What do you like to do with your non-painting time? We want to explore more media and techniques, keep working in 3D pieces. We have many, and we have already done some others! Many people call us for huge-scale projects, it’s like they link PichiAvo to big walls and sculptures. Walls are different, they compromise many resources, time, people, so deadlines have to be fulfilledĭo you have any crazy ideas/projects that you’d love to do one day? We could always keep working on a piece, you can always find something to change or improve, most artists experience the same feeling. However there is always room for improvisation, we always paint freestyle graffiti in our creations.

We do always sketch everything before since the piece must have a concept, a connection to the wall, the composition has to be balanced. Just thinking about the process of a mural of this scale, are you guys at a stage in your career together where you are able to freestyle a whole project like this (almost like telepathy between yourselves) or do you still work from sketches and plan it all meticulously beforehand?Īrt is a process, it takes time, there are some steps to follow. We haven’t made that piece in Poblenou but we are aware that we have many followers all over the world reproducing our style! Some years ago we did an indoor mural for the spray paint brand Montana Colors in their headquarters/gallery space. The piece must have been there a very very long time by the looks of things!! Is this your first wall in Barcelona or have you been here over the years doing smaller works? I ask this because of a piece outside an abandoned building here that looks very much like your work. The experience was great despite the rain and the wind, we are glad of having painted here. You recently finished a mural in Barcelona, can you tell us a little bit about the experience? The weather has been pretty interesting whilst you were here!īarcelona is a global city and an important artistic hub, leaving your mark here is always interesting. Once we were satisfied with our technique we wondered “And now, what else?”, and we try to go one step further combining our graffiti with what we like the most: Classical art. We were focused in achieving technical skills with spray paint during our first years of career. You will have been asked this question a million times… BUT how did you first come to mix graffiti with finer arts to create your current style? Avo started experimenting with new techniques and got caught by the art of spray paint. I (Pichi) discovered spray cans in secondary school through a friend of mine and then I never quit. At the same time, we were attracted to the world of graffiti since the very beginning. What was the original inspiration for grabbing a spray can for the first time?īoth of us are connected to art since children, spray cans were only another tool to paint. We started in our home city Valencia painting in the streets. Besides, we used to paint graffiti before that, both of us use spray cans since we were 17 years old.

PichiAvo started as a duo in 2007 and we have been working together since then. Hi PichiAvo! Tell us a bit about yourselves, how long have you been spraying on walls? Being a representative character of diverse feminist schools of thought, this goddess represents the warrior, protector, wise and independent woman.Īs part of this intervention, PichiAvo gave our local Barcelona resident Lewis a little of their time to discuss the project amongst other things. The design of the mural displays a very particular version of Pallas Athena’s sculpture from the Austrian Parliament, in Vienna.ĭespite not being a contemporary figure, Athena has become a key figure in the collective imaginary of our civilization. The duo from Valencia have painted a mural on the facade of the student residence Livensa Living Diagonal Alto of Temprano Capital Partners, designed by the Portuguese architect José Quintela da Fonseca. World-renowned Spanish duo PichiAvo have just completed their first art intervention in the city of Barcelona.

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