On my trip with Vincent last August to Valencia, Spain, we discovered a cool area of the city that had a vibrant street art scene. The El Carmen neighborhood reminded me of the East Village in the early 1990s, where you can see the gentrification starting to happen but there’s still some grittiness left. There were a number of empty lots in El Carmen, probably from old buildings being torn down, and the new ones being built soon. The wide expanses on these lots provided the perfect canvas for street artists to realize their work.
I found much of the street art very sophisticated and highly developed, reminiscent to art movements from the 20th century.
Do you have some favorites here?
Below are two links to other stories I wrote about Valencia.
https://www.ipreferparis.net/2019/10/-door-of-the-month-valencia-.html
https://www.ipreferparis.net/2020/02/-valencia-spain-doorways.html
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