September 2012. Bogotá, Colombia. “Updating & Streamlining My Blog”
Tag: Bogotá
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA STREET ART: ‘LOVE TATTOO” by TOXICOMANO, DjLU, & LESIVO
The mural above is on the side of the building facing Septima.
7OCT12. The Chapinero, Bogotá, Colombia.
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA STREET ART: CAPITALISM IS THE ENEMY by CRiSP
I found some more work from Australian artist, Crisp. This is located around Septima y Calle 52 or so…I don’t think it’s Obama necessarily that Crisp is raging against. Rather, I think it would be any U.S. President or Western leader. They all seem to represent the problems with the world: debt, war, hate, greed, pollution, and fraud. The indigenous people pictured next to the evil capitalist, are the people who essentially started this world. They’re the ones who respect the earth and approach the world with purity. The powers that be have ruined the simplicity and destroyed the opposing forces of monetary balance, peace, love, generosity, clean air, and truth. Notice two things: First, Crisp has his name with the proper ideals on the clothing of the indigenous people, while obviously Obama is cloaked in the opposite. Secondly, someone has tagged an “L,” I’m assuming for “Loser,” on Obama’s head and I’m pretty sure that wasn’t Crisp. But, I could be wrong. I’m awaiting verification.
7OCT12. Septima y Calle 50s. Bogotá, Colombia.
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA STREET ART & GRAFFITI: TATTOOS
This is really cool. I can’t remember who the woman is painted by, but I can see a CRISP tribal mask tattoo on her arm.
I ‘think’ this is Rodez because one of his tendencies is to paint multiple eyes.
I haven’t seen any other ones by ‘Sluto,’ but this is on the side of a building in La Candelaria.
29SEP12. Bogotá, Colombia.
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA: “IT SHOWS ON YOUR FACE”
I thought these were striking. Unfortunately, I don’t know who the artists are. On Calle 19. 29SEP12. Bogota, Colombia.
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA STREET ART: BASTARDILLA
Bastardilla (“Italics” in English) is one of the leading female street artists. She’s known for doing very large murals depicting women experiencing different forms of isolation or sadness. This one on a huge wall facing a children’s playground, shows a woman inhaling daggers. She has murals all over the world including Madrid, Guatemala City, and Boston. Sadly, there’s a story that Bastardilla was raped in Bogotá when she was younger and that experience has served to influence her paintings of women. 29SEP12. Bogotá, Colombia.
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA STREET ART: WHO’S GOT A GRENADE?! by DjLU
On the side of a building that sits on Calle 20. Santa Fe/La Candelaria.
Both pictures: 29SEP12. Bogotá, Colombia.
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA STREET ART: “HELD BACK,” by GOUACHE, DJLU, TOXICOMANO, & LESIVO
Gouache, first part
There are four parts to this wall. The first part shows a poor man carrying a rich man on his back (something customary in the past) and in another way it symbolizes the man being held back, not able to be released, in the same way that he can’t release the doves.
Part 2, DjLU
Part 3, Toxicomano
Part 3 continued, Toxicomano
Part 3 continued, Toxicomano
Part 4, Lesivo
The Finale: Lesivo
29SEP12. Bogotá, Colombia.
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA STREET ART & GRAFFITI: RODEZ
The artist Rodez is considered a legend on the streets of Bogotá. He’s in his late 50’s-early 60’s and he is a published children’s book illustrator/designer when not painting on the streets. Keeping his passion all in the family, he paints with his two sons, Nomada and Malegria. The three of them are from Colombia, but are based in Buenos Aires. Here are some highlights below:
29SEP12. Bogotá, Colombia.
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA STREET ART & GRAFFITI: RTZ
RTZ is one of the newer street artists emerging in Bogotá. He has three quite prominent murals stationed in La Candelaria. 29SEP12. Bogotá, Colombia.
On Carrera 4. La Candelaria.
Some of his signature symbols are big alligators and frogs. In the Plaza off of Carrera 2.
This is in honor of an upcoming festival celebrating indigenous culture. Prior to last week, an APC Crew (the largest group of artists in Latin America, includes Stinkfish) mural had been up for several months. No one knows if RTZ was given permission to put this up, or if he’s too green to realize whose mural he covered up. 156 All Starz is a crew out of New York and RTZ must have allowed them to put their tag on it. La Candelaria.