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Ronda - Graffiti capital of Spain?
Friday, October 11, 2024 @ 8:07 PM

Graffiti capital of Spain? Sounds grim, huh? But no, since Banksie in the UK and Arikaio, Okuda and Víctor Fernández in Spain, graffiti has become respectable.

And Ronda has just been chosen as one of the half-a-dozen or so towns in Spain to be designated by La Liga Nacional de Graffiti and one of only two in Andalucía.

 

Ronda and Graffiti

Over the last few years there have been some ten or so examples of this form of urban art which have appeared mostly on gable ends, throughout the City of Dreams. And all of them official, and backed and sponsored by Ronda Council.

Over a few days last week, several artists could be seen painting a series of a dozen murals on a retaining wall at the top of Calle Sevilla, just before the turn-off to the polígono industrial (industrial estate).

 

Here is a selection:

 

Links:

About Ronda Roundabouts (and murals) (eyeonspain.com)

 

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Photos:

Diario Ronda

Diario Sur

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Malaga Hoy

Ronda Semanal

 

Acknowledgements:

Diario Sur

Paul Whitelock

Ronda Semanal

Vanessa Melgar

https://www.help-me-ronda.com

 

Tags:

Arikaio, Banksie, City of Dreams, Diario Sur, Graffiti capital of Spain, Malaga Hoy, Okuda, Paul Whitelock, Ronda Semanal, Vanessa Melgar, Víctor Fernández, www.help-me-ronda.com



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AOK said:
Sunday, October 13, 2024 @ 9:17 AM

Imho urban art is not graffiti.


PablodeRonda said:
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 @ 10:17 AM

Fair enough, AOK, but the Press use the term graffiti and so does La Liga Nacional de Graffiti which sponsors this form of urban art. Let's call it "posh" or "legal" graffiti.


Steven Lee said:
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 @ 11:52 AM

To equate these officially endorsed or commissioned works of art with the mindless vandalism called graffiti is ridiculous. The vandals should be prosecuted, fined and punished harshly for their deliberate degradation of public and private property.


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