On a side note, as an experiment, I took nearly all of these (except two?) with the camera on my Samsung SII smartphone. I think they turned out pretty well.
OK, first we'll look at some commercial art. The first three photos were taken of pieces at a gelato shop in the old city centre. The first pic - of the Rasputin-like character - is on an outside wall. The next one is inside, as is the drawing. They have a Manga kind of feel to them. There are some initials ("ZJK") on the drawing, which I assume is the template for the bigger pieces.
The next piece adorns the doorway of a dance clothing shop....
There is a name painted into the piece, but I had trouble making it out properly at first. After some searching, I found the painter seems to be Gianluca Bosello, a painting instructor at a place called Accademia 49 in Cesena, Italy. There is a mini-profile of him at this link: http://www.accademia49.it/index.php/docenti/gianluca-bosello-disegno-e-pittura.
Also, here is a link to the shop's Facebook page, where they have a folder with photos of this piece being painted:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.160494834147775.1073741828.160491677481424&type=3
Moving on, there were a lot of what I would call "doodles" around the city, and here is a selection of the better ones....
And now, here are the stickers. There were a lot of stickers....
Rough translation: "Revolt against the modern world!" |
There was some old fashioned graffiti down around the train station, as you might expect....
And there was a bit of text on the city walls as well....
Rough translation: "The fact is that of all the ways to be happy I choose you". |
Very rough translation: "You who of stars dressed the sky". Probably wrong, though! |
The above phrase seems to be from a fierce romantic Italian pop song called "Non è mai abbastanza" ("It's never enough") by a band called Modà. Very passionate stuff. Here's a link to the video for the song on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NRQgnsKl9Q
Rough translation: "You are chaos, the chaos that stabilises my weak heart. I love you." |
There were a goodly number of stencils around the city, as well....
Translation: "Safety?" |
Translation: "I'll find you". |
Rough translation: "The Revolution? Today no... Tomorrow maybe. The day after tomorrow definitely..." |
I'm too tired at this stage to put up links this time. And I bet you're too tired to look at links. So let's call it a day.
Alla prossima....
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