bogota street art

May 31, 2004 1:55 AM

Popular De Lujo: A portrait of a city (Bogota, Colombia) through its folk art and street graphics. "Some sections of this site are not translated in order to keep the original and true sense of local idiomatic expressions which have no precise equivalent in other languages. However, you will realize that the graphic language is so rich in shapes and colours, that it speaks for itself."
posted by vacapinta (10 comments total)

That's really cool. Thank you vacapinta.
posted by nomis at 2:12 AM on May 31, 2004

who knew polvo could do so much when it was legítima?

Tejo!
posted by andrew cooke at 4:52 AM on May 31, 2004

I am very enamoured of El burrito burlón. I can't stop looking at it - I think I had almost the same poster when I was a kid. My mother bought it for a game of pin the tail on the donkey for my birthday party, but I wouldn't let anyone put holes in it because the donkey was too cute.

Here's a nice clip which features some of the art featured on the site. This is lovely - thanks, vacapinta.
posted by iconomy at 5:47 AM on May 31, 2004

wonderful! : >
posted by amberglow at 6:11 AM on May 31, 2004

proper!
posted by Pretty_Generic at 6:14 AM on May 31, 2004

That's very cool, thanks!
posted by carter at 9:38 AM on May 31, 2004

It's a long shot, I suppose, but does anybody know what that song is in the video iconomy linked?
posted by arto at 8:43 PM on May 31, 2004

Wonderful link, vacapinta, thanks. I love the conjuros section...also, some of these wonderful how-to and educational pamphlets.
posted by madamjujujive at 8:49 PM on May 31, 2004

arto, from the credits on the bottom of the video page:

Música: Bola de Fuego + Julio Montaño “El Original”
posted by madamjujujive at 8:56 PM on May 31, 2004

Why did it take so long for me to check out this link? What a neat website.
posted by furiousthought at 7:54 AM on June 1, 2004