Happy Halloween from sunny Feltham Circles. More photos and credits to follow.

Mantis's recent work shows a marked departure from the stencils he was originally famous for as this new piece shows. Taken far too late in the day to do the detail in the piece justice its nevertheless great to see him back on the streets of London.

Another welcome return comes in the form of Jef Aerosol - especially as this time he has switched to full stenciling mode instead of the pasted up stencils of recent visits. Here's a couple from Bethnal Green:

Still on - Jimmy Cauty and Son's Splatter fest of real cartoon violence at the Aquarium Gallery, Clerkenwell, London

And just started the spray can / paint roller / hit up everything possible righteousness that is the Burning Candy show at Sartorial Contemporary Art, 26 Argyle Square, Kings Cross, London.

Kounter Kulture / Dave White - Planes, Tanks and Automatics

Both of these shows occupy a huge space in the Truman Brewery complex in London's Brick Lane. First up is Kounter Kulture (hmmm, not exactly counter-culture when drinks are supplied by Red Bull and credit facilities are available fom Barclays)! It has  a wide variety of street artists you may be familiar with (Eine, Pure Evil, Copyright Jef Aerosol and more) along with a whole host of other artists operating via many mediums. Second up (and in the same building) is Dave White's exhibition of a new body of work. Three things hit you when you see this for the first time -  war comics, pop art and massively textured action painting - fantastic stuff. All in all both exhibitions make a trip well worth while (though you'll need deep pockets to take anything home with you).

Chen Quichi at Kounter Kulture

Dave White

So it took me an age to work out - and even then I wasn't sure. Burning Candy comprises of Sweet Toof, Cyclops and Tek33 and they have a show opening at Sartorial Contemporary Art, 26 Argyle Square, London, WC1H 8AP this Thursday 15th October (private view 5 to 11pm, music and live performances) then Tuesday to Saturday, 1.30 to 7pm until November 11th.  

Banksy on his Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill in the Village in New York (open until October 31st 2008)

"New Yorkers don't care about art, they care about pets. So I'm exhibiting them instead," he said.

"I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming, but it ended up as chicken nuggets singing.

"I took all the money I made exploiting an animal in my last show and used it to fund a new show about the exploitation of animals.

"If it's art and you can see it from the street, I guess it could still be considered street art."

And a quote attributed to Banksy in the Independent: "There have been complaints from people who are unhappy about being on their way to work and seeing two hot dogs performing a sex act. But it's no more unnatural than the process behind making a sausage in the first place."

Jimmy Cauty and Son's new show depicting cartoon violence is now open at the Aquarium until 8th November. He's taken the mayhem out onto the streets with this billboard advert in Old Street.

Last weekend a whole load of new work turned up in Leake Street under Waterloo station. Its good to see the tunnel getting a regular working over.

Tizer one

Inkfetish

Wisher

Lovepusher

Banksy has a new shop in New York. For more click on the picture below:

New work by Dr D in East London, stencilled onto a blanked out billboard. Which lets me let you know  - if you haven't clocked it already - that Drd has a great new website at Drd.nu.

Above sent through these pictures of his recent work for you all to enjoy. There's even a video to watch too. As I've said before, street art works best when it uses what is already there....

Before:

After:

This blog mainly covers art, the city and punk rock. It's fair to say punk rocker Dan Witz's paintings of the city at night ticks all of these boxes. Anyone who saw his previous work at stolenspace can't fail to have admiration for his photorealistic style of painting and now he has a solo show coming up again at the same venue. From October 10th.

From this Thursday Jimmy Cauty and son will make sure cartoon violence will never be the same again.

If you want to see the complete Dface 'Apopcalypse Now' show you've got to go along this weekend whilst the 'part 1' gallery in 89a Rivington Street is open. Beyond this weekend only the work in the main Black Rat Press Gallery will be on show.

Here's a few pics of what you can see....