Bastardilla

<div>The artist lived the neighborhood and its streets, breathed its atmosphere. Before starting to paint, she met the principal of the high school "Giulio Natta" and some students, who shared with her how they live in this area, where over 4000 children from all over the province arrive every day to attend the professional. A place that turns into a desert when there are no schools, an isolated area, which however retains a green strip between the buildings and the highway traffic.
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<br>The words of the boys in Bastardilla's work have turned into a figure reading a vegetable book, where environmental issues and nature meet culture: “The schools in the area are all professional - continues Pansera - but the objective here is not it is only teaching children a job, it is essential to train them also in a human and social sense ".</div>

La Malpensata

Gio Manzoni

<div>The story depicted in the Bolivian monument pays homage to the heroism of the local mothers who fight in defense of the city and affections. In the paintings on paper attached to the wall, South American costumes adorn mothers who reveal pop details from superheroes, with a poetics that stratifies meanings and lends itself to great suggestions.
<br>Manzoni taking up this subject in the work in Bergamo thus represents the passage between his Bolivian mother and the discovery of the Italian one, to find himself Bolivian as an adult. A circular destiny that is evoked by the exciting work visible to everyone in Bergamo.</div>

Coronilla - Bolivian Mothers

Alessandro Etsom

Stephano Tno

<div>Walking along the "<em>Tombotto</em>" cycle/pedestrian path, one can see the collaboration between the two artists combining figuration and lettering. The painting is characterized by the play of light and shadow on the face represented and conveys a positive message: even in the darkest moments, one must believe in the light that each of us is able to attract .. and Shine!</div>

Shine!

<div>A close look between man and nature, this latter rendered by a plant composition that recalls a human face in forms, in order to make their comparison more tangible and to make "her" more understandable in its needs and dignity. A personal reflection by the artist on the themes of the environment and of spirituality.</div>

Out of the Comfort Zone

<div>A modern "Arcimboldo" made of leaves and flowers recreating the shapes of a colorful Macaw. Some of the leaves composing the figure are taken directly from the plants of the surroundings and accurately reproduced on the wall.</div>

Blue Macaw

Art of sool

<div>A beautiful character by Nick Neim from Art of Sool.</div>

GardenWoman

Ale Senso (GER)

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<br>The mural, created by the artist together with the city's eighteen-year-olds, which represents <em>article 9</em> of the italian constitution which states: "The Republic promotes the development of culture and scientific and technical research".</div>

Articolo 9

Octofly

<div>Colorful mural of a funny narwhal. Maybe the ice-cream cone that it's holding can refer to the global warming problem?</div>

Be Free!

Rosk & Loste

<div><br>The large mural on the facade of the General Warehouses visible from Via Rosa (railway side) dedicated to Atalanta in the Italian Cup final. Ilicic depicted exulting between Gomez and Zapata, with the face of the mister Gasperini concentrated in the foreground. The initiative is from the Serie A League to celebrate the finalists.</div>

The finalists: Atalanta

<div><br>In 2018 the courageous intentions of the Church of San Francesco in Treviglio are renewed. The first bet, already successfully tested a couple of years ago at the behest of father Eugenio Minori, was to combine a traditional sacred iconography with a very contemporary and controversial technique, the spray. The subjects depicted on the facade of the church in the west district retain classic features appropriate to the environment, but acquire the freshness, expressiveness and dynamism of street art. The second important commission entrusted to the young artist from Bergamo aims not only to redevelop a side wall of the structure, but to convey a strong message. The scene depicted is in fact that of the meeting historically occurred at the time of the fifth crusade between <em>St. Francis and Saladin</em>. The two men embrace each other: it is the peaceful meeting of two religions, of two cultures, but above all of two human beings. The composition and colors maintain the setting of the original work cited, while the physiognomies are given new life, a significant play of looks and an actuality that strengthens the intentions of the work. In the climate of intolerance and tension of recent years, this courageous and admirable choice is a voice out of the chorus that reminds us to be human.</div>

Chiesa di San Francesco

<div>A wall made by Neim and Mark from Art of Sool, during winter 2018/2019, in Esine, a little town in the North of Italy.</div>

WinterIsComing

Crisa

<div>Inspired totally by the environment that surrounds it, it is a harmonious and imaginary work, in which we can clearly recognize two main subjects, which are plants and wooden beams, which go to create a real "bridge" between the architecture of the building and the nature that surrounds it!
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<br>The result is an architectural structure where vegetation seems to take possession of the building: a nature that wants to "go further", beyond the man who is submitting it. That's why human elements are reduced to a minimum and the natural element prevails: wooden slats, roots, leaves, some parchment and ropes, which clearly represent the bond between people, a common thread that people follow.</div>

Struttura Vivente

<div><br>The intervention carried out on the facade of the school building stems from the desire to give the building a new image and at the same time convey a message by exploiting the social role of the place. The references to the lake and its waters are inevitable: characterizing element and real luck from a tourist point of view for the country, it provides a strongly evocative image full of meanings. The scene depicted sees a boy aboard a typical "<em>naet</em>" who, with a genuine and naive smile, reaches out to a fish peeping out of the water. The gesture is intended to represent the great open-mindedness that is expected of the new generations, who can bridge over diversity, differences, which can reverse and reinvent customs. Behind the young man, an elderly man who is also smiling represents the traditions, the past and his legacy, important for being able to face the future. The heron constitutes another reference to the lake and its fauna. Behind the small group, huge pages of a book replace the sails of a boat, indicating how knowledge and culture are decisive for finding their own direction, a way to go: the artists believed that the role of the school and education should appear within a decoration placed in that particular place.</div>

E. Donadoni

<div>Painting on the facade of the CFL (Cooperativa,Famiglie,Lavoratori) in Treviglio, province of Bergamo.</div>

Various Artists

<div>A graffiti jam that took place in July 2018 involving various graffiti artists from Bergamo, Milano, Treviso, Venezia, Ferrara that painted all-over the walls of this circle-shaped square near Levate's train station.</div>

360 Graffiti Jam

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<br>Mural commissioned by a motorcycle enthusiast, as a gift to the city of Treviglio. The painting reproduces a custom vehicle with a Ferrari red color scheme. From the day of its realization, the work has become a meeting point for bikers and enthusiasts.</div>

Autoscooter

<div>At first glance it might seem like a child sitting on a wall pointing the finger forward, but it represents much more: in fact, that child is the little <em>Mènec</em>, protagonist of "The Tree of the Hooves", the film shot in these areas by Ermanno Olmi.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>A film that every Bergamo native has seen at least once in his life and that brings with it those feelings of melancholy and attachment to the territory that Ale Senso herself wanted to impress on her work. The boy points his finger at both the spectator and the other side of the road: “beyond the highway there is a valley where the plain descends, and they told me that there was a lake, the Gerundo , which guarded the legend of the dragon Tarantasio "(inserted in the work as one of the last details!).&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>A connection between past and present expertly recreated by Ale Senso through the gesture of that child who almost melancholy indicates that past which in any way survives, for example precisely through those legends that have been told to it. The scene shows numerous elements taken from the surrounding landscape, including the colors of the territory, to which the artist has tried to relate as much as possible.</div>

Mènec

Andrea Ravo Mattoni

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<br>One of the famous copies by Andrea Ravo Mattoni made with spray paint, perfectly imitating the great classics of art history, magnifying their dimensions.</div>

Caravaggio: Conversione di San Paolo

Camilla Falsini

<div>The subject is linked to the theme of the artist's exhibition entitled "Altre Creature" which talks about wanting and being able to be something else, a tribute to transformation, diversity, and possibility.
<br>In particular, on the walls of the De Amicis school, the chosen subject is a dragonfly, symbol of the passage from childhood to adulthood.</div>

Essere Altro

<div>The work, painted in the center of Bergamo at a level crossing, was born from the desire of the owners of the facade to express a message that makes us all reflect on the issue of pollution. Due to the intersection with the railway line, the streets of the area find themselves occupied every day by vehicles waiting with the engine running, with the natural consequences. Strong is the contrast with a park in the immediate circumstances, which appears, together with the property in question located exactly on the intersection, suffocated by the fumes and noise of the cars. The person depicted, who by passers-by has been recognized as a modern Pan, wants to represent the personification of greenery and the environment that struggles to make its way between dust and pollution by launching a message of protest and hope at the same time.</div>

<div>The work born in the context of the Wall of Giants initiative sponsored by the Municipality of Esine is part of a decorative cycle created by various well-known authors within the area of ​​street art and graffiti in Italy. The facade tells with ironic cut a short story between a wolf, an owl and a rabbit. The first, hidden among the branches, awaits the arrival of the rider who will deliver the meal ordered by mobile phone inside the special thermal bag. Referring to the numerous companies that deliver food at home even without wanting to criticize them, the artist takes the opportunity to underline how today every aspect of our life is influenced by the presence of smartphones. By inserting this device into an extraneous context, a funny scene with a Pirandellian flavor is born, a parody of everyday life.</div>

DeliverWood

Marina Capdevila

<div>Painting created by Marina Capdevila on the external facade of the Guido Galli Institute. The intervention is characterized by the particular imagination of the Catalan author, and by the umpteenth reflection on the controversies of this particular historical moment. The painting wants to underline how important it is for man to put aside divisions, be they gender, ethnicity or religion.</div>

All In, All Win

Federico Draw

Contra

<div>A mural dedicated to the composer Gaetano Donizzetti, originally from Bergamo.</div>

Gaetano Donizzetti

<div><br>A roof supported by a colorful group made of many figures, animals and people, who work together to cope with an eviction by spring-loaded police forces, such as toys.</div>

Un tetto per tutti

<div>The shoal could represent a heterogeneous, multicultural society, without common points of reference, but still capable of harmoniously sharing a space. In the work, the musician suspended in the air and the fish that surround him rise above an undivided, borderless world, narrating an idea of ​​society in which interculturality prevails over false tolerance, an implicit bearer of opposition concept.</div>

Over the World

Francisco Bosoletti

<div>Inspired by the "Portrait of Beatrice" by Giacomo Trecourt, the mural by Francisco Bosoletti create an invisible path between "traditional" and public art on the occasion of the reopening of the city's most important museum, Accademia Carrara.</div>

Beatrice

Joao Samina

<div>The work fits into the "Face to face" project. With a group of residents, 10 faces of people have been identified who in recent years have spent for the common good: from the historical master, to the shopkeeper who resists, to the volunteer ... people who have put their faces in a neighborhood in constant transformation and where the coexistence of different identities is often not easy. These 10 faces become as many stencils, made on the walls of the neighborhood.</div>

Face to face

Zesar Bahamonte

<div>A vibrant mural created on the occasion of the 2017 edition of Bergamo Jazz Festival.</div>

Solo de Rhodes

Mattia Lullini

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<br>Definitely bright colors that claim a certain pop belonging and that are switched through the creation of zoomorphic figures. The character of these subjects lies entirely in the author's desire to develop different details and graphic elements within them, a marked sense of balance by proposing unstable figures and forms that feed a sense of latent precariousness.</div>

Artworks in Bergamo