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Barbara Kruger Brings the Battleground to NYC This Summer

Barbara Kruger Brings the Battleground to NYC This Summer

August 16, 2022

Pop Quiz: What’s black and white and red all over?

A newspaper of course!

Also, it is an uncomfortable and tastily iconic collage or screen installation by American contemporary artist Barbara Kruger, who is treating you this summer to two shows; one at David Zwirner Gallery in Chelsea and one at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in midtown.

Barbara Kruger. Detail. David Zwirner Gallery. Manhattan, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

She reveals an utter sensitivity to the implication of individual words as well as phrases. Whether it’s the pithy bromides of yesteryear, the entreaties of advertising copy, the humble brag of a politician-preacher, or the casual misogyny of a rapper, it catches Kruger’s eye and ear and she brings it to you in bold direct graphic style.

“Your Body is a Battleground” is a fact that rears its head in ways that shock and dismay, year after year. But the battleground she skirmishes upon most often is the modern mind – attacked on all sides today by a propagandist media and an ever more invasive ad business that has encroached on your most personal desires and decisions.

Barbara Kruger. David Zwirner Gallery. Manhattan, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Thankfully she has often put her large blasting siren texts on the city street – where everyday people can encounter them, interact with them, ponder them. The body of Krugman’s work is an indictment, and one that has helped countless fans perhaps to sharpen and focus their own critiques of slogans, campaigns, art world word-salad, and white papers from so-called “think tanks”. If there ever was a university for nationwide mass media studies and literacy, Kruger would be Dean.

It’s good to see a large collection of works together. At both Zwirner and MoMA your are flooded with options to see and consider. Some of the images or texts have gotten caught in a zeitgeist that passed, but much of it is deliciously on target, timeless in its critique. With direct and sly placement, Kruger is plainly hoping to be instructive on how to reexamine the manner in which we are gradually formed, seduced, shoved into obedience by images, words, associations, and emotions.

Here she is in the repetitive pounding messages, the mix of blinking photo and text collages, the large-scale monochrome images overlaid with text, the reliable Futura Bold and Helvetica Extra Bold, the bars of black, white, and red.

Barbara Kruger. David Zwirner Gallery. Manhattan, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Barbara Kruger. David Zwirner Gallery. Manhattan, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Barbara Kruger. David Zwirner Gallery. Manhattan, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Barbara Kruger. David Zwirner Gallery. Manhattan, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Barbara Kruger. Detail. David Zwirner Gallery. Manhattan, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Barbara Kruger. Detail. David Zwirner Gallery. Manhattan, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Barbara Kruger. David Zwirner Gallery. Manhattan, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You. Museum of Modern Art. Manhattan, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You. Museum of Modern Art. Manhattan, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You. Museum of Modern Art. Manhattan, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You. Museum of Modern Art. Manhattan, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You. Museum of Modern Art. Manhattan, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You. Is currently on view at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC until January 2023. Click HERE to find more information.

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Pener Paints a “Kaleidoscope” at School in Olsztyn, Poland

Pener Paints a “Kaleidoscope” at School in Olsztyn, Poland

August 15, 2022

In preparation for the new academic year, street artist and muralist Pener is painting on the wall of a primary school in his city of Olsztyn, Poland.

Bartek Pener Swiatecki. “Kaleidoscope”. Olsztyn, Poland. (photo © Arek Stankiewicz)

He tells us that he has named the new piece  “Kaleidoscope,” possibly because it reminds him of those hand operated optical toys that produce new abstract patterns that change as you rotate them and look into a source of light.

How many people get a chance to see the many special effects of these when they are children? Of his new painting, Pener says, “I hope the wall will give kids inspiration and energy.”

Below you can see a video of how a kaleidoscope is made.

Bartek Pener Swiatecki. “Kaleidoscope”. Olsztyn, Poland. (photo © Arek Stankiewicz)
Bartek Pener Swiatecki. “Kaleidoscope”. Olsztyn, Poland. (photo © Arek Stankiewicz)
Bartek Pener Swiatecki. “Kaleidoscope”. Olsztyn, Poland. (photo © Arek Stankiewicz)
Bartek Pener Swiatecki. “Kaleidoscope”. Olsztyn, Poland. (photo © Arek Stankiewicz)
Bartek Pener Swiatecki. “Kaleidoscope”. Olsztyn, Poland. (photo © Arek Stankiewicz)
Bartek Pener Swiatecki. “Kaleidoscope”. Olsztyn, Poland. (photo © Arek Stankiewicz)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 08.14.22

BSA Images Of The Week: 08.14.22

August 14, 2022 ,

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

The rain hasn’t been coming around much this summer, so we begin the postings with a dreamy sequence from Dan Kitchener and his muse walking with an umbrella. Good to see so much quality art in the streets this summer. Things may be difficult in many ways when it comes to life in this city, but the vibe on the streets is still rockin’ it.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: SacSix, Degrupo, Sara Lynne-Leo, Dan Kitchener, Doves, IMK, @2easae, GanoWon, Your Camera is a Weapon, and Habibi.

Dan Kitchener in collaboration with East Village Walls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dan Kitchener in collaboration with East Village Walls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Degrupo and 2Esae. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
GanoWon (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sara Lynne-Leo (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Doves (photo © Jaime Rojo)
2Esae (photo © Jaime Rojo)
2Esae (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SacSix (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SacSix (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Your Camera Is A Weapon (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Habibi (photo © Jaime Rojo)
IMK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Summer 2022, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Film Friday 08.12.22

BSA Film Friday 08.12.22

August 12, 2022 ,
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Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities.

Now screening:
1. Accelerating Progress for Gender Equality

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BSA Special Feature: Accelerating Progress for Gender Equality

A mural program to raise awareness of the Generation Equality Forum, we have today videos of murals created in Mexico City, Paris, and New York. A coalition of banks, social organizations, UN organizations, and nations, the Forum says that it has a five year plan culminating in 2026 that “is built around a Global Acceleration Plan  – a global road map for gender equality that aims to fulfil the promise of the Beijing Platform for Action and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. It involves every sector of society – governments, civil society, private sector, entrepreneurs, trade unions, artists, academia and social influencers – to drive urgent action and accountability.”

“Generation Equality” Mural by Adry del Rocio. Mexico City, Mexico.

“Generation Equality” Mural by Lula Goce. Paris. France.

“Generation Equality” Mural by Vinie. New York City.

Click HERE to learn more about Generation Equality Forum.

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“Make Art Not War”; Recreating a Fairey Mural & Helping Ukrainians in Gainseville, Florida

“Make Art Not War”; Recreating a Fairey Mural & Helping Ukrainians in Gainseville, Florida

August 11, 2022

Visionary Fam, a team of local artists from Gainesville, Florida, have completed a new mural by street artist Shepard Fairey, thanks to an initiative by local street art curator Irina Kanishcheva. The native of Lviv, Ukraine, has been looking for an opportunity to express solidarity with Ukrainians during the current war with Russia. With Fairey’s imprimatur, the team recreated one of his recent classic designs, now interpreted with the yellow and blue Ukrainian national colors.

Jah Seck helps with the execution of Shepard Fairey’s Make Art Not War mural in collaboration with Monochronicle for the Can Art Help Fight a War project. Gainesville, Florida. (photo © Charles Alan Rye)

It’s a straight-forward project; create art that shows solidarity on a wall donated by local business owner Scott Shillington of The Top, and keep the conversation going. They even raised three thousand dollars to send to folks there, thanks to Irina’s homemade borscht and vodka drinks. It’s good to see small groups come together to make a change – that’s the best way to circumvent the powerful interests who sometimes are making a profit off the fire, in fact who may be the arsonists.

Visionary Fam team executes Shepard Fairey’s Make Art Not War mural in collaboration with Monochronicle for the Can Art Help Fight a War project. Gainesville, Florida. (photo © Charles Alan Rye)
Julia Monteiro helps with the execution of Shepard Fairey’s Make Art Not War mural in collaboration with Monochronicle for the Can Art Help Fight a War project. Gainesville, Florida. (photo © Charles Alan Rye)
Shepard Fairey. Detail. Make Art Not War mural in collaboration with Monochronicle for the Can Art Help Fight a War project. Gainesville, Florida. (photo © Charles Alan Rye)
Shepard Fairey. Make Art Not War mural in collaboration with Monochronicle for the Can Art Help Fight a War project. Gainesville, Florida. (photo © Charles Alan Rye)
Shepard Fairey. Make Art Not War mural in collaboration with Monochronicle for the Can Art Help Fight a War project. Gainesville, Florida. (photo © Charles Alan Rye)
Group shot. Make Art Not War mural in collaboration with Monochronicle for the Can Art Help Fight a War project. Gainesville, Florida. (photo © Charles Alan Rye)
Shepard Fairey. Make Art Not War mural in collaboration with Monochronicle for the Can Art Help Fight a War project. Gainesville, Florida. (photo © Charles Alan Rye)
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Border Light Part II / Motorefisico

Border Light Part II / Motorefisico

August 10, 2022

Two Rome-based architects/designers named Lorenzo Pagliara and Gianmaria Zonfrillo are our featured artists today as they bent perception with their new piece called Wireframe. In part two of our public art posting that began yesterday the artists have worked with the locals to beautify this public space.

As an art project, the two call themselves Motorefisico. Here they work with a consortium of public organizations and local residents to “redevelop abandoned areas located in the municipality of Santa Croce di Magliano through the implementation of urban regeneration interventions developed with the involvement of the local community.”

The word “wireframe” may be familiar to anyone who has worked in digital 3D, as any object without its skin is referred to as such. Here they create an illusionary installation around a tennis court to appear as if it is surrounded by four wireframe walls. “The artwork is based on visual and optical composition,” they say, ‘aiming at giving the illusion that the tennis court sinks underground when viewed from above.”

Motorefisico. “Wireframe”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
Motorefisico. “Wireframe”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
Motorefisico. “Wireframe”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
Motorefisico. “Wireframe”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
Motorefisico. “Wireframe”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
Motorefisico. “Wireframe”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
Motorefisico. “Wireframe”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
Motorefisico. “Wireframe”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
Motorefisico. “Wireframe”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
Motorefisico. “Wireframe”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
Motorefisico“Wireframe” and Guerrilla Spam “Laberynth”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
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Border Light Part I / Guerrilla Spam

Border Light Part I / Guerrilla Spam

August 9, 2022

The Staircase of The Knowledge and the Labyrinth

In this age of increasing polarization, you may be cheered by the work of the artist collective Guerilla Spam, who invests their time and creative efforts into connecting communities with each other, with art, with history – across generations of citizens in Italy. Today we bring you Part One of a two-part installation they’ve just completed here in S. Croce di Magliano.

Guerrilla Spam. “Labyrinth”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)

Created in November 2010 in Florence as a spontaneous, unauthorized form of resistance and protest in urban spaces Guerilla Spam works in schools, juvenile communities, reception centers, and prisons, among other places. Here they created workshops to identify the needs of the community and to understand its identity.

A combination of elbow grease and philosophy, the project repairs and restores public places to improve their usability and hopefully teach young people and local talents to respect the urban environment – and possibly honor the cultural heritage of the community.

Guerrilla Spam. “Labyrinth”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)

This project, “Border light” is a cultural intersection of communal creations that are located in three strategic areas of S. Croce di Magliano. Today we look at a two-part artwork that transforms a skating rink of the former sports center and, cleverly, its access stairs.

“The interventions have in common the theme of the ‘path’,” says Guerilla Spam, “namely the path that leads, in a metaphorical sense, to popular knowledge, symbolized in both cases by a source of water. In a more concrete sense, this path leads to the very exploration of the artwork that can be crossed, touched, and used.”

Guerrilla Spam. “Labyrinth”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)

The stairway is called “The staircase of the knowledge“. At the top of the staircase is an inscription “Ancora imparo”, symbolizing that “even at the end of the path, one never stops learning; this is because knowledge is a continuous, lifelong process.”

On the main stage is the Labyrinth representing the more complex path that life can take, and how difficult it can be to reach the water; the source of knowledge and life. “This indicates how reaching popular knowledge can be really hard, as it requires reading up and talking to elderlies, namely those sources of knowledge that might be lost if they are not allowed to hand down what they know.”

Guerrilla Spam. “Labyrinth”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
Guerrilla Spam. “Labyrinth”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
Guerrilla Spam. “Labyrinth”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
Guerrilla Spam. “Labyrinth”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
Guerrilla Spam. “The staircase of the knowledge”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
Guerrilla Spam. “The staircase of the knowledge”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
Guerrilla Spam. “Labyrinth” and “The staircase of the knowledge”. Border light: istruzioni per abitare il margine. Creative Living Lab – 3rd edition. In collaboration with Cultural Association Antonio Giordano. Santa Croce di Magliano, Italy. (photo courtesy of ACAG)
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Alice Pasquini Paints ‘Generation Equality’ in London

Alice Pasquini Paints ‘Generation Equality’ in London

August 8, 2022

Italian street artist, illustrator, and muralist Alice Pasquini just completed a new mural in London for “Generation Equality”. She says that she did it in partnership with StreetArtForMankind and UNWomen to mark the implementation of the #GenerationEquality Plan.

“The plan calls for equal pay, an end to violence against women and girls, and healthcare services that respond to their needs.”

You can see the video of her installation on Leather Lane on her Instagram page. In the meantime, enjoy these photos for the new mural making.

Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
Alice Pasquini. Generation Equality Mural in collaboration with StreetArtForMankind, UN Women/GenerationEquality Plan. London, England. (photo © Quentin Duran)
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BSA Images Of The Week: 08.07.22

BSA Images Of The Week: 08.07.22

August 7, 2022 ,

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

An exceptional collection of new works from across the city today. The streets are not resting this summer in New York.

Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this week featuring: Praxis VOZ, Toxicomano, ERRE, A Visual Bliss, Huetek, Hef, COrn Queen, DepsOne, Baby Nivo, Vaynegiare, Ark, and Aerosol Kingdom.

ARK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Praxis (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Praxis (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Aerosol Kingdom. A Visual Bliss (photo © Jaime Rojo)
C0rn Queen (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Toxicomano (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Toxicomano (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Vaynegiare (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ERRE (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ERRE (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Huetek (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HEF (photo © Jaime Rojo)
HEF (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Baby Nivo (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Black Lives Matter…yes don’t you ever forget. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
DepsOne (photo © Jaime Rojo)
DepsOne. Detail. The Bushwick Collective (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Brooklyn, NYC. Summer 2022. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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An Enchanted Painted Forest in SANT ADRIÀ

An Enchanted Painted Forest in SANT ADRIÀ

August 6, 2022

Urban environments continue to evolve and adapt to the exigencies of population growth caused in part by the exodus of people from rural areas to metropolia around the world. Structural features of infrastructure previously thought of as “modern” is now simply eyesores as people aim to incorporate imagery and symbols of natural beauty and human warmth. “Calming” solutions in otherwise noisy and congested streets and boulevards in megacities include the reclaiming of space and “greening” of areas that were once reserved for motorists.

Eloizaga. EL BOSC ENCANTAT DE SANT ADRIÀ. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

City leaders and urban planners more often now work with arts organizations to create a new visual landscape for our cities – by creating art programs to beautify spaces. One such project is in the municipality of Sant Adrià de Besos in the Spanish city of Barcelona.

According to the description, translated from Catalan to English on the organizer’s IG account, (@elbosc_encantat_c31), the project is “An open-air mural art museum. An impressive creative forest is formed by more than 200 columns that support the C-31 on its way through the municipality of Sant Adrià de Besos. A unique project in the world with the participation of local and international artists”. The project, while impressive, is not unique, as artists and organizations have been using highway support pillars to paint murals in cities all over the world as reported HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.

Anna Blu. EL BOSC ENCANTAT DE SANT ADRIÀ. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
DMC (Darryl McDaniels) by Akore. EL BOSC ENCANTAT DE SANT ADRIÀ. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Grand Master Flash by Akore. EL BOSC ENCANTAT DE SANT ADRIÀ. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Alberto de Blobs. EL BOSC ENCANTAT DE SANT ADRIÀ. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Poncho. EL BOSC ENCANTAT DE SANT ADRIÀ. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Pez. EL BOSC ENCANTAT DE SANT ADRIÀ. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Pez. EL BOSC ENCANTAT DE SANT ADRIÀ. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Felipe Pincel. EL BOSC ENCANTAT DE SANT ADRIÀ. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
ELISENDA SOLÀ-NIUBÓ. EL BOSC ENCANTAT DE SANT ADRIÀ. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Emilio Cerezo. EL BOSC ENCANTAT DE SANT ADRIÀ. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Aleshy. EL BOSC ENCANTAT DE SANT ADRIÀ. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Kimo Osuna. EL BOSC ENCANTAT DE SANT ADRIÀ. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Maga. EL BOSC ENCANTAT DE SANT ADRIÀ. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
EL BOSC ENCANTAT DE SANT ADRIÀ. Barcelona, Spain. (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)

The project EL BOSC ENCANTAT DE SANT ADRIÀ, is curated by Zosen and Juanki, and it began in 2016. It is carried out in collaboration with the Sant Adriá City Council and the Asociación Cultural El Generador, with the support of TRAMmi, it is part of the HOP Sant Adrià-Art Urbá.”

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BSA Film Friday: 08.05.22

BSA Film Friday: 08.05.22

August 5, 2022 ,

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Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities.

Now screening:
1. Ñatinta Festival Comforts the Grieving and Brings “Ajayu” in Bolivia

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BSA Special Feature: Ñatinta Festival Comforts the Grieving and Brings “Ajayu” in Bolivia

It’s only August, so you have time to prepare for Ñatinta.

Its fascinating to see this outpouring; of public performance and art created during this festival in the General Cemetery in La Paz, Bolivia. Reaching through the depths of sorrow and despair, the living are here to pay tribute to the dead and our memories of them. The artists interact with the place, in some way facilitating the living.

A festival organized by artists and cultural workers with ties to urban art, the group named Perros Sueltos pulls together the talents and encourages collaboration. The results are outstanding. Participants share creatively, define personal and public space, and create dialogue and interconnectivity.

According to some Andean beliefs, the “ajayu” is the spirit of the deceased – which returns to earth during the festivity of all saints and may communicate with the living. It is a beautiful and comforting story that says the spirit doesn’t disappear but stays in communication, becoming a complement to life.

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D*Face Feeling Blue in Beverly Hills

D*Face Feeling Blue in Beverly Hills

August 4, 2022

Promoting his new exhibition at Cory Helford Gallery this weekend, street artist/muralist/fine artist D*Face paints a new mural in Beverly Hills that will make you think. And wonder.

Who is she remembering? And is the person she’s speaking to trapped alive underground?

Art is open to interpretation, and the best stuff leaves the questions open.

We wrote about his new exhibition Painting Over the Cracks at Corey Helford Gallery HERE.

D*Face. “Blue For You” in collaboration with Branded Arts and his exhibition “Painting Over The Cracks”. Beverly Hills, CA. (photo courtesy of Branded Arts Gallery)
D*Face. “Blue For You” in collaboration with Branded Arts Gallery his exhibition “Painting Over The Cracks”. Beverly Hills, CA. (photo courtesy of Branded Arts Gallery)
D*Face. “Blue For You” in collaboration with Branded Arts and his exhibition “Painting Over The Cracks”. Beverly Hills, CA. (photo courtesy of Branded Arts Gallery)
D*Face. “Blue For You” in collaboration with Branded Arts and his exhibition “Painting Over The Cracks”. Beverly Hills, CA. (photo courtesy of Branded Arts Gallery)
D*Face’s mural in Beverly Hills was inspired by his painting “I Know You’re Down There” which is included in the exhibition “Painting Over The Cracks” at Corey Helford Gallery. (photo courtesy of Corey Helford Gallery)

Painting Over the Cracks? Opening this Saturday, August 6th at Los Angeles’ Corey Helford Gallery with over 70 new works. On view through September 10th. Click HERE for more details and schedules.

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