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
