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Street graffiti in Barcelona
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Everything is so well done in Barcelona, its no surprise that even the graffiti is beautiful. Walking around the gothic quarter and El Born, many of the metal doors that close in front of the storefronts are vividly painted with bright colors, in stark contrast to the stone walls and architecture that line the streets.As the day moves through siesta in into the evening hours, the palette evolves. Stores open and close, and with them the artwork appears and disappears from the street side. One can walk past the block three times in one day and see three different sets of stores open with different artwork on each facade. It's an amazing transformation that can only take place in a beautiful place like Barcelona.
Gallery: Barcelona Graffiti
Filed under: Arts and Culture, Photos, Europe, Spain
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Susan Oct 11th 2008 8:31AM
Does anyone know when street art (store fronts) in Barcelona first started appearing?
Phillip Stark Dec 16th 2007 8:09PM
Here in Madrid, Graffiti artists are using more and more stencil, a tendency that actually started with the Estampa movement under the Franco regime (must faster to throw up anti-government slogans with stencils = less chance of them shooting you):
More info:
http://www.mapmagazine.com/madrid/History-of-Graffiti-The-More-Things-Change-the-more-They-SPRAY-the-Same/
Later gators,
Phil