source: artlog

British street artist Phlegm creates intricate, Dürer-esque graffiti illustrations infused with anxiety and dread. Throughout his works, a gaunt hunchback man is weighed down by his struggle for survival, stuck in a machine or being eaten by animals.

Phlegm’s aesthetic was born out of his self-published comics and cartoons, which evolved into large-scale black-and-white murals. His work can be seen in New York, Slovakia, Ireland, Italy, and the UK. His most recent project is a mural in Oslo depicting his protagonist being eaten by a giant crocodile.

Most impressive about the prolific young artist is not the scope of his work but the attention to detail: each piece is infinitely textured to the point of obsession. More than being painting or graffiti, a story is woven into the landcape: a man’s endless search for escape.