Tag: Jardins de les Tres Xemeneies

1449. Jardins de les Tres Xemeneies, Barcelona (3)

Just about everything I know about this wonderful artist, Oreo, I have found out from the excellent No Grey Walls blog, written by Lewis Duncan, who was pivotal in directing me to some great legal walls in Barcelona for my trip there just before Easter.

Oreo, Jardins de les Tres Xemeneies, Barcelona, March 2018
Oreo, Jardins de les Tres Xemeneies, Barcelona, March 2018

The artist of this bear character is French artist Oreo (also painting under the names of Zack aka the scientist and Badassbearz). His works, which are instantly recognisble, appear all over Barcelona, and I managed to bag a few during my stay of which this was the first. In this piece Oreo presents us with the good and the bad bear and cleverly uses the box in the middle of the wall to separate out the two sides. Nice crisp work.

1405. Jardins de les Tres Xemeneies, Barcelona (2)

Once again I find myself in unfamiliar territory presenting a beautiful collaboration in Barcelona without knowing a single thing about it. Writing about street art away from home is a challenging enterprise and one that requires research time that I have difficulty freeing up. I seem to be much happier improvising my copy when writing about Bristol street art. What I am clumsily saying is that I am way out of my comfort zone with this one.

Bumble and Worm, Jardins de les Tres Xemeneies, Barcelona, March 2018
Bumble and Worm, Jardins de les Tres Xemeneies, Barcelona, March 2018

Firstly I goofed taking pictures of this collaboration between ‘Bumble and Worm’ and Meisone – I don’t have an image with both of the fish side by side. My bad.

The fish on the left is by Bumble and Worm who are Sarah Charlotte Watson and and David Goode Hill, who I think are a couple and collaborate as B&W. They are from Mallorca, although they sound like expats to me.

Meisone, Jardins de les Tres Xemeneies, Barcelona, March 2018
Meisone, Jardins de les Tres Xemeneies, Barcelona, March 2018

The fish on the right is by Meisone, a Chilean artist living in Barcelona. Regular readers will know that I am particularly partial to fish street art, tapping into my marine biologist roots, and this collaboration ticks all my boxes.