortusk Leer copper
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad

Check the following links for more Bortusk Leer fun! I shall be on the lookout for more of these...

http://flickr.com/photos/tags/bortuskleer/
www.bortuskleer.com

Another Kid Acne lady

Another Kid Acne lady
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad

Vindictive poetry

Traffic wardens
Awkward thick
Creeping lurking pouncing
Sneaky little worms
Just like children
(But hey
Someone's gotta do it)

Merchandise

Poster and 2009 calendar can be purchased below.

Kid Acne stabby women

A couple of Kid Acne's "little stabby women", which have been cropping up in major cities across the UK according to www.kidacne.com.

Kid Acne warrior, originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

Kid Acne hunter, originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

Old gate and stencil

 

An ink pot, and a turd in a dog bowl?

Haven't got a clue what these are supposed to be but i find them appealing. An ink pot, and a turd in a dog bowl is my best guess.

As ever, if you know who/what this is, let me know in the comments!

Eating animals

Planet helpless

Planet helpless
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

On Flickr this is the 9th photo of this particular wall. But hey, the lighting worked out well.

what

After a fine summer break MCR Marks is pleased to return to its task of documenting mancunian street art wherever I stumble accross it.
This from Hammo recently appeared near the wonderful Matt & Phredds. Now you can piss up against a wall with a picture of someone pissing up a wall painted on it, even if you're too drunk to appreciate the situation. 

Long arms, short legs

Long arms, short legs
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

I think this is lovely. It can be found where the mancunian way passes over upper brook street.

The artist is called Hello. It looks a bit like Monsieur A, with its
long limbs at least.

Tea, Spliff, Tea & Spliff: a series of stencils from under the Mancunian Way

 

Eurocultured 2006

It has been suggested that they call "Eurocultured" as they do because there's more funding available for a festival of European cultural *stuff* than there might be for a free party with music and graffiti. I couldn't possibly comment on this.

Anyway, the street-artist roll-call included Rookie, San, Klit (photo 2 below), Ruse76 (who has decorated the cornerhouse window in the past, Matt Sewell who did the mural on the wall of Common, Dreph, Guy McKinley, and ooh loads more.

This year's festival was pretty rained out, especially on the Sunday, and the street artists were stop-starting with the showers. Browse all the photos on Flickr, there's some superb ones. http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=eurocultured

Here's my top 4. As ever, if you know who the artists are, let me know! Particularly the top one, which seems very familiar. Big love! It's God, looking at himself in a green-tinted mirror, in the bath, surely?




 

Canal Street / Princess Street

Canal Street / Princess Street



  

A colourful little space invader, bigger than most, which I walked past hundrends of times before spotting.

A natural selection

We flock to the city, attracted by that sort of culture and vibrancy which only seems to spring up when people live piled on top of each other in their thousands or millions. But that urban edge comes with a price - as the people pile in the nature is squeezed out; we are removed from our natural habitat and we feel an ennui at its loss. And that's undoubtedly what motivated the artists below to bring a bit more sky, parrots and potted ferns into Manchester's grey corners.




 

Hmmm writes!

I want to share with you the following missive I recieved from Hmmm.

"Hmmm has many guises and faces on and off the street. How glad I was to find an example of some scrawling I had done under the influence of somewonderful drug: Booze. Keep your eye and lens open as some more jollies should be hitting the northern qtr and beyond over the next month.

Hmmm"

Oh, and some links Hmm sent links to some pictures too: Storm trooper and New Orleans.

Guero

Guero is Mexican slang for "white boy". It is also the title of Beck's latest record. I thought at first this was some corportate sponsored graffiti advertising the record, but it turns out it's about a little boy nicknamed Guero.
The artist has a flickr site at www.flickr.com/photos/karmacomazzz

The ubiquitous 30dz

The ubiquitous 30dz
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

Right next to the mushroom feautured below, on the wall of a car park in the northern quarter

Super Mario mushroom

Super Mario mushroom
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

Beer and murals

Four murals from local bars. (1) from the Cornerhouse, (2) from Rodeo (obviously), (3) Matt Sewell's mural from Common and (4) from the back yard at Space (put up during the 2005 "Eurocultured" festival I think).





 

Hmmm!

Hmmm!
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

The sqaure headed guy who says "hmmm" has long been a feature of the mancunian landscape. This one's on Oxford Road.

Square cows and click

Square cows and click
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

I quite like the square cows... the "click click" thing is a club night in Mnachester. It's supposed to be a rocket next to the speech bubble thing.
New wakefield street.