According to a Barcelona city spokesperson, “The law regards graffiti as something that soils the public space, devalues our heritage and visually degrades the urban fabric.” So why are officials fining businesses that hire artists to paint murals over tag-covered gates? Evidently, they can’t tell the difference and for them, any image created with spray paint constitutes graffiti. Even these! (Photo: enrotllat)
RIPO painted this “Erased” piece on a sea wall in Barcelona to protest all the graffiti that was whitewashed away, apparently to protect sensitive eyes at a new luxury hotel nearby.
Photo by Ripo
As though having their image copy and pasted over and over again wasn’t bad enough, some live pigeons have been imprisoned in promotion of Jeff Staple’s new release. LimitEDitions, a Barcelona shoe shop, created a display cage flapping with the iconic city bird and Staple’s latest iteration of pigeon apparel for New Balance. This avian abuse needs to end in all its forms. |Hypebeast|
It never ceases to amaze me the lengths to which we humans will go to in order to capture some sort of connection to another human, no matter how fleeting the connection/moment may be. To that end, the street artist Brusse created this piece for some nice lady. Also, what the hell is that thing resting on her shoulder in the picture? Read more »
Two cities in Spain tested positive for cocaine use. Scientists have discovered detectable levels of the powdery stimulant in the air of both Madrid and Barcelona. Although coke was the most prevalent drug they also found trace amounts of heroin and weed. |AP|
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