In many cities, ugly scribbles of graffiti are a sign of decay and neglect. This isn’t true in Bogota, where dozens of colorful “street artists” are repainting the city in creative ways:
The street artists of Bogota all have serious day jobs. They are college professors, graphic designers and authors. They don’t alway work under the cover of night- many have permission by the owners to use a building as their canvas. Some of their designs are political, some are funny and some are just beautiful:
Many of the graffiti artists in Bogota are well known for their distinct style and subject matter, such as Pez, who always paints big smiling bird-type creatures:
My favorite:
If you are in Bogota and want to learn more about the rich street art culture, I recommend the Bogota Graffiti Tour, which is in English and run on donations. It’s the best way to truly delve into the art which makes the city so pretty.
WOW, these are amazing Steph! I adore street art, but there’s far too little (in fact I can’t recall any…) in my city here in South Korea!
I think I like the first one (love that hummingbird), and the one you posted by Pez with the grinning bird-fish (?) thing. The girl (maybe native Colombian? unsure) with the earrings is beautiful, too.
Bird-fish sounds about right. The girl doesn’t quite look native Colombian to me, I think probably african?
Reason enough to visit Bogota. Maybe I shouldn’t have skipped the capital in my 4+ weeks in the country.
It seems like Bogota gets a bad rap with backpackers but I for one really enjoyed it!
Wow! This is seriously an amazing ad campaign for Bogota! If I ever go I’m signing up for that tour the first day.
It was a long tour, but worth it to see all the art!
This is seriously awesome. I think I just added Bogota to my travel list 😉
Wow, awesome! The colors are so bright! I could stare at art like this all day.
Yeah it’s awesome to see it while walking around town.
Gorgeous! Such great colors, thanks for sharing.
I’m a fan of the one with the tv for a head. Surrealism FTW.
Yeah, love the social commentary in there.
Great street art! Thanks for the post!
This is absolutely gorgeous. I love to see street art that has a harmonious relationship with the community 🙂
Yeah, there’s something really feel-good about it.
I liked Bogota a lot and street art, especially like this, is always so interesting. The colors are bold and I also especially like the last one as well 🙂
It really brightens up an otherwise very urban space!