In early 2013, I first discovered Italian-born street artist ALO's first London murals near Brick Lane. The artist had become a firm favourite of mine since I saw these murals. Last year, a few new ALO murals appeared in east London, and this was followed up by some additional murals more recently. I never got around to uploading the photographs of these, so here they are. As far as I am aware, all of the murals are still available to see, though they probably do not look as fresh. I am not sure where I saw them all, but I will try to add the locations.
Kingsland Road became a prime spot for a couple of different murals by the artist last year, and the next two murals are located at the top of the road (not far from the canal).
I also discovered a couple of older murals that I don't think I had seen before.
A doorway on Brick Lane became a location for one of the murals.
This one below has been here on Brick Lane before.
Near Code Street, this colourful mural is hidden in a dirty corner of a doorway.
Another new mural, this one near the top of Shoreditch High Street at the corner of Hackney Road and Columbia Road, appeared last summer.
On the back of the wall of the same building, this is the largest mural that I have seen by ALO to date. Unfortunately, it backs onto some parking area, so I was unable to photograph it properly as there was a car parked right in front of it.
The below mural is near a pub on Shipton Street, a block away from Columbia Road.
And off Barnet Grove near Columbia Road is this very floral mural of a girl with flowery hair.
A similar style to others photographed, this mural features red with white polka dots and a blue background.
This one is off Brick Lane and features bright yellow, red, blue, and black colours.
I cannot remember where I captured the image below.
I also cannot remember where this wall is located, but I think it may be Broadway Market.
Newer murals that were painted this year by ALO contain women with printed shirts - Louisevi
A new area that was created in early 2021 is at the corner of Shoreditch High Street and Commercial Street and features several portraits of females with different styles. There are five in total, located at the ground of the building where it is boarded up, and I have included a close-up of each one. These are the newest murals to date that I have seen by ALO.
I'll try not to get too far behind in my street art photos next time.
Additional work by ALO featured on this blog:
New Street Art in London by ALO
ALO paints new street art near Brick Lane
ALO returns to London and paints abstract portraits (2015)
ALO: 2013
'ALO Part 2'
'ALO part 3'
'ALO Part 4'
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