The contemporary art gallery in Bovisa.

Going out from the university campus i had many times the chance to admire this wall about 20 meters long, always full of pictures on it. The exhibition doesn’t last long, ‘cause the graffiti change quite frequently, giving the chance to poor students to get out of a bleak hidden car park surrounded by brilliant colours. The painted scene, or better to say “spaied” doesn’t always represent happy moments of life. This time the world described is the one of comic books. To tell the truth i don’t know if these characters actually exist or if it’s the artist fantasy that created them. If it’s the second, i really would have to congratulate with the artist, cause these characters seem to come out from an expert’s hand. What can it be the story here? The characters don’t represent the good side probably. The long yellow eyes are for sure a clear sign of the bad ones. The character in front is quite disgusting in it’s shape: it tell many things except tenderness. The mouth reminds me of an assassin shark, with very thin teeth, but very sharp. This monster is rolled up in a giant plant, too much lively to be normal and with big thornes. I don’t want to think it’s a rose, flower of love and romanticism. The character on the back reminds me of childish nightmares: the black man. The scene is not so positive after all, but the colours are so beautiful that give brightness to the street. Probably the ones who did this also go around putting tags allover, which personally i don’t approve. In the city halls they always try to find a solution to all this crap, not sure whether to consider what positive or negative. Usually this kind of graffiti are taken as positive if not done on buildings and pubblic transportation, so on this wall they are ok. This is a real artistic trend, called “aerosol art”, and it should be protected from the ones who abuse of it, smearing the city. What i think is: if you are not good at it, change hobby, and leave more space to the ones that are better. I think this time someone very good spraied.