Statue modelling the t-shirt of the Gothenburg Bluesföreningen at Villa Belparc during the Blues in Slottsskogen festival, 28 June 2014. … Continue readingModelling the t-shirt
Look right!
Street art addition to a bus-shelter ad for swimwear seems to be asking the viewer to qustion what they are looking at – or simply to look right. Photo taken at Kungsportsplatsen. … Continue readingLook right!
The Pike boy
Graffiti art on the retaining wall of the canal by Kungsportsplatsen – coloured stencil of a smiling boy. Apparently a piece by a (US?) graffiti artist who may be called Pike 169 TCF. Please note – I’m not stupid enough to claim copyright on the artwork, only on these photos of it.
Below: a wider shot of the same image.
Really, of course, I should have been out on May Day taking photos of one or more of the May Day Demonstrations, but my hay fever made staying indoors seem preferable. The revolution won’t succeed with my help in hay fever season, I tell you that. These photos taken on 30th April. … Continue readingThe Pike boy
Påskris
Påskris = Easter twigs. Budding birch twigs decorated with coloured feathers – a sign of the coming Easter in Sweden. … Continue readingPåskris
GBGframe
Irony? Sarcasm? Or is this seriously meant? I’m guessing this GBGframe (sorry #GBGframe) has something to do with the Chalmers Cortège (Rag Day) coming up on 29th April. … Continue readingGBGframe
Striped pipe
A striped pipe – almost a candy cane – except that I suspect the artist may have been aiming for blue and white – the colours of one of Gothenburg’s football teams. … Continue readingStriped pipe
Photographer gnome
This photographer gnome is part of a mural on one side of a house built in 1890 for the Gothenburg newspaper owner/editor SA Hedlund. The mural depicts six gnomes engaged in different activities associated with newspaper production, but it’s difficult to capture them all – besides, this one is the most appropriate for this blog. … Continue readingPhotographer gnome