Cathy's Art Diary

Fun exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery of new work by contemporary artist ALO. The show had over 70 portraits from over the last three years. Some are collections of different people’s features which ALO has found from travelling around London looking for people who inspire him. The works have a background of geometric lines with the cartoon like figures on top of them. He works on the street and in the studio. I did recognise this work but I’m not sure where from. I guess from the amateur photoshoot going on in the gallery when I was there that he is big online. Closed 22 February 2022

Small colourful exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery of works on paper and prints by Alo. The pictures were mythical figures, friends and people observed in the street. They were made up of a series of lines in different colours with the images coming together in an almost pointillist way. You did get a feeling of very different people and the images reminded me of 1970s magazines. Closed on 23 May 2017