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DjLu Stencil. On Carrera 3. La Candelaria. Bogota, Colombia. (iPOD Touch, Instagram, Lo-Fi aspect) Girl with Dynamite
Lesivo. Carrera 4. Bogota, Colombia. (iPOD Touch, Instagram, Lo-Fi aspect) Dynamite
DjLu. Juegasiempre + Woman + Grenade. Outside of planetarium, off of Carrera 7. Bogota, Colombia.
Man with a Camera
I love this. It’s on the wall of a big indoor market in La Candelaria off of Carrera 2. AUG12. Bogota, Colombia. (iPAD, Instagram, Lo-Fi aspect)
Girl on a Lamppost
This mural is painted on the bottom of a lamppost on Carrera 7. AUG12. Bogota, Colombia. (iPOD Touch, Instagram, Lo-Fi aspect)
Einstein’s Love Equation
I can’t remember where I saw this, but I was glad I did. Somewhere in La Candelaria. AUG12. Bogota, Colombia. (iPOD Touch, Instagram Lo-Fi aspect)
This piece is on Carrera 2 in a very mural-laden area. AUG12. Bogota, Colombia.
Brand spanking new! This must have been put up within the past few days because for the longest time, this wall had a completely different mural. I was very excited to see this today. “Imagenes de Resistence” means “Images of Resistance.” This is a snippet of a much larger mural. I think it represents the indigenous people of Colombia. 25SEP12. Bogota, Colombia. (iPOD Touch, Instagram, Lo-Fi aspect)
Batman Loves Robin
Say whaa?! I hadn’t noticed this before and it’s on the street (Carrera 3) in La Candelaria that I walk up and down every day. No idea what it means. I mean, other than the obvious. 25SEP12. Bogota, Colombia. (iPOD Touch, Instagram, Lo-Fi aspect)
I take a picture of this one every time I walk by it. On Carrera 4 in La Candelaria. 25SEP12. Bogota, Colombia. (iPOD Touch, Instagram, Lo-Fi aspect)
Toxicomano used to be a band, but now they are an art collective comprising of an artist, a publicist, a sociologist, and an A/V producer (bogotagraffiti.com.) Their prevalent themes are anti-imperialism/anti-capitalism. From what I understand, the punk boy character is named Eddie…he’s a drug addict, a lost soul. Then I believe, the older conservative character you also see, is Eddie all grown up. This has yet to be confirmed. See below:
Take notice of Eddie covering his eyes. He can’t “see.”
Eddie, dressed conservatively behind the woman with the T.V. head, is blindfolded…still can’t “see.” Then, the blindfold is off, only the woman’s hands are covering his eyes, and the T.V. screen says “Now I can see!” The skull and crossbones on the front of her dress indicate that this isn’t necessarily a good thing for Eddie, who seems to be compromising his past ideals…
It appears that once Eddie “sees,” the woman is horrified by what she had a hand in doing, and he either begins to die, or becomes an evil capitalist…the creation of a monster.
All Pictures: 29SEP12. Bogotá, Colombia.
I arrived in Bogotá at night and the first mural that struck me on my ride from the airport to my apartment, was this one, “Pais de Mierda.” I always wanted to go back and read it to learn more about it. It’s Jaime Garzon, a former political satirist, lawyer, journalist, and peace activist. He was very popular on Colombian television in the 90’s. He was murdered in 1999 and his killers have never been found. Directly translated, “Pais de Mierda” means “Shitty Country.” To the bottom right, you can see Che Guevara and “Todo el Poder al Pueblo,” which means “All Power to the People.” Between Garzon and Guevara, is a stencil of Lenin and below him, “Red.” 23SEP2012 Bogota, Colombia.
This is a new one I found on a wall off of Carrera 7. I zoomed in on this character, but it’s a part of a much larger picture titled “Lucha,” which means “Fight.” The whole piece is full of grenades, bullet cases, and other military paraphernalia that are flying around chaotically in a fury, really demonstrating the violence of war. 23SEP12. Bogotá, Colombia.
* Tokidoki hit the max space limit last week, so I am reconfiguring my blog in order to keep it running smoothly and to feature premier content only! So, I’ve been revisiting older posts and deleting and editing in an effort to streamline the content. Here is one of my first posts ever ~ as I started this blog while living in Bogotá, Colombia in 2012 and Bogotá is where my passion for street art and graffiti was born:
Please follow me on my journey as I seek to learn all about the street artists’ work that I admire so much here in Bogotá. For example, today I realized that a lot of the work that I thought was solely Lesivo’s, was really also Toxicomano’s and DjLu’s?! I found this out by researching what I could online and by also going through my pictures and seeing the distinctive styles. Well, they’re becoming more distinctive…
Throughout Bogotá, the city’s walls and its lampposts are covered, so the next logical surface are planter boxes. On Carrera 7, there are at least three blocks of planters decorated with the art of DjLu and Lesivo. I think they’re new as of this weekend. Bogotá appears proud of its artists and seems to consider their creations as something that beautifies the city.
DjLu Planter on Carrera 7
Lesivo planter
The picture above is a closer look at the type of stencil work that is on at least fifty planters on Carrera 7. “juegasiempre” means “always game.”
Also pictured above, is another planter box on Carrera 7. This time, it’s Lesivo! I think this mural refers to money being evil and how a person can start out beautiful, pure, and idealistic, but the influence of money can corrode one’s soul. I don’t understand the politics of Colombia enough to really say, but it appears to be a reference to the political leaders.
Toxicomano in the Macarena
I captured this shot out of a taxi window. “Somos muchos mas” directly translates into “We are so much more.” This is a beautiful mural by Toxicomano and it’s featured in the Macarena.
This is my favorite piece by Toxicomano. “Los Feos Somos Mucho Mas Bonitos” directly translates into “The Ugly are Much More Beautiful.” I have no facts to go on, but I interpret it as a political statement condemning the wealthy elite, saying that all citizens need to be heard and represented.
The picture above is one of my favorite symbolic Lesivo images. I like his inclusion of cameras and photographers in his works. I mentioned in a previous post that I think they represent the idea “…so that we don’t forget…” and I’m sure that phrase is referring to something political, but I have yet to uncover to exactly what . Stay tuned as I go deeper and deeper into the art on Bogotá’s streets (and walls and lampposts and planters and…) – All pictures: Bogotá, Colombia 23/24SEP2012
August 2020. Downtown Cocoa Beach, Florida.
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― 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙺𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚊𝚌
― 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙺𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚊𝚌, 𝙾𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚘𝚊𝚍
― 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗻, 𝗜𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗲𝗹
~ 𝚓𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚊𝚌, ‘𝙻𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝙴𝚍 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎’ (𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟶)
25mar2020. Cocoa Beach, FL
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-𝑳𝒂𝒐 𝑻𝒛𝒖
𝓈𝓊𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝒶𝓁 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝑜𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝑒𝓍𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒.
𝐼𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃;
𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 ‘𝐿𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐼𝓃𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓉𝑒…” ― 𝒥𝓊𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝒱𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒
13feb2020. Cocoa Beach, FL
December 2019. Cocoa Beach, Florida
