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Here’s what happened when Bogota decided to let graffiti artists do their thingby Manuel Rueda |
Most major cities in the world frown on graffiti. Authorities penalize taggers with jail time or hefty fines. Colombia’s capital city is taking a different approach—and the results have been colorful, to say the least.
The walls of Bogota are covered in intricate tags, primitive scrawls, and elaborate murals, making this city of 8 million one of the world’s trendiest showcases of modern street art.
Crisp, an Australian street artist who resettled in Bogota five years ago, says the city’s permissive attitude towards graffiti — taggers are only occasionally fined —allows artists to spend more time on their paintings, resulting in more thoughtful pieces than those found in other cities such as New York or London, where work is done hurriedly at night to avoid police.
“We mostly work during the day here, and we have time to focus on more long term projects,” Crisp said. “I’ve had people bring me lemonade…
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