Mick Hartley

I posted a photo of this fine piece of street art some while back (though I can't find the post now). It's in Shoreditch, just off Brick Lane:

And now, thanks to this Metafilter post, I know the man responsible: a Portuguese artist with the unfortunate name – given that he now lives in London – of Alexandre Farto, aka Vhils.

Here are some of his pieces, here's an interview, and here's a video of him at work in Torres Vedras, Portugal.