![]() Monky embraced the bright colors from textiles of the indigenous people of the Huancayo region, mimicking brightly colored embroideries with his signature fluorescent pigments. Though it’s widely debated who should be given credit for creating what is now consider chicha art, it’s agreed that in the 1980s it was chicha art pioneer Pedro “Monky” Rojas Mesa who provided the characteristic day-glow palette and playfully rounded letterforms. Artists reacted by producing even larger and colorful eye-catching posters that would, in turn, give Lima’s grey streets their iconic, chromatic identity.Īmapolay (Fernando Castro & Carol Fernandez) The first chicha artists Local artists began the nightly ritual of pasting screen-printed flyers throughout Lima’s streets, which were often removed by city workers at dawn. Along with the explosion of this genre came the need for advertising performances. By the 1980s it was the most widely played style of music on Peru’s radio waves. The resulting fusion is what became known as the chicha style of music, pioneered by bands like Alegria, Los Shapis and Chacalón. It became clear that the cultural clash would redefine Lima’s music scene, with migrants introducing Limeños (residents of Lima) to native Huayno music, while they themselves incorporated newly accessible electric guitars. In the 1960s and 1970s, the influx of migrants entering Lima from Andean and Amazonian regions attempted to carve a place for themselves within the city’s cultural landscape, which was seemingly influenced by Europe and the United States. A larger mural had never been created in Switzerland before.Amapolay (Fernando Castro & Carol Fernandez) Not to mention the Bell site, which has been home to Basel’s largest street art installation since August 2020: Over 30 artists from near and far created a wall of 1700 m2 at the Change of Colours event. ![]() Jakob-Park stadium), near the Sommercasino, as well as at the harbour. ![]() You can admire particularly beautiful graffiti and murals along the tracks between the Swiss SBB railway station and the Schwarzwaldbrücke bridge, around the Schänzli (near the St. Invader, The London Police, Espo, Tarek Abu Hageb, Tika, Mr Cenz, Bane, Chromeo, Bustart – all of them and many more have chosen to make Basel facades their canvas. International street art stars are invited to urban art festivals and parallel events of Art Basel to decorate the city with their works of art. Urban art has established itself as a recognized art movement in its own right, and street artists are legally allowed to express themselves in various locations around the city. By the 1980s, the city had already become a graffiti hotspot in Switzerland. ![]() Urban art has become an integral part of the art scene in recent years and is now an indispensable element of urban tourism in major cultural metropolitan centres. National and international artists are also constantly creating new, colourful artworks on the outskirts of the city. Walking around Basel and letting your eyes wander to the right and left (and sometimes upwards) from time to time, you will be rewarded: you will discover impressive street art and graffiti everywhere in the city centre.
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