Hello everyone!
It's been a long time since I shared some urban art in this community #StreetArt hosted by @digi-me but this week I would like to join one more time this contest, CCC's Street Art Contest #243 And I thank also @heroldius for the support to this community and hivers.
And this time we return to the Spanish city of Valencia, specifically to the El Pilar neighborhood, right in the center, in the old part of the city, where we can get lost among many small alleys while admiring classic facades from another era, as well as modern designs that decorate some abandoned walls, giving this area a fun, very unexpected touch of color.
Looking at this mural, we realize that the protagonist is a grandma, and the affectionate word that Valencian grandchildren use to call her is "yaya", and next to her, near her hair, we can read it... I think it's clearly a tribute to everyone's "yayas", or grandmas, or perhaps to the artist's grandmother. A heartwarming theme.
If we look closely, other details emerge:
The grandmother is probably knitting, doing something with her hands, as many people remember their grandmothers. And at the bottom, among the flowers, there's a photo, as if it were an old one, a reminder of the past. As we scroll up, other photos appear (those automatic Polaroid shots) with more characters, all with a format or aesthetic that reminds us of other murals we've seen elsewhere.
Because the work is by Barbi (we seen the name also painted at the bottom left). An artist well known in this sector for the quality and unique and personal style of designing figures, like some kind of pink rabbits.
And we continue looking, there is a lot of color and joy, because around the main figure there are many more characters, she appears again in that format, top right, and on the other side, there seem to be many happy grandchildren, and one calls her: Ya-ya! (Grand-ma!).
And I'd add that it's located on a street that leads to a square, but you have to look out for it, and then you discover the artwork because it clearly stands out among the pastel-colored buildings around it. Thus, the classic architecture of narrow, historic streets now coexists with modern, colorful designs that, in this case, evoke that family past that also belongs to those who lived there...
Thanks for reading! Have a nice and great day.
Valencia, Spain🇪🇸❤️Europe
The text is totally mine and the photos too, by ©Duvinca -NO AI-
