Stencil Art invades the streets of Buenos Aires (40 images)

View: 250 | All
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • translation: "REVOLUTION IS A STEREO DREAM"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "NO MORE MURDERS FOR THINKING"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "NEVER AGAIN: CORRUPTED PRESS, KILLED STUDENTS, ARMY, CRIMINAL STATE, KILLING FREEDOM, EXILE, BANNED FILMS, KIDNAPPING, GUNS, TORTURE, WARS, BANNED BOOKS, DEATH PENALTY, MURDERED FOR THINKING"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "DARE TO HUG" and "MATILDA CULTIVATES"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "STENCIL - ME"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "IS COMING BACK"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "DO NOT REPLY IDEAS, THINK FOR YOUR SELF"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "GET YOUR IMAGINATION BACK"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "MAY YOUR TRIP BE LONG"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "MASSACRE IN MANHATTAN"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation (Left): "THE DEBT IS OF THE STATE AND THE PEOPLE PAY FOR IT" (Right): "TODAY'S EXCLUDED ARE THE MISSING OF YESTERDAY" (Concerning the commemoration of the 30 years of the "coupe d'etat" and the following bloody dictatorship)<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "TA-TE-TI DEATH FOR YOU" (L) "A FEW STUPIDITIES WRITTEN IN FRENCH "(R)<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: (above) "ARE YOU THE PLAYER OR THE PIECE" (below) "TO BE FREAK IS COOL"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "ARE YOU THE PLAYER OR THE PIECE"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "WAKE UP"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "I DO NOT HAVE "<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "DARE TO HUG "<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "30 YEARS WITHOUT FORGIVENESS" (Concerning the commemoration the 30th anniversary of the "coupe d'etat" and the following bloody dictatorship)<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation "WE DO NOT WANT BANK HOLIDAYS, WE WANT TO ABOLISH THE STATE "<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "WE ARE WHAT WE EAT"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "IT IS FORBIDDEN TO FORGET " (Concerning the commemoration of the 30 years of the "coupe d'etat" and the following bloody dictatorship)<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "THIS IS NOT ART "<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "MY MOTHER IN LAW"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "THE STREETS ARE OURS"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "AND WHAT IF EVERYBODY USES COLGATE"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

  • Translation: "GUYS: THE STENCIL IS OVER"<br /> <br /> Buenos Aires, Argentina March 2006<br /> Protest, resistance and memory: The Stencil images in Buenos Aires. <br /> The stencil art takes the streets of the Argentinian capital. Urban artists bomb in silence the city with messages that combine political and social content, imagination and irony.<br /> Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti

Protest, resistance and memory: stencil art in Buenos Aires

It can be found imprinted on a dilapidated wall in the old neighbourhood of San Telmo, or on a concrete pillar supporting one of the motorways leaving Buenos Aires. Likewise, it can be found in the plaza de Mayo, the political heart of the city, or on Corrientes, the avenue that never sleeps and is famous for its theatres, cinemas and cafés. It portrays Bush emerging from a lavatory bowl, military personnel from...
more »
Batch Download
Slideshow
View: 250 | All