Tag: Oreo

1450. Jardins de Walter Benjamin (1)

Hot on the heels of my last post which featured a piece by Oreo, I found this one about half an hour later on another legal wall not far from Jardins de les Tres Xemeneies. At this spot, most of the work is by graffiti writers, occasionally punctuated by street art pieces like this one.

Oreo, Jardins de Walter Benjamin, Barcelona, March 2018
Oreo, Jardins de Walter Benjamin, Barcelona, March 2018

I love this. Mickey mouse with a badass bear head and a spray can at the ready and of course a halo to cap off the character. The piece keys in nicely with the writing to the right of it, and I wonder if they were sprayed at the same time. If not, then the two pieces have been cleverly integrated. More from this spot to come in due course.

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.