Street Art in Portugal

Nas viagens que tenho feito tento sempre procurar o que de melhor cada sítio tem para oferecer, tentando conjugar a paisagem natural, cultural e artística de cada país, para absorver o enquadramento mais genuíno e a sua beleza cultural. Especificamente, gosto de procurar expressões artísticas, quer seja na arquitectura dos edifícios, portas ou janelas, quer nos museus, onde gosto de contemplar masterpieces e conhecer também os pintores locais. Sobretudo, dá-me imenso gozo vaguear pelas ruas e ser surpreendida por grandes murais ou pormenores de arte urbana. Alguns dos espaços são mesmo galerias a céu aberto, dando os murais cor e vida à história de cada local.

During my trips I always try to look for the best things that a place has to offer, trying to combine natural, cultural and artistic landscapes from every country, in order to absorb the most genuine background and its cultural beauty. I like to search, specifically, for artistic expressions, either in buildings’ architecture, doors or windows, or either in museums, where I like to contemplate masterpieces and also get to know the local painters, but specially, it gives me a great pleasure wandering in the streets and get astonished with big murals or just little urban art details. Some spaces are in fact real open sky galleries, and those murals give color and life to the history of each local.

Artwork by Chei Krew (photo by Littlelle, 2016)

Este é um pequeno prazer que procuro retirar de cada viagem, e isto possibilitou-me coleccionar fotografias que imortalizam vários trabalhos de arte urbana, que abrangem distintas técnicas e transmitem mensagens diversas, tais como críticas sociais, políticas ou económicas, os quais pretendo partilhar também no blog. Começo assim por fazer uma publicação com alguns exemplares de street art em Portugal, com que me fui deparando de norte a sul do nosso pequeno, mas surpreendentemente belo país.

This is a little pleasure that I try to get from every trip, and this allowed me to collect photos that immortalized various urban artwork, which include different techniques and that send several messages, such as social, political or economic criticisms, which I intend to share in this blog also. Having said that, I am starting with a publication of some street art examples in Portugal, which I have found from north to south of our little, but surprisingly beautiful country. 

Então, vamos viajar pelas paredes de portugal de norte a sul do país...

Let’s travel through the walls of Portugal, from north to the south of the country...

- Porto -

Artwork by Eime at Ribeira do Porto (photo by Littlelle, 2016)

Artwork at Miguel Bombarda Street, the art district in Porto (photo by Littlelle, 2016)

Artwork at Miguel Bombarda Street, the art district in Porto (photo by Littlelle, 2012)

Artwork in Porto (photo by Littlelle, 2012)

Artwork in Porto (photo by Littlelle, 2012)

Electrical Box at Rua das Flores in Porto (photo by Littlelle, 2016)

Artwork by Okerland in Porto (photo by Littlelle, 2016)

Artwork in Porto (photo by Littlelle, 2016)

Stonework with tiles near Porto Cathedral, in Porto (photo by Littlelle, 2016) 

- Viseu -

"Tight heart" by Liliana Rodrigues at Alexandre Herculano Street in Viseu (photo by Littlelle, 2016)

- Aveiro -

Artwork in Aveiro (photo by Littlelle, 2016)

Artwork in Aveiro (photo by Littlelle, 2016)

 - Coimbra - 

Artwork at Coimbra B railway station in Coimbra (photo by Littlelle, 2015)

Artwork at Coimbra University (photo by Littlelle, 2015)

 - Figueira da Foz -

Artwork by Eime in Figueira da Foz (photo by Littlelle, 2016)

 - Leiria -

Artwork near Rodrigues Lobo Square in Leiria (photo by Littlelle, 2014)

 - Caldas da Rainha - 

"Lost Queen" by Eime vs Silos in Caldas da Rainha (photo by Littlelle, 2014)

 - Ericeira -

Artwork in Ericeira (photo by Littlelle, 2015)

Artwork in Ericeira (photo by Littlelle, 2015)

 - Lisboa -

(Brevemente haverá uma publicação destinada a Street art exclusivamente em Lisboa)

(Soon, there will be a post of Street art exclusively in Lisbon)

Artwork in Lisbon (photo by Littlelle, 2012)

Artwork in Lisbon (photo by Littlelle, 2012)

 - Sintra -

Artwork in Sintra (photo by Littlelle, 2013)

- Sesimbra -

Artwork in Sesimbra (photo by Littlelle, 2015)

Artwork in Sesimbra (photo by Littlelle, 2015)

Artwork in Sesimbra (photo by Littlelle, 2015)

- Avis - 

Artwork in Avis (photo by Littlelle, 2011)

- Évora -

Artwork in Évora (photo by Littlelle, 2015)

Artwork in Évora (photo by Littlelle, 2012)

- Aljezur -

Artwork in Aljezur (photo by Littlelle, 2012)

- Praia da Arrifana -

Artwork at Arrifana beach (photo by Littlelle, 2012)

 - Praia da Quarteira -

Artwork at Quarteira beach (photo by Littlelle, 2012)

Artwork at Quarteira beach (photo by Littlelle, 2012)

Infelizmente, desconheço a autoria da maioria obras apresentadas, caso alguma delas seja do teu conhecimento partilha-a comigo através do email theworldpaintedbylittlelle@gmail.com.

Unfortunately, I am not aware of the authorship of the majority of the presented artworks, so in case you know, please share it with me via email theworldpaintedbylittlelle@gmail.com.

A challenge

Let’s paint Portugal together!

Existe um mundo de arte urbana portuguesa para descobrir! Quero por isso deixar ficar uma proposta! Envia fotos de um trabalho de street art existente na tua terra ou um trabalho que simplesmente gostes em Portugal para theworldpaintedbylittlelle@gmail.com, indicando o teu nome, localidade do trabalho e o nome do artista (se souberes), a fim de fazer uma publicação que apresente vários expressões artísticas urbanas em Portugal composta por diversas perspetivas, as vossas!

There´s an entire world of Portuguese street art to find out. So I would like to suggest something! Send your photos of a street art project from your town, or just a artwork that you particularly like in Portugal, to theworldpaintedbylittlelle@gmail.com, indicating your name, locality name (where you found the artwork) and the artist name (if you know it), so I can publish it, and therefore show various urban artistic expressions in Portugal composed by different perspectives, namely yours!