Artworks by Portuguese artist Vhils at the Cans Festival of street art, Leake Street, Waterloo. Vhlis is the alias of Lisbon-based Alexandre Farto (born c.1989), who began initially with the traditional graffiti bombing, however from the age of 13 he developed an interest in street art and is now an up-and-coming artist.The Festival, which ran from 3rd-5th May, was organised by Pictures on Walls and Blank Expression with the permission of the British Rail Residuary Board and Department of Transport. It was the world’s largest exhibition of stencilled street art, and featured over 40 international artists, attracting 30,000 visitors. Digital image dated 7th May 2008. From the Graffiti Gallery recording Lambeth’s urban art. Ref: D88\/29<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Artworks by Portuguese artist Vhils at the Cans Festival of street art, Leake Street, Waterloo. Vhlis is the alias of Lisbon-based Alexandre Farto (born c.1989), who began initially with the traditional graffiti bombing, however from the age of 13 he developed an interest in street art and is now an up-and-coming artist.The Festival, which ran […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,213,15,324,3,7,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1976-to-date","category-digital","category-entertainment","category-portuguese","category-roads-and-streets","category-street-furniture","category-waterloo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n