How are all you street art lovers doing?
This week, I will give a brief summary of what has been done so far this month and some graffiti done a few years ago. We will take a look at my career in the world of underground graffiti.
In that first image, you can see that there are four different graffiti pieces, but they still form my name in graffiti, my tag.
In this next image, we can see that my graffiti has also gone quite far, as there are different urban art and street culture websites that have supported my movement both in Venezuela and in other countries. I have American friends who know my work, and friends who have invited me to Mexico to paint, as well as Spain and Colombia. I have goals to travel outside of Venezuela, and it's incredible how urban art, specifically graffiti, gives me a brotherhood and provides us with a family outside of our social circle and everything connected to art.
Just like this, there are different pages and groups that have recognized and supported my career in the world of graffiti, representing my small town and, above all, this world of street art. I know that it is our community where we can see different artists of different kinds: digital artists, artists specializing in realism, others in illustration, some who like geometric art, which is very significant on many occasions, some who like impressionism. There are so many different styles and techniques in which we can apply this, however it is a pleasure and a joy to know that I can also be part of this great community, with so many talented artists. I know that graffiti is something separate, and many of us have that internal debate about whether graffiti is art or simply vandalism. And yes, I recognize that for the most part, or at its core, graffiti has been a form of protest and dissent against a system. However, I can recognize that many of these things have not changed, and that today we can find incredible works of moralistic art developed in this urban style.
As you can see, several years ago we also tried to make some murals on our own. This one was done on the corner of a kiosk that has no function since it is completely sealed, meaning that it is an uninhabited place, although we can see that it would be a suitable place to have some kind of store or warehouse. Above all, after that intervention work, we drew an iconic character from Venezuela, Mr. Simón Díaz. This was done in the company of... by a friend named Esencia, who has an account on Hive but still uses it very little. The reasons why he doesn't talk much about the platform are beyond my knowledge, but I am here to try to motivate everyone to be part of this great family, to support each other, and to grow as artists, as developers, and as people who can inspire others out there.
In this screenshot, we can see that I have been doing graffiti for over 11 years, as the one in the image is from 11 years ago on Avenida Plenado, next to a political image that referred to the Bolivarian National Guard. This is why I emphasized the issue earlier, where graffiti was not so much atheism as vandalism and discontent with a system. But due to many situations and crises that Venezuela has gone through, where slavery and repression have become rampant, meaning that many people here are afraid of the laws, the government, and what might happen if they are not in favor of this regime's governmental system. But we are not here to talk about that kind of thing. We are here to talk about graffiti art, and my art is to represent this culture yesterday, today, tomorrow, and always.
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