This impressive mural by Snub 23 appeared in Stucley Place over the weekend. According to the Snub 23 website:
SNUB is a graphic revolution fighting the uninvited visual invasion of commercialism. Inspiration is fired by frustration; emotion becomes a plan of attack. Anger is the weapon, and any object the ammo in the fight against the optical overload.
This particular piece puts me in mind of an early 1990’s video game crossed with a Marvel Comics Saturday-morning cartoon. The work looks to have also been tagged with the moniker Monoprixx. Monoprixx is a London based photographer/blogger, specialising in the documentation of street and contemporary art. What are your thoughts?
I think it’s amazing work. I love how the artist blends the standard American comic book style with the more photographic feel of the smoke, flames, and the rest of the backdrop. Not only is it evocative, but the art is done in a wonderfully precise way. This is very well executed.