BOOK: Street Art Chile

I've been saying forever how much I love Latin-American communist propaganda paintings, leaflets, flyers and posters that can still be seen on murals in many Latin countries, especially Chile, who has been a radical centre of Latin-American propaganda painting since 1940s.

I remember being fascinated with these huge paintings as a kid whenever we would go back to visit our family in Valparaiso.

To my surprise, and shame of not having discovered this before, as I haven't been in Chile for almost 6 years now. Note to self: VISIT THE MOTHERLAND!. There has been a huge surge in political graffiti drawing inspirations from it's complicated political past resulting in "...political engaged street art cross-fertilized with graffiti to create a multi-faceted and rapidly developing panorama of politically didactic and post political street art."

The book "Street Art Chile" is a collection of images taken throughout the country with a special focus on Santiago and Valparaiso (My birthplace). Published by 8 books and written by Dr Rodney Palmer an art historian, writer and critic who has worked on Latin American art since the 1980s,"Street Art Chile" is one heck of a book that will blow you street art sences.

Obsessive? Definetly