After our regular classes ended at 14:30 today we were taken on small buses to various parts of the city to view graffiti in the city. In Buenos Aires there is a rich history with graffiti and it has been used as means of political protest, as an underground form of communication and to find missing people believed to be killed by historical dictatorships. These pictures are taken in the Palermo district where I live and some of these artists are well known and charge a lot of money for their work, but believe this is a way for them to give back to the community. It is still technically illegal here, but many times the artist obtains permission from the property owner or these are done on public buildings where permission was granted in the past and the newer artists just use that as blanket permission to paint. Also, some political parties - including the one in power now - will actually pay groups of people to perform graffiti with political slogans.
It should be noted that the Palermo district is quite large and split into several factions and these pictures were taken in Palermo SOHO and what is now being referred to as Palermo Queens. I guess the developers in these areas try are familiar with the geography of Los Angeles and New York.
The photographs:
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