Oh, how I love this theme. Here is a selection of most memorable or quirkiest pieces from here, Italy, and there, Slovenia.
Art in the street – how marvellous.
I’ve always loved it when streets talk and I know the language, but art without words is even more universal and accessible. That said, some words are included as well. You know, like on a blog.
My eyes are always wide open for street art and some pieces can stay with me for eternity. Here are some such with a few funny additions.
Two fairy-tale characters have escaped from a folder with photos for my current PPAC – Photographing Public Art Challenge series where I’m in the middle of the mural town Sant’Angelo. Click on the link above to see the first three posts from there.
There are (at least) two bloggers who consistently, systematically and with much love track down street art and post it so that we can see it too. With two examples that I loved recently, they are scooj at Natural adventures and GerryK at TAB54. But if you are a street art lover, you already knew that.
And now I invite you to my personal subjective street art tour with the best examples that I have encountered so far. I did my best to track down the artist. Next I give the location and the year when I saw it (not when it was done). The treat is on the street.
One of the first that struck me in Rome. By BLU. Ostiense, Rome 2015. Just opposite a new one emerged. By Iena Cruz. Ostiense, Rome 2018. For this piece she used the environmental paint that converts smog into clean air. By Diamond + Solo. Gazometro, Rome 2018. By Groove. Ostiense, Rome 2019. Sometimes I can’t get over a piece. A random find in Monteverde, Rome. A living P. P. Pasolini carrying a dead one. By Ernest Pignon-Ernest. “La passione non ottiene mai il perdono.” (Passion never receives pardon?) By My Dog Sighs. Trastevere, Rome 2018. He nailed the Italian eye. “Nessuno”, by Axel Void. Rome 2017. By Sam3, Rome 2017. Ostiense, Rome 2017. Rome is spoilt by street art as much as by history and art. Trastevere in Rome is a living museum. 2017. Who knows how this wall looks now. Trastevere 2017. By Neve. Trastevere, Rome 2017. They escaped out of my future post from Sant’Angelo, the fairy-tale town. By Vera Bugatti 2021. Orbetello 2021. The mural nearest to me. And now to Slovenia. Such blue sky! By Miron Milić, Ljubljana Central Market 2016. Ljubljana 2017. Sometimes it feels as if something were put out there especially for me. Ljubljana 2015. By various artists along Trubarjeva St. in front of the Rog factory, Ljubljana 2017. Much of it was destroyed when the City took over this year. By Tina Drčar. Metelkova City, Ljubljana 2017 By Ramz. Ljubljana 2021. Pisa 2014. Pisa 2014. (Come on! We just crowd to see your badly built tower!) Orvieto 2014. Probably commercial but I found her very artistic too. Or this fellow. Rather forlorn or is it drunk? Škofja Loka 2018.
For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, hosted by Patti at P. A. Moed: Street Art
This day in my blogging history
2015: I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.
—Sam Abell
That cow is so perfect. Beautiful pics.
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Ahh, I’m glad that you point out the cow, Bojana. I wasn’t sure whether to include it or not. Thank you!
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Gut gemacht.
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All good but I especially love the fish & octopus mural and the wooden cow also😎
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Thank you, TAB. 🙂 I’m sure you can imagine how many posts like this I could come up with. Some of these are really the best I saw but some others were just lucky. I’m glad you like the cow. She almost didn’t make it.
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Rome has provided you with some great street art, Manja, and Ljubljana hasn’t done too badly!
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Correct, Sue. I’m spoilt! Thank you!
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😊😊
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Amazing. Jeez, so amazing.
As for that little guy you called forlorn, I’m pretty sure that’s Baby Bear. He was running after Goldilocks, got tired and was just resting when you passed by.
Umm, maybe.
You are so cool, Amiga. Soooo cool. Wow! Thanks for sharing. Amazing.
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Thank you, Selma! I think of these as little miracles too. You never know what will be around the corner.
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Exactly. But you know something WILL BE there. Those miracles! Lovely always. 👏
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So hard to pick a favorite. And is not the laundry/windows street art too? (K)
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Haha, quite, K. I’m glad you spotted it. Thank you!
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I enjoy the street art in Rome. Actually I have not been to Trastavere but would love to explore that part some day. Rome is so big, I can’t justify staying only 3-4 days at a time.
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Correct, Julie. And there is something interesting anywhere you go in Rome. I hope you make it to Trastevere. Thank you!
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Fabulous street art examples Manja, and far too many great ones to choose a favourite. I love how you’ve managed to give us the artists’ names too 🙂 And thank you for the links to other street art bloggers, which I will definitely check out!
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I’m glad to hear this last, Sarah, and that you enjoyed my selection. I got the names where it was relatively easy to find them. Many are still nameless though. Thank you kindly!
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I LOVE street art anywhere and this was so enjoyable to see. I hate when some moron mucks it up with graffiti. So tasteless of them. Great photo shots too.
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Thank you, Marlene! Oh, they have proper wars with this tagging business. It seems that if a piece is really well made, they mostly leave it alone.
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I’m worn out walking up and down all those streets, Manja! Seriously, it’s a wonder you get from one end of the street to the other with all this artwork going on. Incidentally, the Japanese lady share was awesome.
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Oh, Jo, which Japanese lady to you mean? I’m consufed. Thank you. Luckily, these were many different streets. 😀
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Sorry, hon- I meant the one you shared from Scoop. I didn’t know his blog at all.
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Your post is so much fun, Manja! I loved it. You have a great eye for street art.
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Ahh, thank you, Patti. I’m really happy that you think so. 🙂 And thanks again for this theme, I’ll have a look at every single entry most gladly.
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Wonderful, Manja. 😀😀
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Thank you for the shout-out. There are so many wonderful pieces in your post, but for me the stand outs are the wave and My Dog Sighs piece. I envy you seeing that one. I wonder if it is still there.
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Thank you, scooj. I’m surprised that you single out the Wave. I see it every time I go shopping by the lagoon, and am really glad that it’s there. I haven’t been back to Rome in almost two years (except briefly fetching guests). I tried to find online if it was still there but no luck. I suppose yes.
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I like the super hero lady in Diamond + Solo who is shooting lazer beams from her eyes into the car. Also, is there a tiny man tearing the paper of the framed man? The eyes mural I’ve seen multiple times on your blog and it always captivates. I’ll admit my favourites are the real paintings – the women from Sant’Angelo and P P Pasolini. However, those seem like not real street art because they are so close to classic art.
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Ahh, Crystal, why do you feel that classic art cannot be street art? For me this is the best kind of street art, just on the outside. And I see that you agree they are the best. 🙂 Yes, that guy seems to be hanging on a thread from the painting. 😀 Thank you!
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I think some images might be more beautiful on canvas in a museum? And some I think are better on the side of a building. Not that these things can’t cross over, because it’s so cool when they do. It’s just that sometimes I think a piece of art is best displayed outside on a wall. I can’t explain why I get this sense. Some art feels like street art to me.
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Such beautiful images, I am a true fan of the arts (all forms). I love your opening line about “when the streets talk & you knowing the language, fascinating! Thanks for sharing.
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Welcome to my blog, 5thGG! 🙂 I love it when the street talks. Thank you for your comment and for deciding to stick around.
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for sure, happy to support.
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Beautiful collection. That piece by Vera Bugatti is amazing
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Thank you, I. J.! Today it will be included again in my 4th post from Sant’Angelo with its fairy-tale murals.
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Gorgeous, Manja! What a great gallery! I love Vera Bugatti – her faces are always amazing. And BLU. Your eyes I remember (!) and I totally fell for the octopus house in Ljubljana. Just have to see them again…
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Thank you, Leya! I’m glad you enjoyed my selection and remember some from before. Vera Bugatti’s piece will reappear in my today’s post.
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Holy smokes Manja, that’s quite a collection! I loved the earlier buildings, what massive projects those must have been!
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Thank you, Tina. I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
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Thanks for your visual tour, Manja!
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Thank you, Henry. Always welcome. 🙂
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What fun, Manja. I love murals, both an art form and for the way they help revitalize communities. Many good ones, but my favorite was the first. –Curt
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Thank you, Curt! You mean the featured one with sea life or the house with faces?
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Yes. 🙂
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Yes to both? 😀 It was an either/or question. 😉
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Nice! Now you’re only missing a couple of pictures from Lisbon’s street art scene… 🙂 Speaking of which, that first building in Rome painted by Blu seemed familiar and, sure enough, he also painted a mural here (at Fontes Pereira de Melo Avenue). Blu is Italian, right?
– Verne
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Ohh, I’m missing Lisbon and all of Portugal! Once we were close to come there as a family, but my mom is so afraid of flying. I just googled for Blu at Fontes Pereira and colours and shapes are really similar. Yes, Blu is Italian and lives in Bologna. I’d LOVE to search out street art is Lisbon! Thank you, Verne!
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In the meantime I’ll try to find some time to make a post with my photos of Lisbon’s street art! 🙂
– Verne
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Uuu, yes, please! It will be much appreciated.
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