Between last summer and earlier this year, Portuguese artist Furia ACK painted several murals across London. The artist creates stunning black and white portraits which convey emotion, and I've documented the work over the past year. One of my favourites is one of the artist's newer pieces, painted on a shutter on Commercial Street (directly below).
Costah (Nuno Costah), another artist from Portugal who pastes up street art and makes tattoos, contributed with Furia ACK on a couple of murals. Recently, Costah's bird paste-ups have been added all over the streets of London.
The beautiful image below was painted off of Brick Lane, and someone (Jess?) added Santa hats to the figures. The hats appeared just before Christmas. The image is a sad one, but with the hats, it loses the effect.
Another mural that appeared toward the end of last year shows a woman opening Pandora's Box.
And we also have Medusa.
The mural below is titled 'Eve'. She eats the apple with the snake in the background.
Below was the tribute to Charlie Hebdo. The writing did not last long before being painted over.
The image below is titled 'Mercedes Sosa'.
The next portrait is titled 'Victor Jara', with the words 'Freedom of speech is worth dying for.'
Zeca Afonso is the next portrait.
One of the first murals that I discovered from Furia ACK last year was this stunning image of an older man. The portrait looks as though it was created using charcoal.
Furia ACK is based in London, so we may see some more of his work appear across the city.
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