{"id":61461,"date":"2016-02-02T16:52:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T15:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=61461"},"modified":"2019-12-09T12:19:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T11:19:52","slug":"barcelonas-street-art-royalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelonas-street-art-royalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona\u2019s Street Art Royalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As it happens in almost any large city in the world, Barcelona\u2019s walls have been marked by the work of <strong>street artists<\/strong>. Most of the works don\u2019t mean anything to the passersby, but if you take the time to hear the story behind some of the pieces, you can actually discover the art in them. I recently went on a tour of El Born and the Gothic quarter with someone who knows the story and the names behind the works. During the tour I had the opportunity to learn a lot about the street art culture of Barcelona, and see works I had walked by dozens of times, looking around me but not <em>seeing<\/em>. To share with you a little bit of what I learned, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ShBarcelona<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s next article has the names of some of the main street artists of Barcelona, or how I like to call them, <strong>Barcelona\u2019s Street Art Royalty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/graffiti-tour\/\">Take a Graffiti Tour of Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61464\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pez_graffiti_Barcelona.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61464\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61464\" class=\"wp-image-61464 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pez_graffiti_Barcelona-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"street art barcelona\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelonas-street-art-royalty\/#El_Pez\" title=\"El Pez\">El Pez<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelonas-street-art-royalty\/#Vegan_Bunnies\" title=\"Vegan Bunnies\">Vegan Bunnies<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelonas-street-art-royalty\/#Francisco_de_Pajaro\" title=\"Francisco de P\u00e1jaro\">Francisco de P\u00e1jaro<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"El_Pez\"><\/span>El Pez<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Did you ever stumble into a one-eyed fish smiling at you? \u00a0Chances are you were looking at an <strong>El Pez<\/strong> original. The artist\u2019s work started appearing in Barcelona towards the end of the 90\u2019s, a happy-looking fish created to make people feel good and smile.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vegan_Bunnies\"><\/span>Vegan Bunnies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Vegan-Bunnies-145030702210960\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Vegan Bunnies<\/a>\u2019<\/strong> works are usually easy to identify because they almost always feature\u2026 you guessed it, bunnies! The female <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/art-galleries-sarria-sant-gervasi\/\"><strong>artist<\/strong><\/a> responsible for <strong>Vegan Bunnies<\/strong> has created her bunny character as a fluffy, kind creature, but also kind of a bad-ass rebel. With her work, the artist wants to send an antifascist, anti-sexist, anti-discriminatory message.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/bamboo-bike-tours\/\">Bamboo Bike Tours<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Francisco_de_Pajaro\"><\/span>Francisco de P\u00e1jaro<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_61463\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/c7fccef8a5b036e53357221a7520511b.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61463\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61463\" class=\"wp-image-61463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/c7fccef8a5b036e53357221a7520511b.jpg\" alt=\"street art barcelona\" width=\"202\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/artistrash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Francisco de P\u00e1jaro<\/strong><\/a> may be one of the biggest cases of success in Barcelona\u2019s street <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/art-galleries-free\/\"><strong>art<\/strong><\/a> history. Stories about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/art-sant-marti\/\"><strong>artist<\/strong><\/a> say that he tried to have his work presented in a variety of galleries in Barcelona but was rejected. Fed up, de P\u00e1jaro created his own revolution. He started using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/recycling\/\"><strong>garbage<\/strong><\/a>, tossed pieces of wood and anything else he could find on the streets to create art that would stay there, on the street, for everyone to see. And that is how <strong>Art is trash<\/strong> was born. His works started calling the attention of people on the street, including one of the gallery owners who had previously denied de P\u00e1jaro the opportunity of showing in his venue, and what de P\u00e1jaro thought was the end, actually became the pivotal point in his career. Today <strong>Francisco de P\u00e0jaro<\/strong>\u2019s work is internationally famous.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Where have you seen the best street art in Barcelona?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"61461\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate us!<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As it happens in almost any large city in the world, Barcelona\u2019s walls have been marked by the work of street artists. 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