Spanish Graffiti

The Spanish graffiti appears in the 1980's. The people and graffiti styles were very different comparing with the New York and European style. this was because the Spanish guys weren't related with an urban tribe or hip hop group of music.


                                                             

They were rockers, and the first writer was known as Muelle. He was a very known writer in the 1980's and after him, other writers as Glub, Remebe, Max 501..                                   

This first writers were also known as "flecheros" (I don't know how to say in English), because they included in their tags an arrow to decorate more their tags. This is another difference with the New York and European style.

They painted to claim and to protest because of the attitude of the society. Normally they painted fences to cover the constant barrage of advertising that they were subjected.

A very important thing is that they respect cultural building, but this nowadays has been lost. That's why in our days the graffiti is related sometimes with vandalism.

Talking about the 1990's, it is important to emphasize the appearance of the first factory of sprays in Spain called Montana. Nowadays is internationally known.

                                      

In this years, the graffiti became more related with the rap and hip hop and because of that, more related to the New York style.