Argentine plastic artist Diego Perrotta has been working on his latest project called El Matasiete y los Guardiánes, a mural on the Imaginación building at Tecnópolis.
It’s winter in Buenos Aires and with the cold weather there’s no shortage of flu and common colds doing the rounds. A state of health emergency was declared in Greater Buenos Aires this time two years ago; and from April to July 24, 2009, there were more than 200 recorded deaths in Argentina due to the virus known as ‘gripe A’ or HIN1. The pandemic also led to a wave of graffiti depicting ‘la gripe porcina’ and the H1N1 virus, and pigs are still popping up around BA.
A famous mural painted in homage to Noberto ‘Pappo’ Napolitano by the artist and musician Alejandro Amaro has been painted over with the letters of a Chinese supermarket sign, much to the disgust of fans and local residents.
A ceremony was held today at the site of the AMIA building in Buenos Aires where on July 18, 1994, a terrorist bomb killed 85 people and injured 300. Argentina is home to the largest Jewish community in South America with more than 200,000 Jews. This mural by Kol-Kir was created in the neighbourhood of Villa Crespo in 2010 to commemorate the tragic event that took place at the Jewish community headquarters along calle Pasteur in Once.
