Barcelona
Salvador Puig Antich: Anarchist Martyr Remembered Through Art in Barcelona
In the heart of Barcelona’s Vallcarca neighborhood stands a powerful testament to the spirit of resistance and the fight against oppression. A mural, skillfully crafted by Spanish artist Roc Blackblock, pays homage to Salvador Puig Antich, a revolutionary, anti-capitalist, and anarchist fighter who left an indelible mark on history. Puig Antich’s life and tragic fate …
Censorship In Barcelona During a Freedom of Speech Movement: An Interview with Roc Blackblock
As a country, Spain has been recognized as a democracy for 40 years. Despite this, many citizens in Spain, specifically members in the art community have reported mass censorship of ideas and imprisonment for freedom of expression. On February 7th, a group of graffiti artists protested the wrongful ordered imprisonment of rapper Pablo Hasel. Pablo …
Portrait Of A Spanish Civil War Militiawoman By Roc Blackblock
Last month, revolutionary graffiti writer and muralist Roc Blackblock brought his anti-fascist message to a massive facade in Barcelona, Spain. The artist’s latest mural, titled ‘Barcelona Antifeixista’ stands tall amongst the city’s health district, “on a dividing wall of the Kasa de la Muntanya, a busy health space,” according to local news source Beteve. In …
B-Murals Presents TÀPIA By AXEL VOID At Nau Bosik, Barcelona
B-Murals presents TÀPIA, a collective exhibition curated by superstar street artist Axel Void at at Nau Bostik (Barcelona). He has brought together some of the most recognized contemporary urban neo-muralists to open a discussion around the use of urban spaces. TÀPIA is the Catalonian word for wall, or partition, that divides spaces in a permanent …
Street-Art Duo PichiAvo Unveil A Mural in Barcelona
Organized by the cultural entity Rebobinart Association on behalf of the real estate development company Temprano Capital Partners, the Spanish street-art duo PichiAvo were recently invited to Barcelona to create their first large-scale mural in the city. For students that reside at the Livensa Living Diagonal Alto in Esplugues de Llobregat, a building designed by …
Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada Creates A Monumental Heart In Santa Coloma de Gramenet
A city is often most revered for its physical cityscape, its skyscrapers and other leviathan structures that are seen from miles away. Once inside a city, one might catch a more intimate artistic touch: colorful murals that frequently hint at culture and community. Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada has created a mural titled COR/CORE, that beautifies the floor …
12+1 Project Ends 2018 With 4 Murals In The Barcelona Area
The seeming concrete infinity of the city, has in recent years been broken up by murals created by artists,(often former graffiti artists). These artists have discovered legitimacy and entrance to the world of established art, by being backed by commissoners like public art focused Controno Urbano, based in Barcelona. This December, Controno Urbano has artists …
Mural by Escif “La Plaza Es Nuestra” in Sant Feliu de Llobregat
After an eight-month process, with an international open call for artists, Escif was the artist finally chosen to translate the historical fight and citizens values in the 400m2 wall in Plaza de la Salut in sant Feliu de Llobregat. “La Plaza Es Nuestra” (The Square is Ours) is the title of the brilliant mural that the …
Mural by Udatxo for Project 12+1 in l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona
Project 12 + 1, a public arts initiative commissioned by Contorno Urbano invited Udane Juaristi aka Udatxo, as one of their rotating artists to paint a mural in l’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona). The result is a delightful new work, titled “Llum y Color” (Light and color) that is indefinitely a brilliant urban portrait created by …
Kazzius paints the second mural for 12+1 Project in Sant Feliu, Spain
The Vic native artist Kazzius was one of the 12 artists chosen for the 12+1 project organized by Kaligrafics and Contorno Urbano in Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. He painted the mural for the month of February with his colorful characteristic abstract style. About The Mural As the title of this piece says “In search …
VALIENTE CREATIONS Launches the 12+1 Project in Sant Feliu – Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona native, Irene Valiente aka Valiente Creations recently kicked-off the 12+1 Project in Sant Feliu de Llobregat with the mural “Nare”, derived from the Latin verb fleet. Coordinated by the Contorno Urbano Foundation and Kaligrafics, the project will bring in 12 artists over the course of 12 months, interchanging one wall each month. About the …
Interview: Mohamed L’ghacham
Mohamed L’Ghacham (1993) is a painter and muralist from Mataró (Barcelona), born in Tangier (Morocco). Mohamed was always interested in the plastic arts. He discovered the world of graffiti during his school days and years later he became attracted by the most classic painters and the language they use. His work is mainly figurative with …