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Art is where all is connected
The deconstruction of classic and urban art
creates a fusion where art
still faithful to its classic heritage
moves forward
allowing a new revolutionary vision
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MAYA
The greatest dancer in the history of Russian ballet
When the classic gentle world of ballet meets the dynamic modern world of urban art
a big portrait of Maya Plisetskaya, one of the greatest dancer in the history of Russian ballet.
Best known for his massive-scale, brightly coloured murals infused with bold lines, Kobra makes a lot of
researches in local museums and libraries before starting a new work. He is usually chooses an old photo that portrays some of the most iconic people of the country. The technique of using bright colours and repeating squares and triangles allows him to bring to life the famous people he portrayed in his works. When he visited the Bolshoi Documentation Center of Moscow in 2013, he fell in love with an old black and white photo of Maya Plisetskaya, from which he created a massively-scaled portrait of the Russian dancer who died in 2015 at age 89.
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CHULAPA
Typical Madrid female dress from the 19th century
San Isidro in Carabanchel (Madrid) for their struggle against gentrification of
the historical Tercio y Terol Colony, a group of single-family homes built in the 1940s.
This mural project is part of a series of cultural actions organized in order to
activate several spaces in this area of the city which has been
traditionally forgotten by the local authorities.
An impressive ‘chulapa’ of contemplative look raises in the tower of
the Ancient Water Tank at Calle Amalarico, just close to the Hogar Bar,
the main meeting point for the families who live in the area.
The ‘chulapa’ outfit is a typical Madrid female dress from the 19th century.
Some women wear it even nowadays during the local San Isidro popular fiesta.
Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada is a multidisciplinary contemporary artist born in Cuba in 1966,
and raised in the United States. His spectacular interventions are
created to bring awareness to relevant social issues.
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FRAGMENTS
Berlin Old Pfefferberg BreweryPhotography challenges the conformity in contemporary art and allows for a reflection
In the 19th century the "Bairischbier Brauerei Pfeffer" on the road to Pankow (today Fehrbelliner Strasse / corner Schönhauser Allee) consisted only of a small brewery with a cellar and a beer garden with wooden pavilions where beer was served. After 1851 the brewery changed hands many times, expanded and was converted into the seat of Prenzlauer Berg district department (1922), a chocolate factory (1934), and a bakery. In 1949 the owners were expropriated and the area became “property of the people.” Until 1972 there have been various administrations, a cultural centre, stores, and a public kitchen. The beer garden was in active use throughout. After 1973, the Prenzlauer Berg district communal administration of housing controlled the large building complex. By 1991 all 21 buildings stood under monumental protection, and with financial support of the Land Berlin since 1999 the entire area of the former brewery belongs to the “Foundation Pfefferberg”.
In recent years, the renovated Pfefferberg became a modern centre for cultural, commercial services, and social institutions with a theatre, galleries, event halls, restaurants, a small brewery, and a hostel.
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TETUAN
Traditional Madrid neighbourhood
created in the Matadero of Madrid, former slaughterhouse converted into arts centre.
The main aim is to connect artists, spaces, and networks, in order to stimulate new ways of
involving different audiences in the world of Art and culture. Paisage Tetuán is an urban project
where artistic interventions, like street murals or photographs on the history of the residents,
try to improve the architectural and urban heritage of Tetuan, traditional Madrid neighbourhood.
Gonzalo Borondo realized this impressive mural to express criticism against the excesses of rulers.
Born in Castille y Leon, we may say art has always run through Gonzalo's veins since his father was a restorer of religious art, and he started drawing when he was a child. Ever since he's been able to express with an amazing realism different faces of people. In his artworks you will always find an open interpretation of the relationship between the location and the artwork itself.
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PACO
Spanish flamenco guitarist
a huge mural created by street artists Okuda and Rosh333 to pay a tribute
to Spanish flamenco guitarist Francisco Sánchez Gómez, known as Paco de Lucía.
The two artists, in collaboration with architect Antonyo Marest and under the supervision
of Madrid Street Art Project, were responsible for turning the new Estación Paco de Lucía
into the first Spanish example of urban artwork.
His pop surrealism of geometric prints
and multicoloured ephemeral architectures
raises contradictions about existentialism, the universe,
the infinite, the meaning of life, and the false freedom of capitalism.
The mural helps people passing by to start conversations
about the conflict between modernity and tradition.
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