Earlier this year Ronzo created some incredibly detailed replicas of the dragons that mark the entrances into the City of London - albeit with the exception that they had been re-formed to be sculptures of Ronzo's making rather than the emblem of one of the world's leading financial districts. He called the silver painted figures clutching coins 'Crunchy' and explained at the time that they marked the point where we should be celebrating the end of the recession (the economy had reportedly just grown by an altogether not too convincing 0.1% just as the bolts were being driven in to the pavement to secure the pieces). I managed to track down a couple of survivors (and found the remnants of one that had been lost) a couple of days later. Sadly none now remain but Ronzo has now released a three part video showing their installation. Interesting viewing - especially as this area is one of the most closely monitored square miles in the world. Pictures of the Crunchy's appear under the video link below.

Ronzo's Pity of London part one, part two and part three

Old Street

Aldgate

Aldgate

Maybe a bit more subtle in approach than this effort but David Cameron's rather smooth face is still attracting the attention of London's billboard hi-jackers. This one in Dalston is the work of Dr D (where you can find a lot more of this kind of work).

Dr D 'Suck My Goldman Sachs'. I'm not really that tall - this was taken from the number 76 bus.

Saturday March 6th is the last day (and last chance) to see Eelus's solo show 'The Colour Out Of Space' at the Blackall Studios (73 Leonard Street, EC2A 4DS). I finally managed to check out the gallery yesterday and was really impressed by the ideas, art and execution of a well put together body of work. As well as a wealth of major new pieces there is kind of a retrospective feel - basically everything Eelus has put out over the past few years is represented here in some way. It's great to see the progression made over the years and the development of a distinct style. If you can't visit in person I'd recommend for a truly comprehensive look around the show Wallkandy's excellent Flickr set and also RJ from Vandalog's video interview where Eelus reveals inspiration came from both early Santa's Ghetto shows and heavy metal stalwarts Iron Maiden(!)

Lung mixture (detail)

Firestarter (detail)

Icarus (detail)

Icarus (canvas on right is an edition of 3)