Category: Street art

Works of art both official (eg sculptures) and unofficial (eg graffiti).

Ollio's Facebook

Ollio’s Facebook

[dot_recommends] A work by Gothenburg graffiti artist (and rug maker, yes really) Ollio on Andra Långgatan. There are several of his graffiti paintings around here, some (like this) credited toContinue readingOllio’s Facebook

Guerrilla knitting

Guerrilla knitting

Street art in knitted fabric on a signpost in by Sprängukullsgatan at the entrance to Haga Kyrkoplan. The fabric is marked with a tag that points to the website of The Gothenburg Guerrilla. … Continue readingGuerrilla knitting

Poseidon's bum

Poseidon’s bum

[dot_recommends] The backside of the Carl Milles Poseidon statue in the fountain on Götaplatsen. I don’t usually photograph to order for this blog, but my mother-in-law was particularly taken byContinue readingPoseidon’s bum

Art in a tree

Art in a tree

[dot_recommends] A kind of woven graffiti tied about this tree by Näckrosdammen. Alternatively, several people have lost their dressing-gown cords. Humanisten – Gothenburg Univeristy’s Fine Art building and library –Continue readingArt in a tree

Graffiti faces 2

Graffiti faces

All four sides of this over-dimensioned litterbin in Vasa Park (Vasaparken) are graffiti covered, with faces on three sides. [dot_recommends] [dot_recommends] [dot_recommends]

Marble mural

Marble mural

[dot_recommends] This is a detail of part of a wall decoration – an intarsia – composed of thousands of pieces of different sorts of polished marble. The mural covers theContinue readingMarble mural

You are an angel

[dot_recommends] A public noticeboard at Wieselgrensplatsen partly taken over by the Swedish-Finnish school to display pictures made by their pupils illustrating the theme “Du är en ängel” (You are anContinue readingYou are an angel