Here are a few Graffiti which can be seen at the Elisabeth Markt, located in the Elisabethplatz (Elisabeth Square), in Munich, Germany.
(Please visit my follow-up post - Browsing Around at the Elisabeth Markt - to see photos of the market.)
The first one is a representation of the market itself. There's the various stands, obviously... but what I like the most is the various humorous elements, such as the dog drooling over a piece of meat, the weird angel watching over the market, the chicken playing Tarzan with a sausage (instead of a liana.)
So funny, isn't it? 😂😂😂
The next one, unless I'm crazy or blind, has nothing to do with the market but it's a very cool piece, too.
There's a background with trains. Nothing strange about that.
However, the main focus is a Frankenstein kind of character, with a naked woman on its arms... and they're both sitting by an angry robot who's looking for a power plug...!? What the heck...?
Even though I don't really get the message the artist was trying to pass, I think it's an interesting and surreal concept. And artistically very well executed.
The third and final Graffiti is a tribute to the immigrant communities and their struggles.
All over the board, you'll find words like "education, organisation, ecology, solidarity, understanding, communication, music, peace, dignity, rights..."
There's a plane labelled "Deportation Class" and a man in a horse wearing a banner that says: "La tierra es para quien a trabaja." This is a well known sentence by Emiliano Zapata which translates to "The land is for those who work on it."
At the lower left corner of the painting there's an incomplete reference to a poem by Jaime Torres Bodet called "Civilización" (Civilization.) Can you see it, hidden between the two trees?
Here's the full sentence, which is also the beginning of the poem:
"Un hombre muere en mí siempre que un hombre muere en cualquier lugar, asesinado por el miedo y la prisa de otros hombres."
- In English:
"A man dies in me whenever a man dies anywhere, killed by the fear and haste of other men."
You can read and listen to the original and complete poem at this page.
(I won't share it here for obvious copyright reasons.)
Jaime Mario Torres Bodet (1902–1974) was a Mexican politician and writer who served in the executive cabinet of three Presidents of Mexico. Between 1948 and 1952, he was the general director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Check out the rest of the series, too.
- The First Graffiti I Found in Munich
- 3 Graffiti at Munich's Elisabeth Market + Poem "Civilización" by Jaime Torres Bodet
- Graffiti in Munich #1 - The Tiny Trailer Caravan
- Graffiti in Munich #2 - A Religious Themed Graffiti
- Graffiti in Munich #3 - Lovely Graffiti by the Rail-Tracks
- Graffiti in Munich #4 - Work In Progress
- Graffiti in Munich #5 - Abandoned Construction Site - A Place With a Thousand Graffiti
- Graffiti in Munich #6 - Abandoned Construction Site - The Coolest Graffiti Works
- Graffiti in Munich #7 - The Beer Factory
- Graffiti in Munich #8 - Under the Brudermühl Bridge
- Graffiti in Munich #9 - Miscellaneous Drawings Here and There
- Graffiti in Munich #10 - Donnersberger Bridge - Fire
- Graffiti in Munich #11 - Donnersberger Bridge - Earth
- Graffiti in Munich #12 - Donnersberger Bridge - Water & Wind
- Graffiti in Munich #13 - Under the Donnersberger Bridge - Funny Drawings, a Landscape and other Abstract Art
- Graffiti in Munich #14 - Under the Donnersberger Bridge - Animal Kingdom
- Graffiti in Munich #15 - Under the Donnersberger Bridge - Human Realm
| Camera | Canon IXUS 210 |
| Location | Munich - Germany |
| Edited with GIMP |
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