A Gallery of Peruvian Street Art

Indigo Arts has moved upstairs to a space on the fourth floor of the Crane Building.  I am still arranging things up here but I am open on a "by appointment or by chance" basis.  I am usually in the building from Wednesday through Saturday from 12 to 6, but it is definitely best to phone or email first. Meanwhile, the Indigo Arts online gallery is operating as usual.  
Please feel free to contact me with any questions in the mean time.
Tony

18 Jun 2016

A Gallery of Peruvian Street Art

by AFisher
Mural by Jade Rivera in Barranco.
Mural by Jade Rivera in Barranco.

I am always intrigued by the street art I find when I travel, whether signage graphics, informal grafitti or intentional and officially sanctioned murals.  On my trip to Peru in April I had been tipped off by my friend Scott Rothstein, so I was particularly interested to see what I would find.  A selection of what I found follows.  

You can see some of what Scott found at Art Found Out, including pieces on Jade Rivera and Elliott Tupac.

All photos copyright Anthony H. Fisher, 2016.

 

This man was stretched out on a second floor wall in downtown Lima.
This man was stretched out on a second floor wall in downtown Lima.
A kind of grafitti pretty familiar in US cities, in Lima Centro.
A kind of grafitti pretty familiar in US cities, in Lima Centro.
Gato Azul in Barranco neighborhood of Lima.
Gato Azul in Barranco neighborhood of Lima.
Graffiti inBarranco.
Graffiti inBarranco.
Two graphic styles of street art and a street person in Barranco.
Two graphic styles of street art and a street person in Barranco.
I'm never a big fan of clowns, but this one had reason to be unhappy with the dreary spot he was wedged into.
I'm never a big fan of clowns, but this one had reason to be unhappy with the dreary spot he was wedged into.
Blue feline in Barranco
Blue feline in Barranco
Boom box man in Barranco.
Boom box man in Barranco.
Someone had just pissed here.
Someone had just pissed here.
Political Consciousness of an earlier era is fading but still readable on this building in Barranco.
Political Consciousness of an earlier era is fading but still readable on this building in Barranco.
"Con Solidaridad Hacemos Barrio".
"Con Solidaridad Hacemos Barrio".
"Pan y Belleza" - "Bread and Beauty"
"Pan y Belleza" - "Bread and Beauty"
Peru was between the Presidential election and a runoff election when I was there, so a lot of graphics competing with the graffiti - Lima.
Peru was between the Presidential election and a runoff election when I was there, so a lot of graphics competing with the graffiti - Lima.
and in the countryside - Sacred Valley.
and in the countryside - Sacred Valley.
In this neighborhood near Claudio Jimenez's studio the dayglo lettering of the music posters blotted out even the political advertisements.
In this neighborhood near Claudio Jimenez's studio the dayglo lettering of the music posters blotted out even the political advertisements.
In Barranco in particular, the artists seem more ambitious - three figures by Jimbo-Nemo,
In Barranco in particular, the artists seem more ambitious - three figures by Jimbo-Nemo,
including a cat and a man in a chullo hat.
including a cat and a man in a chullo hat.
Prehistoric mohawk on a tricycle?
Prehistoric mohawk on a tricycle?
Jaguar...
Jaguar...
boy with a lollipop,
boy with a lollipop,
and the dynamic duo.
and the dynamic duo.
I had a feeling I should know who these psychedelically rendered spirits were.
I had a feeling I should know who these psychedelically rendered spirits were.
Somewhere between undersea and outer space.
Somewhere between undersea and outer space.
A wall of faces in Barranco.
A wall of faces in Barranco...
He
He
and she.
and she.
Mural by Jade Rivera dramatically situated on a stairway into the barranco of the Barranco neighborhood.
Mural by Jade Rivera dramatically situated on a stairway into the barranco of the Barranco neighborhood.
"Mi primer amor tenia doce anos..." - Jade Rivera.
"Mi primer amor tenia doce anos..." - Jade Rivera.
Mural by Jade Rivera in Barranco.
Mural by Jade Rivera in Barranco.