Graffiti is an art that is now widely used and
appreciated by many people, but in
most cities in the world this
street art is illegal, only some cities have spaces
for the exhibition of graffiti.
Colombia is a country that has been attack
by violence and drug trafficking across the years, becoming that an influential
factor for graffiti artist, like Tom Feiling says in the blog he wrote. He used
to live in Colombia 10 years ago, when drug trafficking and violence was the
top subject in Colombia. He says that back in those days, there aren't any
graffiti on the streets of Bogota, fact that is not a reality any more. He says
that some of the graffiti express the violence that Bogota pass through, even
though Bogotá has become one of the safest cities of Latin America.
Tom expresses and shows that graffiti’s in Colombia
are also about Political statements, showing the reality that most of the
people in our country don’t like. As we can see in the blog, there are some of paintings
of Alvaro Uribe Velez the ex-president of Colombia, who is a very controversial
character. Graffiti’s also express the reality of our police force, which is
known for been corrupt and really rude.
In Argentina there are no restrictions for
street art is country is an art gallery and is common to find large graffiti in
different cities and in crowded places. In Argentina graffiti are considerate a high level of
artistic expression, that is admire and well seen by the locals. They are
created by artists that use a lottle of time and hart work in every draw. As we
saw in the video there are 3D paintings and they also have cultural and
political graffiti that shows there historical moments and the reality there
on.
Tegucigalpa is a very dangerous city,
where violence is common. Almost all the graffiti found in Tegucigalpa are
political character. The graffiti are used to draw attention to the violence
that exists in this country. Honduras is a really dangerous country with a high number
of gangs that use the walls of the streets to do there graffiti’s. But they are people like Maeztro, a local
that is into art and graffiti’s, that tray to imply graffiti’s in a positive way.
He use examples of Botero and Leonardo Davinci to take out of the streets all
the draws that shows a negative site. Maeztro working along with two other artists
create the Garawa
Collective. They are also working to get gangs members out of there wrong life,
and to show that street art is not as bad as people thing.
Never Gêmeos and Os are the two most
renowned graffiti artists in Brazil, is now common to find them jobs in some
cities in the world, and although his work has been shown, it can be found on
the streets of brazil regardless this is illegal. In Brazil we can see that graffiti artist have some
fame around the world, getting recognition internationally for their work. Even
though graffiti’s are illegal, they still painting for what they believe is an
expression of the political climate and corruption of Brazil. We can also find
some paintings or graffiti’s that shows the damage of nature in
favor of big cities.
