Barcelona Art - From the Street to the Gallery...

People who follow me on Instagram (you can find me at @yvonnesedition) will know that I'm a bit obsessed with street art. I have a few favourites and lately a lot of my photos have shown the work of Francisco de Pájaro who may be familiar to some of you as the guy behind 'El Arte es Basura' or 'Art is Trash' in English.

As well as painting and drawing, he's famous for his installations, using the rubbish left on the street to create temporary art that asks pertinent social questions and challenges our preconceptions.

The Base Elements Urban Art Gallery currently have an exhibition of his newest work 'Indian Joe' which I strongly recommend you go to see. If I had the cash I would buy the lot as I think he has such a unique style and I can only see him becoming more popular as time goes by. But mainly I would buy his work because I love it. If anyone fancies getting me a present, feel free.

The photos I took below will give you an idea but you really should make the effort to go to see them at the gallery if you can.  

The Streets Speak...

For anyone who likes art, graffiti, street art or Barcelona, the documentary linked below should be of interest. We saw it at a launch night last week and the full film is now online. Please let me know what you think of it and who your favourite street artist is. I'd also love to hear about the artists in your city, wherever you are.

http://vimeo.com/justininbcn/lascalleshablan

I would embed the video here but Vimeo and blogspot don't appear to get along. 

Street art in Barcelona - Las Calles Hablan...

Anyone who has come to this city will know that the streets are an excellent source of art from some very talented individuals, some of whom have gone on to gain acclaim outside the country also.

To celebrate this there is an exhibition upcoming from 'Mapping Barcelona Public Art' on the 25th of October and a documentary has also been made for this exhibition. The money for the exhibition was raised on Kickstarter and I'm really looking forward to it as there are some amazing artists involved.

Follow the link below to the video on Vimeo for a snippet of the documentary. I would embed the video, but blogger refuses to play ball. 

Las Calles Hablan Promo on Vimeo:

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