Wall Art by gardencat

Wall Art

A section of a much larger tiled wall I came across in Lisbon. While most wall art I see on the streets around here is done with spray paint, I noticed while travelling in Lisbon that they had a number of outdoor walls that had huge mosaics done in brightly coloured tile. I'm not sure who does these or how they are assembled but they do make eye catching street features. I took this small section of one of them and added the frame in pp.

ETA: posting this here prompted me to do some more research about these tiled walls and I thought I'd share this here incase anyone is interested.
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20140515-the-story-behind-lisbons-beauty
that looks attractive - interesting mural
March 8th, 2019  
It's certainly eye-catching and I love the blue. 'Paroles' catches my eye. I have this and 2 other volumes by Jacques Prévert which I acquired in my teens and still love to dip into.
March 8th, 2019  
Beautiful mural!
March 8th, 2019  
@quietpurplehaze Have the poems been translated or do you read them in French? Sometimes I think poetry more than prose loses much in translation .
March 8th, 2019  
@gardencat

In French. I wonder who contributed this part of the wall art. I did visit your link but no clues there. The only time I would read anything in translation is if I did not know the source language e.g. I recently read The 16 trees of the Somme by Lars Mytting - I recommend it!
March 8th, 2019  
@quietpurplehaze It was a much longer wall and there were visual references all through it. We had a guide with us that day and he did point out a number of things in the image that related to the artist, or historical events, but it was at the end of a long day and mostly things I knew nothing about to start with and so, by the time I got home 4 weeks later, they had all flown out of my mind. Even that little note in the bottom corner about Andre and 60.60 was a reference to some specific thing I believe.
March 8th, 2019  
Creative the way you've framed this image. Had you not mentioned your editing I would've believed it to have been framed when you photographed it! Tile art would have to involve a lot of time, I would think.

Thanks for the complimentary comment share on my Dove for D photo the other day. Sweet of you to visit.
March 9th, 2019  
Looks like a framed print so interesting editting
March 9th, 2019  
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