"City Glow, Mountain Whisper" by Chiho Aoshima is part of the Platform for Art programme for the London Underground. Sponsored by the City of London, the art is on display at the Gloucester Road tube station until January 25, 2007. Click photo to enlarge.
Just adorable!
Posted by: giggles | 15 November 2006 at 04:23
Actually...not Tellytubbies but Manga Hijab.
Posted by: ian russell | 14 November 2006 at 13:42
I get the tellytubbies too. Old japanese art I adore, this looks a little modern. I'm afraid the manga influence I find a little... disturbing - but then I find Disney disturbing too. ;o)
meanwhile though, what gorgeous brickwork - like arches of honeyed fudge.
Posted by: ian russell | 14 November 2006 at 13:36
yummy! destroy the drabness!
Posted by: skeeter | 14 November 2006 at 03:16
Marvelous. I wonder how long such wondrous paintings would last in the NYC subway system. Cynical I know but . . .
Posted by: AnnieElf | 13 November 2006 at 20:26
This is cool! Makes me proud to be British when I see fun creative use of public space in that way.
Posted by: Kamsin | 13 November 2006 at 17:29
this is such a fun illustration... underground being a fun and friendly place.
Posted by: AscenderRisesAbove | 13 November 2006 at 15:41
Very interesting! They do look like teletubbies! I am personally not a fan of Japanese art..Hello Kitty?
Posted by: Pam Aries | 13 November 2006 at 15:09
I love subway/tube art. Doesn't this art bear a striking resemblance to Teletubbies??
Posted by: kristen | 13 November 2006 at 13:13
I fell in love with the London tube when I was there five years ago. Now I want to go back and see what they've done with the artwork.
Posted by: deirdre | 13 November 2006 at 10:51
this beats the graffiti on the underground in Sydney!
Posted by: miss*R | 13 November 2006 at 09:30
Down with drabness everywhere! This is wonderful.
Posted by: patry | 13 November 2006 at 05:45
Wow, I'm sure that makes standing on the platform a little more interesting. Cool.
Posted by: January | 13 November 2006 at 05:29
Absolutely charming!!
Posted by: JanePoe (aka Deborah) | 13 November 2006 at 05:24
Now you are really making me homesick for London! During my recent visit after one year's absence I was amazed by all the new buildings that were finally finished, new projects taking on shape, somehow the city even had a neater and cleaner feel about it, while retaining its wonderful quirkiness and balance of new and old.
A couple of nights ago I watched a documentary on the history of this ancient city, how many times it got destroyed and rebuilt again, how it missed its chance of having the same wide boulevards as Paris, how the river Thames kept feeding it with life yet needing to be restrained for the city's safety, too.
Given the risk and scale of more terrorist attacks I already feel strangely saddened that this amazing metropole, which has finally recovered from WW2, might be left for rubble again in our lifetime. London is a survivor but I don't know if it can survive this.
Posted by: Kerstin | 12 November 2006 at 23:09
I love the mountain girl with the
two different colored eyes....:)
Posted by: Sophie | 12 November 2006 at 23:05
I think this exhibit went up after I left London. It's so sad to feel like I own a city (or at least a part of it), and then to watch it change without me. Funny how personal such a place can become.
P.S. I LOVE love love your new banner. I wish I was good at computer stuff--I'm always so impressed by you people with exotic/creative sites! xoxo
Posted by: Maggie | 12 November 2006 at 22:21
I love Japanese art. Their modern art is very quirky and at times delicious enough to be eaten!
I must have been completely drown in my own thoughts when I passed Gloucester Road tube station when I was on the tube several weeks ago, how could I miss these adorable little creatures painted on the wall?
heh?
Thank God I can see the world through your eyes too!
Posted by: Nina | 12 November 2006 at 22:16
I guess they didn't want to stimulate eye and brain too much---who knows what could ensue in the Underground under more rigorous artistic conditions ;D.
I hope you and David had a lovely birthday evening last night. We thought of you so fondly.
Posted by: Laura | 12 November 2006 at 21:13
Love this! :)
Posted by: Marilyn | 12 November 2006 at 20:33
oh, that's fabulous!
Posted by: Erin | 12 November 2006 at 20:11
How very Japanese of them! (I've missed so much of your stuff this last two weeks--I have so much to catch up on....) This is a strange mixture of pop-modern Japanese and traditional art. My oldest son has degree in Asian studies, his wife is Japanese, and their two children (Bookworm and Starfish, who you have already met!) can understand the language well, as I saw last night while they were watching cartoons. "What are they saying?" I'd ask, and they'd tell me...
Well, I'd better start playing catch=up--also, I am really getting behinder and behinder in NaNo. Thanks for all you post--I enjoy it all!
Posted by: pepek | 12 November 2006 at 19:58