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The french artist Guaté Mao visited Barcelona this year and left behind him a serie of stencils remarked by many for their quality. Originally from Saint-Denis in the northern suburb of Paris, he secretly spreads his art in the streets of European cities. Painting portraits of people from different ethnies around the world, whatever their […]
BL2A o Baldosa es un artista catalán de Girona que reside actualmente en Barcelona. Convencido de que la calle es la galería más democrática que existe y con la necesidad de liberar las ideas encerradas en su bloc, desarrollo el proyecto BL2A, con el que rescato azulejos y baldosas convirtiéndolos en soporte de su obra. El proceso de creación de cada […]
is a project aiming to promote in a new way contemporary urban art in Barcelona, curated by Street Art Barcelona and Difusor. Situated on Plaça Raquel Meller near metro Paralel, this mural of 16 meters by 2 is dedicated to collaborations and experimentation between national and international artists. This initiative promotes a new concept of commissioned mural in Barcelona, which […]
Open Walls Conference, a festival refering to the international circuit of urban art, celebrates its fourth edition this week-end. Artistic creations, discussions and disseminations are included in this event which has become a meeting point for artists at the scene of the murals as well as new space for reflection, diffusion and promotion of urban art […]
” REMEMBER ” (Recordar) A participative intervention created with ephemeral chalk spray paint, based on the concept of remembrance, and measuring more than 23.500 square feet. “RECORDAR means to pass through your heart. When a memory is relived we feel the same things that where lived and felt in the past.” Coming form a personal […]
Este pasado fin de semana, con el motivo de las festividades de la Mercè, se ha celebrado el festival de graffiti “BCN Transit Walls” organizado por Kognitif, Montana Colors y otras entidades afines al arte urbano, con el objetivo de cubrir el gigantesco muro que rodea el zoológico de la ciudad condal. Os dejamos con […]
Barcelona street art scene is beeing exported in Romania since few years now. Organized by Bali Green Agency, the Timisoara Street Art Festival (FISART) aims to develop acceptation of urban art amongst local people. The 2016 edition presented mainly Spanish and Barcelona-based artists and showed a wide variety of styles, murals and techniques. Enjoy! Photos by Sergio Villalba Studio & Carina Hossack Txemy Paola Delfin Sergio Villalba […]
As a part of the ongoing ArtUnitedUs project, Kenor recently spent some time in Kiev, Ukraine, creating his contribution for the event. Taking a bit different angle to the concept, the Catalan artist painted a whole metro train marking the Kiev Day 2016. Through his abstract geometric work, the artist shows his appreciation for the music that motivates […]
En mayo del 2015 el artista urbano Kwets1 inauguraba el proyecto MURAL’H, promovido por la asociación Contorno Urbano, con la enorme intervención que transformaba el túnel de la Avenida Isabel la Catatólica de l’Hospitalet del Llobregat. Un trabajo que necesitó 12 semanas para cubrir 1000 m² de pared gris utilizando 1250 latas de MTN 94. […]
Peruvian art found its origin in the Andean civilisations which rose in the territory of modern Peru before the arrival of the Spanish. Thousands of years after this art is still alive and has reached the walls of our city thanks to a young artist: BRONIK. Proud of her roots, Bronik brings her colourful style from Peru and her pieces can oftenly be seen in the city. […]