I really did not plan to write another post about Street Art in Buenos Aires, at least this year, but such is the relevance and so great is the qualitative leap from the artists, that reading a note in Time Out, I decided to play almost completely with some additions to the undersigned.. The movement grows and creativity raises, you know, if you ever see a bald guy, photographing a wall of Buenos Aires, may ask – Hey George, are you?
“Argentina´s infamous economic collapse of 2001-2 is about as far back as anyone looks when it comes to the history of Street Art in Buenos Aires; but when today´s urban creative hotshots were still in short trousers, their precursors were clawing their way out of the black hole of suffocating military dictatorship of 1976-1983, inscribing the city´s walls and monuments with in-your-face message of dissent.
By 2001, however, disillusionment whit the shambles left by former President Carlos Menem´s messy regime saw a legion of enterprising young artist take to the street to recreate from their defeated city an offbeat fantasy word of whimsical, refreshing frivolous creatures and color splashes.
And though the political discord remains, graffiti in Buenos Aires has since developed level of sophistication and organization that demand respect, even from the fierce political graffitists who vie with them for wall space across the city.
All-star graffiti girl Pum Pum, whose repertoire includes naughty little princesses and chubby chirping birds, predicts that the current global financial situation will bring even more would-be artist out onto the streets, in a attempt to uncover their own experimental and creative sides.
It´s not all about self-discovery, though. Local multi-artist collectives such as DOMA and Face have steadily built up their brand empires, which now includes marketable graphic design, video, animation and apparel, besides their signature playful street characters. While they continue the attack on Buenos Aires surface, their careers have taken a more commercial path than most self-respecting graffiti artist would be willing to admit. Grolou, Gualicho, Lean Frizzera and Grothesque are my favorites.
“Argentina´s infamous economic collapse of 2001-2 is about as far back as anyone looks when it comes to the history of Street Art in Buenos Aires; but when today´s urban creative hotshots were still in short trousers, their precursors were clawing their way out of the black hole of suffocating military dictatorship of 1976-1983, inscribing the city´s walls and monuments with in-your-face message of dissent.
By 2001, however, disillusionment whit the shambles left by former President Carlos Menem´s messy regime saw a legion of enterprising young artist take to the street to recreate from their defeated city an offbeat fantasy word of whimsical, refreshing frivolous creatures and color splashes.
And though the political discord remains, graffiti in Buenos Aires has since developed level of sophistication and organization that demand respect, even from the fierce political graffitists who vie with them for wall space across the city.
All-star graffiti girl Pum Pum, whose repertoire includes naughty little princesses and chubby chirping birds, predicts that the current global financial situation will bring even more would-be artist out onto the streets, in a attempt to uncover their own experimental and creative sides.
It´s not all about self-discovery, though. Local multi-artist collectives such as DOMA and Face have steadily built up their brand empires, which now includes marketable graphic design, video, animation and apparel, besides their signature playful street characters. While they continue the attack on Buenos Aires surface, their careers have taken a more commercial path than most self-respecting graffiti artist would be willing to admit. Grolou, Gualicho, Lean Frizzera and Grothesque are my favorites.
Either way, lend a few online minutes to MUTO, the jaw-dropping stop-motion animation created in 2008 using the buildings and pavements of Buenos Aires, amongst other cities, as a canvas for the astonishing graffiti creations of European whizz-kid Blu; then get off the web and hop on a urban art tour with Graffitimundo for a stroll and peek at some of Palermo´s finest on-the street masterpieces.”
My original work (photos)
Hostel Colonial – Street Art - Post #1
Hostel Colonial – Street Art - Post #2
Hostel Colonial – Street Art - Post #3.0
Hostel Colonial – Street Art - Post #3.1
Hostel Colonial – Street Art - My best selection
Hostel Colonial – Street Art - post published in my Tumblelog (175 and increasing...)
Buenos Aires Street Art blog Hugo Villalobos
Original publication: Elizabeth Gleeson – Time Out Buenos Aires
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