A few weeks ago, I came again across the work of Piero Maturana, a young Chilean artist working and living in Concepción, Chile.
Piero has been painting since he was 16, developing a unique visual style that focuses on painting’s tactile quality. When it comes to Street Art, he seeks for ways to give shape to the intangible memories of the places he visits.
This is the case of this new mural, located in an area populated by immigrants, a controversial topic in Chile these days. His idea was to illustrate how these new members of society enrich rather than destroy the Chilean culture by, not only bringing their own culture and integrating it to the Chilean, but also by activating areas and neighbourhoods once forgotten.
Here are a few images of the work and don’t forget to check out his Instagram
Author: Fran
Founder and editor of Urbanite. Street Art lover who after the finishing her MA thesis on the Mexican and Norwegian muralist movement in the 1920-50s, developed a fascination for street art and graffiti that eventually led to collaborations with different art blogs, including the creation of this one.
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