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EVASIONES. THE STREET AS FICTION. Another Perspective on Urban Art in Barcelona

EVASIONES. THE STREET AS FICTION. Another Perspective on Urban Art in Barcelona

September 26, 2024

“Evasiones”: B-Murals and Indague reveal the most unknown and reflective side of graffiti and urban art.

EVASIONES. THE STREET AS FICTION

B-Murals and INDAGUE present “Evasiones. The Street as Fiction,” an exhibition that explores the lesser-known, reflective side of graffiti and urban art. Running from September 28th to November 23rd, the show invites visitors to pause and consider how urban art interacts with public spaces, transcending the confines of traditional exhibitions. The exhibition is free to the public, and the opening event will include a live performance by musician Enric Ponsa.

The show features renowned artists like Sebas Velasco, Ampparito & Irene Luna, Les Frères Ripoulain, Vandals On Holidays, Maz & Riaq Miuq, FMF, Jean Philippe Illanes, Yoni, and Sonja Ben. Each artist brings a unique perspective, from Les Frères Ripoulain’s critical exploration of graffiti in media to FMF’s fusion of illustration and ceramics through industrial recycling.

Sebas Velasco (b. 1988), continues his hunt for fragile brutalism that only rears its head in the margins of urban life. A multidisciplinarian, Velasco brings tenderness where you won’t expect to see it and may very well overlook it. With a blend of photography, video, and painting, he lays bare the blunt instruments of life, the destruction we’ve wrought, insisting there is something redeeming, poetic even. Like many of the brave artists and thinkers in this showcase, his work is reblending categories, street and gallery, personal and political.

Sebas Velasco (photo © courtesy of the artist)

From the press release: “The show is aimed at both scholars and researchers in the art world and anyone interested in discovering the most human, unknown, and reflective aspects of grati and urban art. The opening will take place on September 28th from 6 pm to 9 pm. Admission is free, and some of the artists featured in the exhibition will be attending, along with a live performance by musician Enric Ponsa. The exhibition will be open until November 23rd and parallel activities will be organized for all audiences.”

Sebas Velasco (photo © courtesy of the artist)
Sebas Velasco (photo © courtesy of the artist)
Sebas Velasco (photo © courtesy of the artist)
YONI (photo © courtesy of the artist)
Ampparito and Irene Luna. (photo © courtesy of the artist)
Sonja Ben (photo © courtesy of the artist)
Les Frères Ripoulain (“Desperate Housewives”, Marc Cherry). (photo © courtesy of the artist)

B-Murals Centre d’Art Urbà

C/ Ferran Turné 1-11, 08027 Barcelona

Opening: September 28th, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m

Exhibition opening hours: Wednesday to Saturday, from 12 pm to 7 pm. Free admission.


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“Castleman Tour” Leaves the Station, Hitting Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, more

“Castleman Tour” Leaves the Station, Hitting Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, more

May 4, 2019

Official kick-of for release of the book “Get up again: Forty years later” by Craig Castleman

Nearly Forty years after his seminal book “Getting Up: Subway Graffiti In New York” was released, Craig Castleman is touring Spain to talk about a huge update to the story. Originally published by MIT press, it became a cult book for the graffiti/street art subculture and a bibliographic reference in the academic field.

Craig Castleman. Writers Bench. (photo © Craig Castleman)

”When the city designed the subway system they made some bad choices on colors. … If the subways were painted nice, it would make a lot of people very happy,” graffiti writer LEE is quoted from this book in the New York Times review of this 1982 release by the teacher, who had been at the High School of Art and Design, presumably with many of the young artists he researches.

An early academic record of the lively and controversial New York graffiti scene that thrilled and flummoxed the city during the previous decade, Castleman featured interviews and observations by important foundational names like Bama, Tracy 168, Phase 2, Futura 2000, and Iz the Wiz at a time when few valued their opinions.

This month, as a result of a joint initiative by INDAGE, the Spanish Association of researchers and disseminators of graffiti and urban art, and Contorno Urbano Foundation, Castleman’s visionary study is going on tour for a series of lectures and round tables in cities including Hospitalet, Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Malaga, Granada and Madrid.

The events focus on the important contributions of the author and academic to the canon of early graffiti history. In addition he’ll be promoting an expanded volume that builds on that highly valued original book entitled “Get up again: Forty years later”. It features 160 previously unpublished photographs from the golden age of New York graffiti, a phenomenon many say Castleman first helped define and globalize.

Craig Castleman. Graffiti 1979. (photo © Craig Castleman)

The tour is now underway, and if you would like to support it (maybe it can travel further through Europe or the US), please check out the Kickstarter HERE .

Craig Castleman. Blade. Writers Bench (photo © Craig Castleman)
Craig Castleman. (photo courtesy Craig Castleman)
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