Berlin street art

The first thing that catches the eyes of a man, was the first time in Berlin, it is a huge amount of graffiti on the walls. The city izrisoval almost all available surfaces. There are different types of graffiti: from vandalism to a dull game rune, commercial works or works of art. On cleaning the city from vandalnyh graffiti Berlin spends about 30 million euros per year.





Annoying all the theme of the Berlin Wall, which is a pleasure to consume Western tourists. For them this issue, especially the fall of the Wall, which for us - memorials to Soviet soldiers.



It is a work in Kreuzberg. Next - the world's best nightclubs.





This is also a graffiti in Kreuzberg, if I am not mistaken, the work has been performed for several nights, and in the morning every night it was a finished product. Then the next night completely redrawn. I interpret the story as follows: modern attributes of success, as the tie and the clock does not make a person free, we still shackled, at least at times and gold chains.





This commercial graffiti. Rather, it is an attempt to decorate the facade to avoid being zabombit vandalnymi random drawings.



"The border is not between the top and bottom, and between you and me." This updated graffiti renovated facade. The original was: "The border is not between nations, but between top and bottom».



The n% zdu "Mediashpree." Mediaspree - megainvestitsionny project for building the embankment of the river Spree business centers and expensive nedvizhki, which will have to press the cozy informal pomoechki, who are now on the banks of the river. Population against the building, sometimes happen protests, clashes with the police, and so on.



Dozens of abandoned bridges Yorkshtrasse that are mentioned almost Nabokov. The inscription states that "We do not want a piece of the pie, we need all the bakery!».





Blue baby by Wolfgang Auer.



This picture on the wall squat Bethanien (Bethany) in the building of the former hospital. Kreuzberg.









It is the gateway to the legendary squat "Cap". LEGENDARY that effectively fights for its existence, not the first year, and while the success on his side.













The popularity of graffiti in Berlin, its economic collapse by two factors: a lot of destroyed buildings formed the side facades, which are attractive to artists and that Berlin - city of artists. Why is the city of artists, and not, for example, financiers and successful entreprenerov - can be found on the tour :)



Club "Cassiopeia" - there is a rock for climbers, district Warschauer Strasse, a very popular like this place. Apart from the club immediately next to an abandoned part of the repair depot, where writers are trained.



Many of the "street" artists are doing during work hours for magazines, for example, XOOOX. Game Runes is when the team of writers compete to see who is steeper in terms of recognition "zabombit" city their creations. Listed inaccessibility surface. For example, paint on the facade of an abandoned building - easily, and on the facade of an apartment - more complex and dangerous. Paint the train with banana - is especially difficult and dangerous, but it is generally a separate category frostbitten artists.







For example, here fresh picture, but it is updated fairly regularly. Generally - graffiti short-lived. Berlin because of the activity of the artist is constantly transformed for pictures in popular places such as the courtyard, or in Schwarzenberg Tacheles, changing on average once a year.





And of course, covered with thick layers of paint Berlin squats. If you are digging, you can find something interesting.



Graffiti through a stencil. There are also in the form of paper applications, from balonchika paint, brush. Stencil and paper applications - the fastest: all the ingredients are cooked at home, and then in the night - Whack, and had to shift until the tenants cause police.







The remaining sections of the Berlin Wall also gave artists. Unfortunately, there is almost no interesting. Mark can only famous work Dmitry Vrubel - "Lord! Help me to survive this mortal love ", also called" Brotherly Kiss "depicting the kiss CPSU General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and head of East Germany Erich Honecker. One of the most famous graffiti world.





All the walls are plastered and painted in the works of the residents.















Since it is believed that today Berlin - the most attractive city in Germany to invest in real estate, the "free" surface every year it becomes less and less.

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