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Thursday, November 4, 2010

policromia urban artists...quarteira...algarve....2010

this is a new designated area for " policromia" a quarteira based urban art team......for some time they have been painting walls in the area....but always undercover....quick here come the gnr.....in recent times there has been an outbreak of what i term "visual vandalism"...this has been happening worldwide......closer to home in lisbon....in lisbon there is a dedicated area that has been sponsored by j c decaux the adveretising company...elevador de glorias.....here is an everchanging wall space which is controlled by the artists themselves.......here in quarteira there was a recent clean up campaign.....anibal moreno of loule camera recognised the quality of much of the artists work.....so we have 2 areas for the group...the underpass and a length of wall by the stadium....this is a good positive action by the local politicians....rather than obliterate the work....it now has a stage to perform on....i am really excited by the project......i hope that you will look again at grafitti in a different light next time you see some.....there are some very talented artists out there in the urban metropolis...they are enhancing what could be a concrete jungle with vibrant images.....



this space will change overtime....so watch this space...

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