Two Brick Lanes

" The battle against racism and fascism cannot be won by outsiders who march into an area, chant slogans, and then march out again; it can only be won by the most dedicated, rooted and persistent commitment to undermine and destroy the injustice and neglect on which such movements thrive."

Revd Kenneth Leech, Brick Lane, 1978: The Events and Their Significance

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21520

Stories and mythologies of London's East End

Count Dracula's East End hideout was located in Chicksand Street ( novel writtten by Bram Stoker in 1897 )

Jack the Ripper

The ghost of Annie Chapman

Brick Lane Sunday Market

Taken on: April 1, 1976 by Jean Penders

Taken on: December, 1976 by Jean Penders


Taken on: September 11, 2006 by Fabio Venni

Taken on: March 26, 2006 by Quixotic54
http://flickriver.com/groups/44989944@N00/pool/interesting/

Jef Aerosol, stencil on poster, Brick Lane

Jef Aerosol hit up a few stenciled posters around Brick Lane in December 2005. Awesome.

http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/index.html

Stencil Art by Jef Aerosol

Jef Aerosol is a French stencil graffiti artist who has been one of the very first street art pionners of the early 80s. He has left his mark on the walls of many cities in the world including London.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefaerosol/

Fear

Brick Lane, London

http://www.back2mine.net/index.php/gallery/

Graffiti Art in Brick Lane

" For One Moment I Thought You Were Sad"

" Wild Cat Capitalist"

" Mystery Girl"

" Faceless Pinup Girl"

Recently, the East End street has become a popular focus for art, particularly in terms of street art.

http://samgolden.co.uk/blog/category/arts/

Welcome to Brick Lane

A place where feelings of fascination, fear and freedom of being different are strongly mixed like the vibrant and multicultural people who surround you.

http://www.urbanimage.tv/gallery/

Shopping Malls on Weekends

Tokyo Mosque

The interior architecture of the mosque is based upon the designs from Turkey.

Galleries Lafayette

The Galleries Lafayette in Paris has been my first association of a shopping mall with a cathedral. I had visited it some time ago and I remember that it had looked like some kind of sacred place: the beautiful glass dome, the painted windows and all the richness of each detail, even the balconies and its arcades of golden surfaces. Its architecture is absolutely amazing and it is very closely to the interior of a mosque. So I made some research about it and I found that the building was redesigned in 1906 by Ferdinand Chanut according to his predilection for oriental bazaars, inspired in a neo-Byzantine style. "A golden light was used to create a more intimate environment and to set the merchandise aglow" and from the start, the aim was to attract ladies of the high society and also working women who made time during their lunch break.

http://www2.galerieslafayette.com/international/goFolder.do?f=history_en&lang=en&fontLang=null

Damien Hirst

"The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Somebody Living " ( 1991 )

I have something to say about this Damien Hirst’s work.

Initially I thought it was definitely awful because of the dead shark suspended in the tank, but the true is that every time we visit a Natural History Museum we also find sharks and many other species of animals dead and embalmed.

When we keep away the idea of the using of a living being and pay attention to the work itself and its message, we understand that is incredibly fantastic, real and shocking. We can easily get its meaning: the fear of death. It’s awesome how he represents this fear using the image of a shark. The analogy is perfect: an ugly and giant animal with a powerful strength, kept inside of a limited space, our mind.