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Blu's Refreshed Mural in Barcelona Bites into Ravenous Capitalism and Nature's Brute Force
11 days ago | By Colossal
All images © Blu, shared with permission
An updated mural from the anonymous Italian street artist Blu sinks its teeth into capitalistic greed and nature's unparalleled capability for destruction.
Originally painted in 2009 following the Spanish financial crisis of 2008, the first mural likened the insatiable capitalist appetite to that of the aggressive fish, which stretched across a 25-meter section of wall at the intersection of Barcelona's Carrer del Santuari and Carrer de la Gran Vista. Crews painted over the work in 2021 as part of a city project, and after hearing that neighbors...
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