Graffiti in Barcelona
Articles in ‘Graffiti in Barcelona’
June 14th, 2010
This Flick group is a brilliant collection of street art in Barcelona. The above near the Forum is by la ira món mort
Coincidently in The Guardian:
Graffiti protesting has become a symbol of resistance as a rising tide of visitors engulfs the local population
He, or she, is a Catalan cross between Banksy and an anti-tourism league. At night the mystery graffiti protester roams the streets of Barcelona’s old quarter leaving behind markings on the streets that divide them into separate lanes for the tourists and the “normal” Barcelonans.
Every day the city hall sends out workmen to paint over the markings, afraid that someone is trying to push away the tourists who bring in welcome wealth but increasingly make native Barcelonans feel jostled off their own streets.
Art, Graffiti in Barcelona, Social issues in Barcelona, Street life in Barcelona | Tags: Barcelona graffiti artists|
February 19th, 2010
The Turó de la Rovira betwen El Carmel and el Guinardó offers one of the best views to admire Barcelona. The ruined gun emplacements remind us it is also the site of Barcelona’s air defences during the Civil War. More on this another day. It is also a great spot for graffiti. Photos by Mónica. Note hanging shoe art.
El Carmel, Graffiti in Barcelona, Spanish Civil War in Barcelona | Tags: Barcelona's air defences, Turó de la Rovira, Turó de la Rovira park|
February 18th, 2010
Strange figures in Poble Nou. Photo by Mónica.
Art, Graffiti in Barcelona, Poble Nou | |
April 19th, 2009
I love this graffiti work in El Carmel, Barcelona. Note in the last image the juxtaposition of the shark formed by 100-euros notes, the fading PCC propoganda and the tree growing impossibly out of the concrete wall. Photos by Mónica.
Art, El Carmel, Graffiti in Barcelona | Tags: Barcelona graffiti artists, graffiti about animals, Photos by Mónica, trees gowing in concrete|
