Street art with a difference in the Dominican Republic.
Once in a while, whilst wandering city streets around the world you come across a great creative idea that could be transplanted almost anywhere to brighten up a cityscape. The decorated buildings of Tirana in Albania or the Soviet apartment blocks of Central Asia were two such examples. Santo Domingo has used a different canvas: telegraph poles. Few would claim that concrete poles or creoste soaked wooden ones do much to enhance the view anywhere in the world, so some enterprising artists decided to rectify the situation.
There’s always someone looking at ya
I encountered dozens upon dozens around the city and I was told that the city of Santiago had also done the same. As you can see from the selection below there are all kinds of styles. Whether anyone asked permission to do the work, I don’t know but only the most idiotic killjoys of authorities would refuse such a boost to their streetscapes.
Hints of Art Nouveau
What are you looking at?
A wise monkey never shows his balls to the snake
Acieeeeeeed! (Dance drug culture reference largely meaningless outside of the UK)
There’s got to be worse ways of sending positive messages to the youth
Soft landing?
Novel hairstyle
A bit of a stretch
Living with blue skin tends to give one a pensive outlook on life
Maybe that second tab of acid wasn’t a good idea after all
More likely a homage to the popular sport of cock fighting than the love of poultry
Boy and his dog escaping the clutches of a deadly alien plant, or maybe not
Women have always had everything they need within themselves but the world told them they didn’t
This lady’s car matches her hair
Budget superhero
Good hair day
The girl with flowers in her hair
Now that is a colorful way to brighten up the city, well done Santo Domingo 😉