February 12, 2011 · 12:30 pm
Like i’ve mentioned before it’s sometimes a little tough to say where inspiration for certain pieces come from and this is a pretty good example. Personally i blame the pernicious influence of TV and the internet – but then what do i know. Anyway it’s a picture of a little kid crying and the Japanese text says something along the lines of ‘Let loose the Banzai battle cry’. Put them together and this is what you get. That’s as far as i’m willing to go…
Cheers
id-iom
Title: Banzai!
Media: Pastels, ink and charcoal
Size: 42 x 46 cm
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Tagged as art, banzai, brixton, child, cool, cry, england, id-iom, idiom, kid, london, paint, uk, urban
April 19, 2010 · 2:32 pm
This piece was spotted nearby in Brixton which appears to be some commentary on the availability and proliferation of weapons use among the youth of today (especially in the capital it would seem):
And then, a week or two later, this article from the South London Press was brought to our attention:
A week or so later there was a follow up article:
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Tagged as brixton, child, clapham, crime, graffiti, gun, id-iom, idiom, kid, knife, london, machine, spray, stencil, vandalism, vend, wall
