Sincere is the word that comes to mind when I try to summarize the amazingly original, unpretentious, yet unapologetic street art of Montevideo. I haven’t stumbled across a city with a panorama like this one, at times rooted in the afro-uruguay candombe musical culture, at times comical, at others times political, then purely poetic. The small and pleasant city made it a joy to wander around and discover its walls:
[…] a tight circle to recite the Koran. The walls of the old city were littered with graffiti and many hauntingly beautiful street paintings. Surprisingly and completely unlike my home of Rio de Janeiro, however, what I had perceived as a […]
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[…] and cranky man was found on the street in Montevideo, Uruguay. Amazed by the city’s street art, I had been hunting it through the streets of the city when I was struck by a billboard plastered with the message Nadie en el mundo es […]
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