LONDON MURAL FESTIVAL PART 8

 London Mural Festival part 8

Thamesmead:

Woskerski
     Thamesmead provided the dystopian setting for the controversial movie A Clockwork Orange. And this underpass would be suitably bleak were it not for Woskerski's stunning new panorama - and earlier works including these two by TRUST.iCON ......
    
    TRUST.iCON, identity unknown, actually hails from Thamesmead; but his images of cartoon characters highlighting social issues can be found all over London, Los Angeles and Berlin.

    More near here .....
     



New Malden:


    These three adjacent murals are, according to the Festival website, by Shine and Quest, Alex Cullen and Smote. But I can't work out which is which.
    I do, however, recognise Choo Choo, Benny the Ball and Officer Dibble from Top Cat. The American cartoon was called Boss Cat on British TV when advertising on the BBC was strictly forbidden and Top Cat was a brand of cat food. It was all a bit silly as the title music and dialogue still referred to Top Cat or TC. Likewise, on Blue Peter, Sellotape was sticky-backed plastic.
 
Skyhigh
    I wasn't expecting this - another offering by the master of bird murals (see also Part 7). I'm no twitcher but pretty sure it's a green woodpecker. 
    Given that all four of these creations are in Cock Crescent one would hope they won't be embellished by some joker. I think that's unlikely - New Malden is London's Little Korea so probably has a very low crime rate; after all these are the folk who stay behind after the final whistle and tidy the stadium. If you visit the murals there's a Wetherspoons close to Cock Crescent - The Watchman. There's no kimchee on the menu but plenty of Korean eateries nearby.

Clapton:
Church of Best Ever

New Cross:
DDS x DFN x 712

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