Last weekend I found some lovely new street art in Shoreditch, that is always an exciting thing and of course I want to share it with you. This isn’t about a couple of Banksys appearing nearby in the City Of London, this is about the beautiful colourful portraiture of French street artist Manyoly.
Manyoly Sep 2017
Manyoly’s paste ups first appeared in London just before Christmas last year and charmed all who came across them.
Manyoly Dec 2016
Such was the positive reception Manyoly has already been back several times and on her most recent trip Manyoly beautified Shoreditch with several more very large pieces.
Manyoly Sep 2017
Manyoly told Shoreditch Street Art Tours that she has been passionate about Women’s issues since her early teens and her bright colourful female portraits are a way of capturing a woman’s energy.
Manyoly Dec 2016
Manyoly eschews famous people, “we have enough people on earth to never need to paint them” she said and her paintings are fusions of various women she has seen on the street, often mixing features from different races and ethnic backgrounds in the one portrait.
Manyoly stickers can be seen on surfaces in Shoreditch if you look hard enough.
Manyoly April 2017
Guests on the Shoreditch Street Art Tour hear about the challenge Manyoly faces pasting up irregular shaped paste ups with fronds of paper protruding around the edges, certainly its a bit tricker than pasting up A4 rectangles of paper. This high speed timelapse from Manyoly showing her pasting up a very large portrait on Great Eastern Street is a fascinating insight into how a street artist breaks the task down into a sequence of steps.
For more about Manyoly’s art on the streets and hanging indoors check out her website
All photos Dave Stuart except the timelapse via Manyoly’s instagram page
