El Nino de la pinturas de Granada Television

I currently live in the midwest, and it is cold right now. So cold, paint won't even stick to the walls. If paint wont stick on the walls, then I ain't going to go out and look for it (the high temp last friday was like 5 degrees). So, here is a little television to make you more informed on El Nino of Granada Spain. Granada was one of the best Spanish towns for paint and graffiti. Below are some youtube videos and links to this wonderful town's artwork, and some back ground on El Nino (I have personally seen his work, or at least his apprentices work, and it is amazing).

Also note, if you are ever is Southern Spain, make sure you go here. If you don't go anywhere else in the south of Spain, go here (yeah, you can by-pass Sevilla, Grananda has a beauty unseen). The cross culture mixing of Western and Moorish society is evident in the food, the people, and even the paint of this town.

This guy, Henry Barfoot-Saunt, wrote a dissertation and made a film/slide show/reading of it.

Hi, my name is . . .

Madrid Tags

Madrid was splendid, the paint on the streets rivaled the paint in the museums.

Tags (aka Sex and Graffity)

and no hatin on the spelling of the "g" word, trying to spell messed up English words in a language that makes sense is just not fair.

Odd paint in Sevilla

Uhh, either the heat or the fumes are starting to get to people's heads.

Guns

You have to have a gun to steal some cold in Sevilla in the summer . . .

Painters

Summer in Sevilla (really sucks)

Yeah, it is hot. When it is 95 degrees outside in May and people are wearing jackets, I knew I was in trouble. At least paint fumes keep you delusional.

May in Sevilla

Here are some random fun paint I have seen. The heat of the desert is starting to kick in . . .

Vitoria- Tags

Vitoria- Mural

and they have a hot art museum here, if you are around Bilbao in the north of Spain, take a bus here, it was a wonderful city.

Random Paint in Comillas

Under the bridge

This huge mural was another new addition to the spring eye candy along the Rio in Sevilla. The area is under construction and I had to hop a fence and navigate some busted concrete to reach it, but it was well worth the journey.

Tags of Spring, Sevilla- April 2008

Outdoor canvas tends to be a temporary medium, with a piece having to withstand the blazing Spanish heat (and it is horrible), rain, drunk teenage kids with spray paint, constructions, and many other hazards which lead to the disappearance of pieces. Ahh, but with the coming of heat also comes a rebirth, with new pieces appearing every day.