Street art · London
Photo: Russell Gray, CC BY 4.0
Sharks!
Why are five hyperrealist sharks lurking in a London canal basin? "Sharks!" turns the Thames tributary into a pop-art jump-scare, skewering Jaws-era fear with a Damien Hirst wink at nature-in-a-tank spectacle.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.
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