A Day’s Worth of Street Art

We are always pleasantly surprised by Rome’s wonderful street art. Here is a sampling of the street art we recently saw on one single, lovely day in the Ostiense quarter, on our way to a favorite museum, the Centrale Montemartini (more on that on a future post). Some are paintings, or stencils, but many are “stickers,” which will fade away with time.

My favorite, a close-up of which is at the top of this post

 

A colorful Sid Vicious …

 

A colorful Willen DaFoe (who has a home in Rome, by the way — clearly a man with good taste!)

 

The Blues Brothers, with lipstick

 

The King, looking good

 

“Save the King,” but I don’t think they mean Elvis

 

And, another heart

 

A cool cat, perhaps the Pyramid of Cestius in the background?

 

A different kind of cat

 

Reminds me of Banksy

 

An homage to Matisse’s The Dance

 

A figure in the Gasometro, part of Rome’s modern skyline

 

And, a creepier one, also with the Gasometro

 

A weird mushroom — but if you look closely, it is made out of bananas

 

Very cool

 

Very creepy

 

Very interesting

 

Very cute

 

Very fun

 

Very sweet

 

Very pretty

 

Very colorful

 

Very red

 

Very intriguing

 

Very freaky

 

Very busy

 

Very happy

 

Very… cactusy

 

“It is not you who is different but the others are the same”

 

“Think poetic”

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