Tag: Street Art

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Abraham Calero: SOStenible

Abraham Calero: SOStenible

Today, Abraham Calero started his new campaign in the streets of Palma. SOStenible, a play on words for sustainable. And a call for attention aiming for a dialogue about the future of Mallorca. I met Abraham Calero at Bar Rita to discuss his work as a street artist and the concept of SOStenible. „We have to talk about our relationship with tourism,“ Abraham insists, „because Mallorca is much more than tourism.“  His posters visually take on the movement SOS turismo. A cry for help from almost…

Art

Con-temporary art: SOMA

Con-temporary art: SOMA

It shapes streets and squares and has long been more than a subversive part of culture. In a city like Palma street art gives character to entire neighborhoods. One of the early and prominent protagonists here is Marc Peris, aka SOMA. Even the artist’s name is a reference to Jean-Michel Basquiat and his tag SAMO in the New York of the late 70s and early 80s. But street art is not only an expression of its time, it is often also temporary in that the works disappear through the demolition or…