• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
joolz-logo2
header-v104
  • Home
  • Merchandise
  • Buy the Music!!!
  • Videos
    • North London
    • West London & Mayfair
    • South London
    • West End & Soho
    • Along the River Thames
    • London Bridge
    • strand and whitehall
    • Fleet St & The City
  • About
  • The Map
  • Contact Us

The Chewing Gum Man

If you ever walk across the Millenium Bridge look under your feet and you will see little colourful drawings. These are what the Chewing Gum man – Ben Wilson calls gum pics.

Ben is no stranger to the police and in fact he often has run-ins with them as they try to prosecute him for vandalism, but he replies that he is simply creating art out of rubbish -turning something horrible into something beautiful. After all, who wants to see all that ugly chewing gum all over the place?

These days the chewing gum man is becoming pretty famous with numerous tv appearances and it is quite apt that a lot of his pictures are situated so close to the Tate Modern. However, what is quite typical of London is that when he has been found decorating the chewing gum on the actual Tate Modern property a security guard has asked him to move! So they actually prefer to have ugly chewing gum there than to have a nice piece of art from the Chewing Gum Man!
If you like this London guide about The Chewing Gum Man – Ben Wilson, check out and subscribe to Joolz Guides – a London Guide for Londoners!

Get directions with Citymapper

Primary Sidebar

Video Location or Category

buttons-video
Map_View_Button
buttons-featured
buttons-hireus
Julian McDonnell Patreon

Footer

Follow Me

Contact Us

Click Here
 JoolzGuides - © 2023
Back to Top / Privacy / Contact / Responsive Web Design by Pixelloop.