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London International Pasteup Festival 2024 street art Brick Lane

London International Pasteup Festival 2024

London International Pasteup Festival ’s 4th incarnation took place the weekend of 12th, 13th and 14th of September 2024.   Art came in from all over the world with contributions ranging from street artists with an established gallery palmarès to newcomer artists being seen in public for the first time.

London International Pasteup Festival 2024 street art

Pasteup Gang preparing an LIPF 2024 wall

Each of previous 3 editions evolved in some manner from its predecessor, this iteration also had new games to play and toys to share.  The prime focus is of course what goes up on the walls and for this edition the pasteup festival formed a new partnership with the London Mural Festival who kindly donated an established spraypaint art wall.  The fate of the paste ups surprised precisely no one with spray can overpainting commencing immediately but it was an interesting experiment.

London International Pasteup Festival 2024 street art

London International Pasteup Festival 2024 street art

LIPF 2024/London Mural Festival wall

This year performance was brought into the programme with the pasteups providing a background.  The charismatic belly dancer Ana Hernandez stopped the Brick Lane traffic on Saturday afternoon performing in front of the Seven Stars Pub wall art and on Sunday Jasmine Kahlia rapped up and down the pavement in front of the Seven Stars pasteups to a live and online audience.

London International Pasteup Festival 2024 street art with belly dancer performing

Ana Gabriela Hernandez, peace builder, belly dancer and psychologist

There was an art sale, a treasure hunt to find framed art and throughout the weekend artist kept creating and adding to the walls.

London International Pasteup Festival 2024 street art

Art Sale

London International Pasteup Festival 2024 street art

Creating creating Visionox and Susi Foxy Art

London International Pasteup Festival 2024 street art

Seven Stars Pasteup Wall and Art Sale

London International Pasteup Festival 2024 street art

Art treasure hunt – by Eve Obrochta

Sunday’s schedule promised a colour walk.  A colour walk it turns out, having seen the people involved, is a colourful procession of extravagantly clothed characters peacocking in front of pasteups of similar description.

London International Pasteup Festival 2024 street art Colour Walk

Colour Walk – photo with thanks to Eva Obrochta

It turns out cats were a very common theme for the art received by the organisers.   Who’d have guessed?

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Height is your friend if longevity is your ambition and ThisIsLostBoy demonstrates classic paper draped over telescopic handles brush to get the real paste up heavens spot.  “Don’t bother in a breeze” was his key tip.

London International Pasteup Festival 2024 street art

Getting High with ThisIsLostBoy

The organisation of the festival is driven mainly by force of nature Apparan but an incredible roster of supporters from the artists and photographers put shoulders to the wheel to get this event rolling, well done to all.

London International Pasteup Festival 2024 street art

unknown genius

London International Pasteup Festival 2024 street art

Vision Ox and YaYa collab

London International Pasteup Festival 2024 street art

Jola

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All photos: Dave Stuart except where stated