September 23, 2009
London’s top 10 hidden art treasures By Ben Lewis, Evening Standard 13.08.09 Toasters by The Toaster Crew New North Road, N1 If you enjoy graffiti, stencils and posters, almost any walk around the East End can be a visit to an exhibition. I’m not street art’s biggest fan but I do like a slice of toast — surely Britain’s greatest contribution to world cuisine — and I think that it has been somewhat underused as a subject in contemporary art. A group of graffiti artists who style themselves the Toaster Crew have taken some steps to correct that imbalance, by spraying flying toasters all over London. My favourite is on the side of a council block in Islington. The location and scale transforms an average bit of spraying into a conceptual art work. Its context is perfect — you can imagine how much toasting goes on in the flats behind it. And it’s huge, on the scale of the super-sized sculptures of tooth-brushes and matches by pop artist Claus Von Oldenburg. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23731947-details/London’s+top+10+hidden+art+treasures/article.do” rel=”nofollow”>www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23731947-details/Lond…</a>

London’s top 10 hidden art treasures By Ben Lewis, Evening Standard 13.08.09

Toasters by The Toaster Crew New North Road, N1

If you enjoy graffiti, stencils and posters, almost any walk around the East End can be a visit to an exhibition. I’m not street art’s biggest fan but I do like a slice of toast — surely Britain’s greatest contribution to world cuisine — and I think that it has been somewhat underused as a subject in contemporary art. A group of graffiti artists who style themselves the Toaster Crew have taken some steps to correct that imbalance, by spraying flying toasters all over London. My favourite is on the side of a council block in Islington. The location and scale transforms an average bit of spraying into a conceptual art work. Its context is perfect — you can imagine how much toasting goes on in the flats behind it. And it’s huge, on the scale of the super-sized sculptures of tooth-brushes and matches by pop artist Claus Von Oldenburg.

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