Lleida, Catalunya-based illustrator and muralist Lily Brik goes for the romantic, the emotional, and traditional language and imagery in her commercial work as well as on festival walls. Here in Barcelona she returns to some of the familiar fairy tale tropes that many a girl associates with the stories of her childhood. Uncritical in its
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Bisual’s Trippy Interlude with Drug Culture in Barcelona
BISUAL’s post-human sallow skinned characters are laboratory inventions that contain elements of animal, chemical, organic, electronic, psychedelic – minus the superpowers or sleekness of your typical cyborg. They also like to smoke something now and then while gazing at phones in a cartoon dystopia, a handful of helpers to mellow the menacing low-level paranoia. The
BSA Film Friday: 10.05.18
Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities. Now screening : 1. “Wasteland Wanderers” by MZM Projects in Two Parts 2. Medianeras Murales for Contorno Urbano and 12 + 1 Project 3. Pixel Pancho X Punto Urbano Art Musuem by Owley BSA Special Feature: “Wasteland Wanderers” by MZM
Alberto Montes, Catalonia on Oct 1 Anniversary of Vote to Secede – New Mural “Politics of Lucidity”
Fresh from his residency at a nun’s convent called Creença (Belief), Alberto Montes takes on the “Politics of Lucidity” in this new mural in Barcelona here on October 1st one year after Catalan voted to secede from Spain in a vote Madrid deemed illegal. A moody monocrome scene of people placing votes, Montes says he
Illustrator PERRINE HONORÉ Simply Cheerful on Torrassa in Barcelona
As you know the influence of the Memphis design movement is again fully present as the spirit of the 1980s Milanese architect and designer Ettore Sottass has captured the imagination of many young creatives who have tired of mid-century modern. Perrine Honoré. Contorno Urbano Foundation. 12 + 1 Project. Torrassa, Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona. August
The Hate Lovers. “SAVE THE PLANET!” in Barcelona
Collectives of artists frequently form based on common styles, interests, and philosophies. In Barcelona an all female group of artists coalesced to form The Hate Lovers a few years ago to promote the empowerment of women in creative fields. The Hate Lovers. “Save The Planet“. Contorno Urbano Foundation. Kaligrafics. 12 + 1 Project. San Feliu
BSA Film Friday: 07.06.18
Now screening :
1. Gonzalo Borondo Matiére Noire
2. r1. on the corner of August House in Johannesburg
3. Banksy in Paris on FWTV
4. Joan Cabrer “Hot Pixel”
BSA Film Friday: 06.29.18
Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities. Now screening : 1. Banksy in Paris 2. Art Meet Milk III – Zeso – Carl Kenz 3. UDANE: 12 + 1 Project. 4. Beyond The Streets Presents: Felipe Pantone 5. Beyond The Streets Presents: Lee Quinones BSA Special Feature:
ESCIF “La Pared Es Nuestra”. Sant Feliu de Llobregat. Barcelona
When Street Artists and graffiti vandals are looking for a spot in public space they sometimes claim a wall as their own – even if someone else owns it. It’s a bit of hubris, but it helps with the street credibility among peers. In the case of this neighborhood in Barcelona, the whole neighborhood owns
Pouvelle Collaborate on Composition in Sant Feliu de Llobregat
Community murals give opportunities to young and old to try their hand at self expression and go big on a wall. Here in this municipality in Catalonia, the duo called Pouvelle say, “We like to think of art as a way of expression that brings out the child we carry inside, letting ourselves be guided
BSA Film Friday: 05.18.18
Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities. Now screening : 1. ETHEREA: Edoardo Tresoldi 2. Berlin Mural Fest 2018 Begins Now! 3. XAV -Library Rats in Barcelona 4. Blek Le Rat Solo in San Francisco. 5. TAYONE Leaves “Wet Paint” in Barcelona BSA Special Feature: ETHEREA: Edoardo
BSA Film Friday: 04.20.18
Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities. Now screening : 1. The Man Who Stole Banksy: Debuting Tonight at Tribeca Film Festival 2. Los Borbones Son Unos Ladrones (The Bourbons Are Thieves) (Spain) 3. Kazzius and Elara Elvira at the 12 + 1 Project, Barcelona 4. Morgan