Zippo Lighters & London Mural Fest
My first mural in London and what do I paint? My big ugly mug staring back at you! How do you like them apples London Town!?! If that wasn’t enough for you, you can also get a pocket sized mural for your… umm, pocket… In the iconic and perfectly proportioned form of a Zippo Lighter!
Each stripe of the wall has different meaning to me and to the mural - I used the same principle in a show I had last year in Tokyo but to reflect the growing culture of digital obsession and the creation of our internet selves, I wanted this wall to be a little more cheerful for the people of London Town. The top part is the wings from my D*Dog character, man’s best friend - he came from somewhere deep in my brain long ago, hence why he’s up there. Then you have me with my glasses on, followed by a kind of smirking, squiggly smile which you can read any way you want and lastly the hand holding a little baby dog, which I intended as a kind of offering to the city, in the same way a mural is a kind of gesture towards wherever it’s painted - it’s about sharing something with people.
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