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Cramping my style: street art that highlights London living conditions – in pictures

Artist Raphael Vangelis has lived in London for seven years and is all too aware that renting is expensive – and that you don’t get much space for your money.His street art, Brickflats, reflects the cramped living conditions many endure. Vangelis finds a wall with a brick missing, then fills the space with a resin-cast box that has figures of people squashed in. The first appeared last year, and so far nearly a dozen of his colourful bricks have been spotted in the capital, sometimes appearing overnight. Vangelis hopes his work is “a nice piece of art in a boring brick wall”, and that it will make people think: “This character looks a bit uncomfortable in that little box.” Continue reading...
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