The Italian graffiti artist Blu, one of the world’s most renowned urban artists, has eliminated some of its murals Bologna (North) to protest against the decision to conduct a sample inside a museum with works of street art.
The announcement today anonymous artist himself on its website, which publishes some photographs that you see how some of his colleagues tore their graffiti walls or covered with gray paint.
Thus the urban artist protested against the presence of some of his works in the exhibition “Street Art Banksy & amp;.. Co Art in urban state”, which will remain open from the Friday at the Museum of the History of Bologna.
The group of writers Wu Ming was asked to explain the decision Blu items through a website.
“Whether the works seized in Bologna are two or fifty, if the walls that housed them were hiding behind factories in demolition or in a beautiful neighborhood in the northern outskirts. No matter not even delve into the grotesque paradox of street art in a museum, “he said.
They added that exposure Street Art.Banksy & Co “is the symbol of a conception of the city that must be fought, based on private accumulation and transformation of life and creativity of all the benefit of a few. ”
They point out that the decision to erase his works is because of “not accept the umpteenth subtraction of a collective good public space”.
Blu, which is known his appearance and identity, is a graffiti artist of great international projection and that in 2011 the British newspaper “The Guardian” included among the ten best street artists in the world .
He began his career twenty years ago precisely in Bologna, city with its large murals with a strong character and social demands.
Since then her artistic presence has grown and aerosols have come to cities like Sao Paulo, Managua, London, Prague and Zaragoza in Spain.
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