A little over a couple of weeks ago now, street artists Alexis Diaz and Elian collaborated together on a new mural on the popular wall at the corner of Hanbury Street and Brick Lane. I covered Diaz in the summer of 2013 when he painted an elephant-octopus on the same wall and in the summer of 2014 when he painted an eel-skeleton on a wall on Bacon Street. Diaz likes to blend different objects into a single object, using black hatch-marks to create light and shadow. The subject of thie piece seems to feature a heard with an eye and an arrow. Elian is responsible for the brightly-coloured background. Both artists are in London for an exhibition featuring Latin American artists at MYA Gallery.
Elian Chali is from Argentina and paints abstract geometrical pieces using bright colours. Alexis Diaz is from Puerto Rico.
This is a striking new piece and one of the best murals this year so far. I've included some close-up photographs of the piece below.
This will probably be one of the best pieces of street art this year as Diaz's murals always make a lasting impression. As mentioned, you can see the artwork at the corner of Hanbury Street at Brick Lane.
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