Thursday 14th July 2011
Guerrilla art that's stair-ing you right in the face
The Scotsman
They are striking guerrilla artworks which wouldn't be out of step with Banksy's urban graffiti.
And like the camera-shy street artist, Edinburgh's equivalent seems content to be equally elusive - so far.
Overnight it appears that two large artworks have sprung up in the Capital.
A 40ft portrait was slashed into thin pieces and painstakingly plastered on to stair fronts at Warriston's Close in Cockburn Street, while a slightly smaller portrait was posted on to the side of a building in Guthrie Street.