I discovered some new street monsters paste-ups from street artist Bortusk Leer a couple of weeks ago. The last time that I saw the artist's work in east London was in the summer of 2014 when he pasted up a lot of work around Blackall Street. I previously covered the artist's work in 2013 here, and he returned later in 2013 to paste up new pieces that same year. This time, the majority of his work featured on Brick Lane. This may be due to his work being shown in Brick Lane Gallery or because Blackall Street is being torn up, and I'm not sure what will happen to this area once the new buildings have been constructed.
Bortusk Leer's work consists of comical and colourful monster creatures. In his most recent edition, some of the monsters hold signs with messages to the viewer. In addition to pasting them on Brick Lane, other paste-ups were located around Shoreditch as well.
Blackall Street did contain some monsters, including a ruder one.
Have you seen the artist's work recently? I've photographed as many pieces as I could find. For more information about the artist and to see more of his work, visit his official website at http://www.bortusk.com.
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