I love seeing street art when I travel, and on this particular occasion it was purely by chance that I saw it. Lois and I got lost (ok, I did the “getting lost” bit), and we found this fun street on some pillars alongside the Seine. I love the expressions on their faces.
One thing I love to find when I travel is good street art, and Paris is no exception. There are some fantastic artworks by exceptional artists. I don’t know if these works have real names, so I just made them up.
Zebra man and Onyx (one of my dogs is also Onyx)
Water-colour lady
Man on wall
Pixelated Daffy-duck
Retro detective
Pen-art girl with pram
Little shop of horrors
Aimé Césaire (former président of Martinique)
An innovative artist has added some colour to some of the electricity and fibre maintenance boxes in Muizenberg. I think it’s rather cute and brightens up the area just a little. I hope other areas follow this idea. If you park at Surfer’s Corner or in Palmer Road and walk around you’ll find some of these robots.
UPDATE: The artist is Clive, and you can find him on Instagram at @stapletonianart
Last weekend Lois and I did something unusual. We went on a street art tour of Salt River. In itself that isn’t unusual. But what was unusual is that the tour guide, Winston Fani, is blind! It literally was a case of the blind leading the blind. Winston recently received his tour-guide certification from Cape Town tourism, and he is the only blind tour guide in South Africa (and possible even in Africa).
This mural is over 3 stories high
The “cell phone” is directly opposite the previous mural
The tour lasted about 90 minutes, and he took us on a walk through Salt River where we went past several art studio, some little coffee shops, and some amazing street art.
If you want to find out more about his tours, or even attend (highly recommended), you can contact info@awoltours.co.za, tel: +27 83 234 6428.
Here are a few more photos.
A pink baby elephant tries to escape, but is still caught by mom just before she manages her getaway.
This lighthouse is in the middle of the downtown area in Cape Town. I love the way it appears to be growing in soil held out by somebody’s hand. A clever use of a blank wall.
I might have to write a series on the street art in Muizenberg, because I am finding more and more walls with really interesting art painted on them. I drove past this wall the other day, and it was covered in Escherish sharks. I think it is remarkable. The artist’s phone number is in the corner if you want you own wall painted.
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