BROOKLYN STREET ART LOVES YOU MORE EVERY DAY
Portraits, characters, surrealistic scenes and a range of illustration styles all reigned at the Nau Bostik festival in the La Sagrera neighborhood of Barcelona this summer. Organizing the painted component of the festival were folks from the Open Walls Conference and Difusor in a collaborative program to bring a new cultural infusion of life to this former industrial center.
Ralf Urban (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
These walls are what stand long after the film festival, craft beer festival, conference discussions, food trucks, children’s dance program, photography exhibition and musical performances leave. Contrary to the image of Street Art and graffiti in the margins of society, in the case of these twenty or so muralists from a variety of backgrounds, painting in the public sphere is an integral part of the programming of a communities future, rather than a sign of its degradation.
We’re pleased that photographer Lluis Olive Bulbena shares some of the images he captured at Bostik Murals this summer with BSA readers.
BToy (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
BToy (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
El Rughy (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Simon Vazquez (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Twee Muizen (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Ox Alien (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
SheOne (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
SheOne (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Manu Manu (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Fau Art (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Fau Art (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
David Petroni (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Sixe Paredes (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
Syrup (photo © Lluis Olive Bulbena)
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