"My hunger is your fashion. The reality is in the streets." I think the wallpaper in the back is of ex-President Carlos Menem
Ever walked the streets of Buenos Aires? Amongst imposing Parisian-styled buildings & splotches of dog poop you'll encounter stencils and graffiti all over the city's walls. "Palais de Glace" held an exhibition of that focused on Argentine street art, and you can see all the works here. The exhibition was titled "Ficus Repens" which is a "creeping/climbing fig" plant that Argentines usually refer to as "the wall lover," hence the relationship to mural/graffiti art. I've posted my favorites below...
"Bolche & Gabbana" (Bolche being a local nickname for bolsheviks)
The following are photographs of street art existing publicly and interacting with their environments as they are designed to do. This photographer literally makes the act of observation, or in many cases dismissal, of everyday art his focus and really highlights how alive, accessible and dynamic such works are.
Note the dog - they are everywhere in BA!
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