By Bruno Zanzotterap a r a l l e l o z e r o

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Graffiti by Lucy Mclauchanon an abandoned building

in Rua Martens Ferrão

Lisbon is becoming one of the most popular cities for young graffiti writers with wide spaces dedicated to these artists where they can express their creativity. Tourists and Lisbon residents who take the Gloria funicular, connecting the lower part of the city to Bairro Alto, pass by the Galeria de Arte Urbana where large panels are periodically renovated by graffiti artists, as of they were theatre sets. The Crono project has commissioned various artists to paint façades of abandoned buildings with huge graffiti, including the six floors of a new parking garage in the city centre, which has been painted by young graffiti writers, such as the Angolan artist Nomen or the ARM artist collective. Finally, the photographer Camilla Watson has taken pictures of people living in the popular neighbourhood of Mouraria and now her photos are exhibited on the walls of these people’s houses.

Graffiti artists painting in theGaleria de Arte Urbana along

the Gloria funicular

A resident of the African Bairro Cova da Mouranext to a mural portraying Tupac Shakur, a

famous US Hip Hop artist killed in Las Vegas

Graffiti paintings by the Angolan artist Nomen, bornin 1974, mixing calligraphy and hyperrealism in the

Chão do Loureiro parking garage in the Mourarianeighbourhood, Lisbon. Young graffiti writers

consider him as a living icon of this form of art

Graffiti in the Galeria de ArteUrbana along the Gloria funicular

Graffiti by Erica il Cane on anabandoned building in AvenidaFontes Pereira de Melo

Graffiti by the Portugueseartist Mar on a building

Graffiti by the artist Sam3on an abandoned building in

Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo

Graffiti paintings by the artist Ram, born in Sintrain 1976, narrating a parallel universe made only ofair and water in the Chão do Loureiro parking garagein the Mouraria neighbourhood, Lisbon. He has createdthe ARM artist collective together with the artist Mar

Graffiti in Avenida Infante Dom Henrique

Graffiti by the Brazilian twin artists Otavioand Gustavo Pandolfo known as Os Gêmeos

in Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo

Graffiti paintings by the Portuguese artist Mar mixingcharacters of popular imagination with the heroes ofGreek mythology in the Chão do Loureiro parking garagein the Mouraria neighbourhood, Lisbon. He has createdthe ARM artist collective together with the artist Ram

Graffiti writers painting in the Galeriade Arte Urbana along the Gloria funicular

Una piroga e la carcassa di un traghetto lungoil canale che collega la città di Mongu con loZambesi nella regione del Barotse, Zambia Occ.

Residents of the popular Mouraria neighbourhood posing next to their photos taken by the photographer Camilla Watson, who has photographed several residents from this neighbourhood and has put her photos on the walls

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