I briefly mentioned the murals that adorn several of the buildings in the UNESCO World Heritage district of Valparaiso in a previous blog. But this time I’d like to focus on the Graffiti and Murals themselves.
Admittedly, much of the graffiti in this remarkably colourful town is the scrawling tags and obscenities you sadly see all around the world.
But the hills of Valparaiso also have more that their fair share of actual street art. The buildings of the historic centre provide a unique canvas for many a humorous gem, and a few true works of art. Here are some of the highlights:
A mixture of art and scrawl – but the little boy sliding down the ramp doesn’t seem to mind
Some of the murals tell a story
Others are just a bit of fun
This one says “Do something good today”
This one has a light, airy feel
This one seems a bit more serious
“Use the bicycle!”
A bit of a mess!
Stylised
Simple but fun
Grandma
A local restaurant getting in on the act
A new mural in the making
Thanks to Antonio and John of AFIServices for being our guides and showing us around this amazing city. I can’t believe I’m lucky enough to be returning next February!
And our personal favourite – Street art becoming…
… Street art!
This post was inspired by Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week, Graffiti & Murals, Ailsa’s Where’s My Backpack? challenge of Paint, and Krista’s (The Daily Post) theme of, Happy Place.
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Great Post.
Thanks very much!
welcome
So beautiful!
Happy you enjoyed it!
Wow, they sure do like murals there, don’t they? Cool stuff!
And this is just a selection, Shannon!
These murals all have great color….. wonderful post and so happy too!! 😀
And happiest of all, we’ll be back there in February!
Hello, Maybe you’ll like to join my challenge : the SL-WEEK
http://www.sylvain-landry.com/category/sl-week
This space contains every week every Monday in fact a specific theme or anyone can come and drop a link to its site to meet the challenge of the week … You have one month to file your pictures which you are the author course. The months surfers can vote for the best contribution and for a month … A little challenge as a competition where the key is to participate of course … So join us in the SL-Week!
Sounds like fun! I’ll definitely check it out.
cool hope you join us
Chileans must be children at heart…coloring on all the walls
I’d not thought of that 😆
maybe it’s the child in me thinking out loud!
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