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Street Art in TJ

At the entrance to a pedestrian overpass for the Tijuana River Canal.

Sao Paulo Street Art 3

1 from republica,
2-3 bela vista
4 pinhieros

Sao Paulo Street Art 2

Dois.

1-2 from Bela Vista
3, Vila Madalena
4-5, Liberdade
6, Avenida Paulista
7-8, Bela Vista

Sao Paulo Street Art 1

It felt as though Paulistanos actually welcomed street art. Some pieces had been there so long they were starting to fade. Perhaps it's because Sao Paulo's buildings are so ugly. Maybe owners don't mind the spruced up streetscape. Maybe they just don't have any pride for their buildings. Regardless, we sensed a certain respect for good street art. As in Rio de Janeiro, taggers never wrote over any of the really nice pieces. In the US, that would be the first place they'd tag.

I'm still working on a translation for the poem in the first picture (from downtown). 2, 3 and 4 are from Liberdade (see this post for more from Liberdade). 2 and 3 are by Os Gemeos, one of my favorites. 4 is a sticker job in Vila Madalena. 5, another Os Gemeos, is at a sunken freeway in Liberdade. It looks like it must have been commissioned, although I can't imagine the U.S. Federal Highway Administration condoning such an act. Enjoy.