Graffiti hunting - Part 2

So here we go with another small collection of street art and graffiti I have snapped on my travels, this collection are all located in Manchester City Centre

Starting off with Ting Tong Chang in the back streets around Shudehill.








AliCè: Alice Pasquini, lurking in the Northern Quarter, Manchester

 

 




The shop shutters and doorways of Oldham Street, Manchester sport some cracking artwork.

Batman and Joy Division cross over

 


Some Stormtroopers !




 

 

Stencil artist Stewy has installed a couple of pieces on Oldham Street, the pictures being of local heroes,

Frank Sidebottom



John Cooper-Clarke



If you keep your eyes peeled as you walk around Manchester Stewy's work is lurking and adorning many a dull spot.







Another artist found around Manchester is Invader, this French artist has installed mosaics across the city in his attempt to populate the world with his marauding Space Invaders and other classic video arcade beasties.

 

 

 



Final pic for this post is a picture I walked past just off Oxford Road in Manchester the other week.

Stevenson Square, Manchester

Welcome to Stevenson Square, part of the Northern Quarter, Manchester



I love Manchester, although for me it did loose some of its charm when the IRA bombed the city and many areas had to be redeveloped ( Corn Exchange for one).

So plenty to see and mooch in Manchester, I always head down the back streets into the Northern Quarter first and onto Stevenson Square.

The art here changes on a regular basis and so it's always my starting point for any mooch, its should be noted most back streets off and around the square have something to see, the whole area is full of hidden gems and including work from international artists such as Invader.

Many of the shops have joined in on their shop frontage


Noho Bar

 






Koffee Pot Cafe








Eastern Block Records




The centre of the road is the main stage for the art, so here is a snap shot on some of the art, taken over a 18 month period.

 





 


 


All change !

 














 

















 



 
All change !















But as I said, take your time and look around the side streets and you will be rewarded with works such as

AliCè, Alice Pasquini




Stewy - a bit of Frank Sidebottom




Invader

 


So have a mooch, who needs Harvey Nichols and the Printworks ??? While I'm thinking about it, why can't you take photographs in the Printworks ?