A cast of the famous sculpture by Auguste Rodin ‘The Thinker’ located in Plaza del Congreso in Buenos Aires hit the headlines last year after being vandalized. And it seems that no work of art or statue is safe from the spray can in the Argentine capital. Another bronze statue was daubed in graffiti recently in the square outside Ministro Carranza metro station in Palermo, as BA Street Art’s exclusive photos show.
Lean Frizzera, Emy Mariani and Martin Ron have just finished painting a brilliant new mural in Palermo depicting Diego Maradona’s infamous ‘Hand of God’ goal.
Dötz was in Buenos Aires this week and has painted a brilliant giant mural with BlaBla Buto featuring a character they’ve nicknamed the Yuppie Yeti. The huge collaboration in San Telmo measures about 12 x 30 metres and took the duo two and a half days to complete.
Lean Frizzera has completed a couple of brilliant murals over the last few weeks none more impressive than the 25 metres high design on the side of a nine-story apartment block in Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires, that he painted with Emy Mariani.
Banksy has just published some brilliant new stencils on his website ahead of the Olympic Games which start in London in three days time at unknown locations presumably in the U.K.
Argentine street artist Primo has been painting a series of murals of African women around Buenos Aires. This is a stunning design he recently completed in the neighbourhood of Villa Ortuzar at 14 de Julio and Roseti.
Blu has painted a brilliant mural in Milan, Italy at Lambrate railway station depicting a series of giant bicycles riding over thousands of cars. Buenos Aires Street Art took these photos on our trip to Italy last week.
Poeta, Roma and Triángulo Dorado have been painted a huge mural in San Martín in the Province of Buenos Aires. The artists have been working on the piece for the last two weeks and Roma says it measures about 120 metres long, making it the longest if not one of the biggest walls ever painted in Argentina. Continue reading
Jorge Rafael Videla was head of the military junta and rose to power in Argentina on 24th March 1976 after president Isabel Martinez de Perón, the third wife of Juan Domingo Perón, was deposed. Political propaganda and stencils featuring Videla and referencing the Argentine dictatorship can be found all over Buenos Aires. All photos by Buenos Aires Street Art Continue reading
Oz Montania has painted a great new piece depicting parliamentary politicians as dirty pigs after Paraguay president Fernando Lugo was removed from office on Friday.
This fantastic photo of Buenos Aires graffiti by Cof, Mab and NM with some construction workers on their lunch break was taken by photographer Dan Gindling on his recent trip to Argentina. The photograph has has been entered in the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest 2012.
Nerf painted this school bus with his brilliant 3-D shapes for a project with Pura Vida TV a couple of years ago. BA Street Art managed to track it down.
