Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The new street art in Bangalore : BBMP sponsored paintings on the roadside

There has been hectic activity by BBMP over the last month where there have been teams "painting" the walls across the city.

In a welcome move, BBMP seems to have sponsored a new form of street art that is a BIG welcome difference to the various "movie" posters that used to adorn these roadside wall-space.

The motif seems to be from a wide range of topics - eg. Animals (Elephants etc) in the region to the cultural / heritage sites (Halebid, Gol Gumbaz etc) and natural scenic sights (eg. Jog falls).

What I really liked with this is that for a lot of people (esp. Children) is that this provides a welcome diversion during the infamous traffic jams.

Maybe it is an intentional distraction ?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Don't you think that, BBMP have not done justice to the immoral art Mural?? Instead of unifying the city, they have fragmented the city.

Ravindra said...

Dear Anonymous ....
Not sure which particular Mural you're referring to. The paintings that I've seen in most roads are either representatives of regular tourist spots / generic flora & fauna...