Varieties – Flower Thrower

May 1968 was a turbulent month. In Paris, students set up barricades and fought street battles with the police. Bruno Barbey, on the road in Paris as a photographer for the Magnum agency, takes a famous photo on the Boulevard Saint Germain, which later becomes the source of inspiration for the „Flower Thrower“, probably the best known work of the street artist BANKSY.

In BANKSY’s work, a stone-throwing student becomes a masked man throwing a bouquet of flowers. It is one of Banksy’s most recognisable images and one that has been widely appropriated. Over the years, both my Berlin friend and I have come across several variations of this work of art.

Gallery Artig (München 2016)

pictures were taken by my Berlin friend – JA!DA! (08/2017) – artist unknown (06/2023) – JA!DA! (11/2018)

pictures were taken by streetartwalks – ARMX (04/2022) – artist unknown (05/2017) – DROPIX (05/2023)

Uhlandstraße – Moabit

Trips to Moabit have been rare lately, but the gym on Uhlandstraße is always worth a visit. On his visit there recently, my Berlin friend found a number of beautiful works. Among them was a portrait of the Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka. Unfortunately, I don’t know anything about the artists.

Gretl Wall – We will stay together till its ending

Another Gretl wall was done, this time it was splitted between the two Berlin based graffiti cracks CARO PEPE & WESR and a number of street artists who have made a collage of solidarity with a feministic touch.

WESR x CARO PEPE

Gretl Wand; METRAEDA TWEET STICKERMAID ANNE BAERLIN ILLCHMANN APPARAN WHATIFIER and many others

Indiana Jones Forever

Since 1981, Harrison Ford has been searching for treasures in the most remote places of the world as the adventurer Indiana Jones. Some heroes just can’t be killed! Today the latest blockbuster from this series opens in German cinemas. A good reason to take a look at Harrison Ford, also known as Han Solo in the Star Wars series.

MP MAGGLE

artists unknown

New coat for Gretl Wall

Recently, the Subway Riders by Thalissa Mehringer were replaced by two portraits of women. DIZI and DEVITA show two women who could not be more different. Dreamy fawn eyes vs. technolady in almost psychedelic colours. WOW Powerful and expressive. Women’s power, that’s what it is!.

DIZI & DEVITA

The trolls are let loose

Do you still remember the Moomins? These adorable hippo-like creatures with pouty mouths started to make mischief in Berlin’s Dircksenstraße back in January. In the meantime, they have spread to Bülowstraße, where my Berlin friend found them on his last visit.

CD-Art made by OXY

Somewhere in Nowhere

From time to time, my berlin friend stumbles upon places he has never been to before, but which will be on his route plan in the future. Unfortunately, you can’t take frontal shots here without a wide-angle lens, but he hopes for more.

THE NEW CRU – ORCA x MOZER x FLACKO and others

artists unknown

I’m BILLY

Those who know me, know about my affinity for skulls. Accordingly, my Berlin friend was of course thrilled to have a series of new pieces in one fell swoop. I’m BILLY, it says, but who is BILLY? A Berlin native or a tourist passing through? I have no idea, but nevertheless a lot of fun with this bonehead!

I’m BILLY

Who did it? – A Swiss!

The pictures in this post do not come directly from my Berlin friend’s camera this time. Unfortunately, the wall was already painted over when he found out about it. With the kind permission of URBAN_STREETART_BERLIN, my Berlin friend sent me the photos. Thanks for letting me show them here; but even more thanks to Switzerland, where the artist Salem Jajovski aka @vice.suaze lives and works. Thanks for this gift!

4Blocks wall – Kreuzberg

The Masked Singer – Berlin vs. Essen

The word is out: the pandemic has been declared over. Other issues are now on the agenda. The TV programme has not got any better, but there are still constants you can rely on: They are dressing up again and they are also performing again, more or less skilfully. Last Saturday, a new season of „The Masked Singer“ has begun. My Berlin friend and I compete to find pieces in street art and graffiti that correspond to the masks. A total of 9 masks are to be guessed in the new season; last Saturday Jan Josef Liefers was already unmasked as the kangaroo.

The Mushroom

artist unknown (2022) & MR.PILZ (2021)

• The Frotteefant

BERGERHELEFANT (2017) & INNERFIELDS (2017)

• The Toast

A toast also plays a role this time, but – let’s be honest – the closest thing to this mask is probably SpongBob, who, as a well-known comic figure, also appears in graffiti and street art. Toast no! But SpongeBob? Of course!

artist unknown (2017) & SCRIB (2020)

• The Spider (Diamantula)

Jason Howarth aka CARE (2017) & MR.PILZ (2014)

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