Artist Sbagliato creates realistic doorways on building walls to give an illusion that it is more than a wall. I caught some of his work before it was tagged over too much in east London. The doorway is a painting that looks like a stone archway protruding from a plain brick wall.
The artist is based in Italy, and he is known for painting doorways and windows on plain walls. More of his work can be seen on his Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/SBAGLIATO/132466230162786
His work reminds me of a story that I read in a London history book about architects who added a painted window to a side of a building to make it look more symmetrical and pleasing to the eye. I think the building in question was near Smithfield market at St. Batholomew's.
I would love to see more of this artist's work in London.
http://blog.vandalog.com/2013/07/borondo-sbagliato-and-romeo-in-tuscany/
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