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| 'Don't turn the other cheek!' |
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| A sad street art alley. |
The artists produced a bunch of colorful, interesting works, most famously the one above, sponsoring Rosie the Riveter of WWII fame, declaring 'Don't turn the other cheek!'
The phrase can be interpreted as a call for self assertion, for fighting back against gender violence, for not taking things lying down.
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| And here's the 'other cheek' wall today. |
Unfortunately, over the years the art pieces were progressively
painted over. The cheek mural lasted the longest, making me think that perhaps the tagging gangs held it in a special esteem, and it became one of Bogotá's most iconic graffitis.
That wasn't quite true, I discovered a week ago passing thru the alley with a bike tour. Today, the wall looks like this:
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| All gone now. |
On 26th St. as well, some of Bogotá's most famous street art pieces have been attacked.
Aren't there enough blank walls around for these guys to deface?
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| This anti-mining mural on 26th St. got mutilated. |
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| This mural sponsored by the Centro de Memoria pays tribute to victims of Colombia's conflict, but not so much anymore. |
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