Bangalore’s city walls are filled with murals. How come? Well, in 2010 the BBMP, the local government started a project to paint the city walls. They hired about 100 local artists to paint scenes, like historical sites, daily life scenes, animals, nature and much more. Why? Well, according to the BBMP their first aim was […]
Mughal murals in Udaipur
Walking through the streets of Udaipur you will see that many walls of houses, temples and palaces, are decorated with Mughal-style murals. Often around doorposts, depicting elephants, men on horses, maharaja’s, the mustached sungod and elegant ladies. Here are some examples: So although I did not have any success in my quest for contemporary, street art murals during […]
Pune, India, part 6
You have seen the hotel from the inside, I have shown you the views from the terrace over the river and the city, now let’s go for a walk. When we exit the hotel, we see right away some nice murals. They are placed on the walls of the hotel’s Kue Bar. As you may […]
Mumbai, India.
Some weeks ago I left Holland (again) for Singapore for some months. Fortunately I was able to meet up with most of my friends there AND catch some events as well, cause already soon we left for Mumbai, India, where we are now. For me it is my first visit to India and I […]
Murals in Singapore, part II
In september I wrote a blogpost about murals in Singapore. Two areas that I mentioned were Haji Lane, especially Piedra Negra, and youth park Scape. The walls of restaurant Piedra Negra have gotten even more covered with murals, since the moment that I wrote my post. Fantastic! Very colorfull and a real work of art. During constructionworks […]
Manila part 10: murals in Intramuros
Unexpectedly I ran into another spot with murals and graffity. A skater’s place in Intramuros. I had read that there was some street art in Intramuros, the historic walled part of Manila. But since I had no idea where exactly I did not expect to find it. Walking through this area though, we suddenly saw […]
Manila part 6: Manila Murals
Being a huge lover of street art and murals I was hoping to find some of that in Manila. But that was not all that simple. The city is huge, with 12 million people. And it does not really come across as a safe city to wander and explore freely. Driving around in taxis and […]
Piedra Negra
Walking through Haji Lane, Arab Street, etc. I came across a Mexican restaurant, named Piedra Negra. Black stone. I had not seen it be4 and it turned out to be new and exploited by the same owners from the BluJaz-cafe around the corner. (Also a very nice place, by the way…) Anyway, I […]