Street Art #27: El Decerto , Lima, Peru

in #art6 years ago

Mercado.jpg

WHERE

On Calle Gral Mendiburu and Espejo, closed to the restaurant El Mercado (very good by the way), Lima, Peru. Position on Google Maps

WHO

Daniel Cortez aka El Decerto is from Lima (Peru). In 2005, he began to paint in the streets of Callao (the port closed to Lima), portraits of famous musicians. But quickly, he decided to be more social and painted anonymous people, everyday people...

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WHEN

2017. Still visible.

Video about his work with the music by Ocote Soul Sounds

Sources

Flickr Decerto
Article about Decerto

My Old Posts about Street Art

#26 Astro, Montreal, Canada
#25 Alexis Diaz, Montreal, Canada
#24 Rone, Montreal, Canada
#23 D*Face, New-York, US

Bonus Pic

Puerto Callao.jpg

Nice one, on the port of Callao (Peru).

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This is BEAUTIFUL! How do you get to know your streetartworks, @heroldius?

With Google Image, it's easy to find the artist behind a mural, more often they are signed (DCT at the top right). And I like when I come back home to search about the artist, you can discover that he did some artworks in your city...

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