Today is the birthday of Diego Maradona. To celebrate the occasion here are some exlusive photos of stencils and street art featuring Maradona on the streets of Buenos Aires. Photos by Buenos Aires Street Art.
Astrid has painted a new mural in a park in Parque Patricios. The design also features frogs having sex and some mushrooms painted by Nacho.
Thousands of people and militants have been remembering Néstor Kirchner today exactly one year after he died aged 60 following a heart attack. Muralist Marcos Catuares painted a new portrait of the former president in Plaza del Congreso on behalf of the political group ‘Segundo Centenario’ to mark the occasion.
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| New mural and statue of Kirchner in Plaza del Congreso (photo © BA Street Art) |
A bronze statute of Kirchner created by plastic artist and sculptor Omar Gasparini was also on show in front of the Palacio del Congreso this morning.
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| Miners of Río Turbio with statue of Néstor Kirchner (photo © BA Street Art) |
The statue was later carried by the miners of Río Turbio in a procession to Plaza del Mayo followed by members of the public, Kirchnerist groups, militants and party supporters.
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| Kirchner mural by Catuares in Plaza de Mayo (photo © BA Street Art) |
Catuares also painted another mural of Kirchner in Plaza de Mayo in April to coincide with the sixth month anniversary of Kirchner’s death. Accompaning the portrait is the phrase ‘La vida por su pueblo’, meaning ‘Your life for your people’.
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| Political portrait in front of La Casa Rosada (photo © BA Street Art) |
Thousands of political posters and graffiti depicting president Cristina Fernandéz de Kirchner and her late husband have also popped up all over the city, as well as more graffiti tributes by political groups.
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| Kirchner mural in Parque Chacabuco (photo © BA Street Art) |
A number of murals have the phrase KV, an abbreviation for ‘Kirchner Vuelve’ meaning ‘Kirchner will return’.
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| More Kirchner stencils in Plaza de Mayo (photo © BA Street Art) |
Click here to see more photos of Néstor Kirchner stencils and political progpaganda
Ever Siempre has completed a fantastic new mural in Palermo featuring Mao Tse Tsung, a Chinese girl and boy, and an image of the Virgin Mary. Ever began working on his design almost a month ago and finally finished it this weekend in between working on other projects. However the mural has already caused quite a stir.
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| Mao and the children of the revolution |
Ever explained what his latest design was about: “In the mural, Mao is talking to the youth in China about the idea of communism but the kids aren’t too interested and are looking the other way and thinking about something else, the Virgin (Mary). I found an image on the internet that I liked and wanted to paint. It was of the Virgin of Guadalupe but I had no idea the Church of Our Lady of of Guadalupe was around the corner!”
He added: “Later on a priest from the church passed by. He’s a nice guy but was asking why I had painted the image of the Virgin and why there was a triangle covering her face.”
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| Virgin controversy (photo © BA Street Art) |
“For me I wanted to create something mysterious and for me the triangle adds a sense of mystery to the artwork,” says Ever. “It also has references to Egyptian culture (with the pyramids), and it was always my idea to put it over the Virgin’s face. In a way the Virgin is also giving the children energy. However, people always make their own conclusions and take away their own meanings when they look at my my artworks but I didn’t think it would cause so much fuss. I had about five arguments with people who were looking at the mural and asking ‘why have I painted it like that?’ One old fella was really angry and told me: ‘You can’t put the Virgin with a dictator!”
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| The Chairman in Palermo (photo © BA Street Art) |
Despite some adverse comments, Ever said he’s really happy with his the finished design which he reckons is the biggest ever mural he’s painted in Buenos Aires. “You can’t please everyone and that’s what art is about,” says Ever. “I really like everything that has happened and for me it’s the best wall I’ve done.”
The design along Julian Alvarez street is also the second portrait of Mao that Ever has painted in the street. He made his first one in Villa Crespo earlier this year.
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| Mao in Villa Crespo (photo © BA Street Art) |
Ever was also kind enough to let us help him out with a spot of painting so many thanks to him for the ‘buena onda’ and taking this photo. Next time we’ll leave it to the professionals!
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| Matt lending a hand (photo © BA Street Art) |
Check out more photos of Ever’s new mural on his flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/ever_dsr/
And find out why Ever paints Mao and more about his other designs in this interview
Cristina Fernandéz de Kirchner is celebrating re-election as president of Argentina after winning a record 53.8% of the vote last night. One CFK fanatic has covered his house in Palermo with stencils depicting famous phrases and quotes relating to the Argentine president. Continue reading
The general elections are taking place in Argentina today with President Cristina Fernández set for a landslide victory. There has been plenty of election-themed graffiti going up in Buenos Aires over the last few weeks including these poster mock-ups by Bs As Stencil in Colegiales. Continue reading
Buenos Aires Street Art has been in Valparaiso, Chile this week and came across this mural painted by Argentine street artist Jaz in a collaboration with Fisek, Inti and Charquipunk. It was painted in January 2008 but it’s still intact as the pictures show.
Street artists have transformed a former railway station in La Plata that now functions as a cultural centre.
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| Old railway station gets facelift (photo © BA Street Art) |
The building named Estación Circunvalación in the capital of the Province of Buenos Aires operated as a regional train station connecting La Plata with Pipinas, Magdalena and Lezama until it was closed during the military dictatorship in 1979.
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| Pelos de Plumas (photo © BA Street Art) |
More than a dozen artists from the Capital Federal and from La Plata including Pelos de Plumas, Nice, Mart, Nero, MtNcR, Hoem, GMC and Sato participated in the project.
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| Nero (photo © BA Street Art) |
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| MtNcR and Nice (photo © BA Street Art) |
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| Mart (photo © BA Street Art) |
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| Hoem, GMC and Sato (photo © BA Street Art) |
All photos © Buenos Aires Street Art
Rodez has created a series of murals depicting warrior masks relating to African tribes in Parque Centenario. Ene Ene and Iaku have also created throw-ups close to the Marie Curie Cancer Hospital in Caballito.
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| Warrior masks (photo © BA Street Art) |
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| Designs by the Cancer Hospital (photo © BA Street Art) |
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| Inscriptions referencing African tribes (photo © BA Street Art) |
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| Ene Ene (photo © BA Street Art) |
All photos © Buenos Aires Street Art
Alfredo Segatori has been working on a new mural in Palermo outside Club 69. The design features a character relaxing and listening to music on his Walkman and a tribute to ‘the Godfather of Soul’ James Brown.
Today is the anniversary of the birth of John Lennon. To pay tribute to the great musician, here are some photos of street art depicting Lennon and The Beatles taken in Buenos Aires.
Che Guevara street art can be found all over Buenos Aires. Today October 9th is the anniversary of the death of Ernesto Guevara de la Serna also known as ‘El Che’. Photos by Buenos Aires Street Art.
