“Street Paintings” Graffiti and Urban Art in Madrid
Tour description
Welcome, travelers! My name is Diana, and I'm a Madrid native who loves painting in all its forms. That's why I want to introduce my "Paintings on the Street" tour , where we 'll see the best graffiti murals , full of history and color.
Learn about the beginnings of graffiti with Jack the Ripper, whose walls were stained with the blood of his victims—the first Polish graffiti artist!
I have chosen a series of works that have their origins in contemporary art : pop art with inspirations from Warhol or Lichtenstein (the comic), Matisse and Fauvism, TVboy (always hidden) and his irony towards current politicians, in a funny and sarcastic way.
Suso 33 and his beginnings in Madrid, Gerada and his portraits of women , and many other works, which also delve into contemporary feminism.
We will also see the wonderful mural works in the Tabacalera space , which will speak for themselves.
Where do we start? The Route
🔸 1 Glorieta de Embajadores. Tobacco factory or old tobacco factory (exterior murals). Origins of graffiti and explanation of the murals.
🔸 2 The beautiful sundial in an old Madrid corrala
🔸 3 Monkey by Okuda and Bordalo “yes, the monkey gentrifies”
🔸 4 large-scale murals in central Madrid. Two main themes: love and still life.
🔸 5 Woman with a Sword and a Heart from “The King of Ruins”
🔸 6 Suso 33 and the beginnings of iconographic graffiti in the 80s.
7 Graffiti and the Importance of the Creative Process: Mina Hamada and Zosen. Neofauvism.
🔸 8 The iconic embrace of Juan Genovés of the two Spains in Antón Martín Square
🔸9 Portrait of a woman by the Cuban artist Gerada where we will see that not everything is what it seems.
🔸10 Mural of languages and multiculturalism in the Lavapiés neighborhood
🔸11 TV Boy and His Nighttime Secrets. (Ayuso and Las Meninas)
THE TOUR ENDS ON MORATIN STREET, in the Las Letras neighborhood.
FREE TOUR MEANS FREE PAY TOUR, THEY ARE NOT FREE TOURS AS SUCH.
, SO WE GURUS ARE NOT CONTRACTED BY GURUWALK. THE COMPANY PROPOSES US, AND WE PAY TO BE PRESENT AT GURUWALK. HELP US WITH YOUR CONTRIBUTION, STARTING AT 10 euros per person.
PLEASE CANCEL ONE DAY IN ADVANCE IF YOU CANNOT MEET THE TOUR, OTHERWISE I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU IN VALID.
MINIMUM ATTENDEES: 5
BIZUM PAYMENT OR CASH ACCEPTED.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU THE BEST OF MADRID'S URBAN ART !
What will we see on this tour?
