Hours: Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 20:30 / Saturday from 10 to 20.30 / Sunday and Holidays from 11:30 to 14:30 & 17:30 to 20:30 Pau Claris 144 Barcelona - 93.317.25.27 - correu@documenta-bcn.com
This publication features the visual story of graffiti in Barcelona, a city that has become today a meeting point and 'concrete canvas' for graffiti artists from whole over the world. Barcelona 1000 graffitis has a preface by Josep Maria Català, Professor of the Aesthetics of the Image at the Univer...
This publication features the visual story of graffiti in Barcelona, a city that has become today a meeting point and 'concrete canvas' for graffiti artists from whole over the world.
Barcelona 1000 graffitis has a preface by Josep Maria Català, Professor of the Aesthetics of the Image at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB). The book kicks off with essays by Julián Álvarez and Rosa Puig in which they explain the genesis of the project and the reasons for it.
Barcelona 1000 graffitis documents the enormous diversity of graffiti throughout the city, a cause for wonder and admiration for some, for concern for the authorities and for desperation for the owners of facades besmirched by night.
The graffiti collected in this book are found in different areas-from the very centre of the city to its outskirts-and present widely varying themes and tones-be they poetic, militant, segregationist-in such a way that they compete with the visual contamination typical of the city and contribute to enriching its landscape.
The photographs reflect the surprised gaze of the author, at once captivated by 'graphic pieces' that, in her words, 'I would rip off the walls and hang in my house.'
The book closes with a list of the creators of the graffiti and the streets where the photos were taken.
This website stores data as cookies to enable the necessary functionality of the site, including analytics and personalization. You can change your settings at any time or accept the default settings.
Necessary cookies help make a web page usable by activating basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the web page. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Personalization
Personalization cookies allow the website to remember information that changes the way the page behaves or the way it looks, such as your preferred language or the region in which you are located.
Analysis
Statistical cookies help web page owners understand how visitors interact with web pages by collecting and providing information anonymously.
Marketing
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors on web pages. The intention is to show ads relevant and attractive to the individual user, and therefore more valuable to publishers and third-party advertisers.
