Malarky Returns to Create Street Art on East London Shutters

Malarky's street art (typically found on shutters) is easy to recognise and was quite common in east London, although it has been a little while since a lot of the artwork was painted and the original pieces are either looking worn or have disappeared. The artist is known for painting foxes or cats, and he also collaborates with other street artists. I recently covered his work here: Malarky, Mr. Penfold, Billy and Lucas.

Malarky's work was one of the first pieces of street art that I had seen a couple of years before I started to blog about and take a big interest in the street art scene. I saw one of his foxes, and it was probably on a shutter on or just off of Brick Lane.

At the later part of last year, Malarky returned to London to create some new work on the shutters of shops. He also collaborated with fellow artist David Shillinglaw. The new pieces from the end of last year are below.

The first piece that I saw being completed in the middle of the summer was a high-profile shutter on the middle of Brick Lane. I saw Malarky painting the piece, and in the photograph below, you can see his paint spray cans and a bit of his ladder. (I didn't want to include a photograph of the artist, but he was painting the "Hello" on the left-hand side.)

A couple of shops away and still on Brick Lane, this yellow cat popped up. The piece by Mr. Penfold (that the cat appears to be looking at) remains, miraculously, but it has been tagged over a little.