I Heart Street Art: In Barcelona
By Allan Hough in I Heart Street Art
Tuesday, Jun. 30 2009 @ 12:17PM
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Of all the great graffiti I saw in Spain, nothing tickled me quite like this. I mean, a mashup of the logo from my favorite movie of all time and a street sign that as an American I only recognize from Lego sets? 1984 FTW! Here's a closer look:
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There's just something so much more fun about graffiti when it
really makes use of the surface to which it is applied -- when the
street art is just as dependent on the street part as the art part. And
golly, what lies ahead but yet more '80s nostalgia:
This would be cool enough on a garage door in San Francisco, but in Spain, where every building looks ancient, this pixelated futurific cartoon is framed by some ancient-looking stone walls. Once again, the environment plays a big part in making this piece fun to look at. But enough admiration of tired old corporate-owned icons. Something original (I think):
Right? Wouldn't you love to see an '80s movie about this dude? Me too. |
This would be cool enough on a garage door in San Francisco, but in Spain, where every building looks ancient, this pixelated futurific cartoon is framed by some ancient-looking stone walls. Once again, the environment plays a big part in making this piece fun to look at. But enough admiration of tired old corporate-owned icons. Something original (I think):
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For more fun with the Ghostbusters logo, visit this and then visit this.
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