Street art with Bowie’s face survives a landslide: they ‘pardon’ the first graffiti in Spain

A graffiti with the face of David Bowie he was doomed to die. The building where he was located was going to be demolished, but they devised a plan to save it and preserve it.

the painting of artist Jesus Arrue it has been ‘pardoned’ – as if it were a ninot of a fault – thanks to a meticulous job. “There is good street art and the one that is rescued and survives is unprecedented,” the creator comments happily.

David Bowie It was already a musical icon and now it is a benchmark for street art, thanks to the painting that Arrúe did three years ago. “A time in my life marked me, both his style and his music, because I dressed like him,” he confesses.

And this inspiration in wall format It will continue to live thanks to the fact that it has been possible to extract it with a radial. “He has put a bonding bridge, a mortar plaster and a mesh to protect against vibrations”, details the person in charge of the Edicantos Construction Company, Carlos Herrando.

Soon it will move through the streets of the Carmen neighborhood in Valencia to its new home, the Carmen Center for Contemporary Culture. Its creator only hopes that in this short journey it will not break. “If it was broken, it would be restored,” he adds.

East street david bowie It will be exposed for one year free of charge. Then his future is unknown. “I would like it to continue to be visible to the public,” confesses the artist, who is currently in charge of finishing restore the colors of a ray of light that made David Bowie shine so much.

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It is the first graffiti pardoned in Spain. It is located in a building about to be demolished in Valencia. But this street David Bowie will be able to save himself and will continue to be part of the cultural memory of his neighbors. A history of street art that survives.