Next up in our run of catching up with what we have been up to in our corner of South-East London over the recent few months we are taking a look at a fantastic pair of works from artist Alo placed around Penge for our SprayExhibition20 community street art project. This was the first time we […]Read Post ›
Next up in our series of reviews of the last year we are going to be looking back at some of the key areas for a high turnover of Street Art around London, and are starting with our review of Brick Lane and Shoreditch. Whilst still the epicentre of London’s Street Art scene, and an […]Read Post ›
Well it certainly has been another great year for Street Art around London, and we here at London Calling Blog have very much continued to just have a blast along the way. We have had the chance to travel all over London to hunt out and witness some amazing art, we have also continued to […]Read Post ›
it has been a real pleasure to stumble upon 3 out of 4 new works from a recent wave activity around his favoured venue for his art that is Brick Lane. Featuring his own brand of urban expressionist abstract portraiture based on subjects including real people Alo observes on the streets, people from the media as […]Read Post ›
It has been quite some time since we last saw some fresh work from Italian Street Artist Alo around East London, which isn’t to say there still aren’t a fair few of old designs still floating around the area. However it has been a real pleasure to stumble upon 3 out of 5 works from […]Read Post ›
Well here we are with the finale of our series of reviews of the last year and we thought we would take a look back at the exhibitions we have attended – admittedly far less than we have visited or reported on in the previous two years. Nonetheless in the process we have been all over […]Read Post ›
It’s taken us a while to share our visit from the opening night of Alo’s fantastic solo exhibition ‘Exit From Aden’ currently on show at the Saatchi Gallery, marking Alo’s second exhibition in London, with his first being in 2011 also at the Saatchi Gallery. In this show Italian born, but London based, artist Alo presents a […]Read Post ›
As hard as it is to believe last Monday marked the one year anniversary of the opening of the Nomadic Community Gardens kicked off with the Greenhouse Effect Paint Jam (covered here). Over the last year a beautifully inspired community project has been born and seems to be gaining more and more momentum as the months […]Read Post ›
Last week saw the return of Italian born, but London based, Street Artist Alo, who placed up his first two London works of 2016 in Hanbury Street Brick Lane. A regular and at times prolific contributor to London’s Street Art scene, Alo’s works are always of interest, very much crafting a style that is very […]Read Post ›
Next up in our series of reviews of the last year we are going to take a look back at the year of Street Art and Graffiti in the Nomadic Community Gardens, a recently established space in terms of Street Art, but certainly somewhere that has really offered up a little hub of creativity. Over the last eight […]Read Post ›
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