A large-scale mural by Brazilian street artist Cranio featuring his signature blue indigenous character sitting amidst billowing clouds of smoke, cleverly painted to interact with the environment directly beneath a Shisha lounge sign on Brick Lane.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Cranio is a renowned Brazilian street artist famous for his iconic blue indigenous Amazonian characters, which he places in modern urban settings to satirize consumerism, technology, and capitalist society. His work frequently features these characters engaging with modern vices, junk food, or electronics.

ABOUT THE PIECE:

• The Subject: The mural depicts Cranio's trademark blue indigenous figure seated with a red face mask, carrying a green quiver on his back, and wearing a waist pouch displaying the Brazilian flag. The character also wears a small skull pendant necklace.

• Site-Specific Action: The figure is holding a long green pipe attached to a green barrel, blowing out massive, stylized grey and white smoke clouds that fill the background. This smoking theme ties directly to the location, as it is painted on vertical wooden panels immediately underneath a sign that reads "Shisha Brick lane".

• Signature & Crew: The left side of the mural features the artist's name "CRANIO" stacked beneath the letters "NBF" (likely a crew tag) painted in white bubble letters within the smoke clouds.

HUNTER NOTE:

Original hunt and photograph by hunter Lulo.