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Ten Most Beautiful Nelson Mand

Installation by the artist ‘Paul Don Smith’ in Brick Lane, London

Ten Most Beautiful Nelson Mandela graffiti

The particular story of Nelson Mandela – an outlaw, the Black Pimpernel, for decades a prisoner watching his country from an offshore island – should lend itself better to a people’s art form like graffiti than to oil paintings in galleries

Brett Petzer
by Brett Petzer
10-12-2013 22:21
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Ten Most Beautiful Nelson Mand

Installation by the artist ‘Paul Don Smith’ in Brick Lane, London

Cambridge, 1964 - Graffiti at Cambridge University in the year of Mandela's imprisonment.
Cambridge, 1964 – Graffiti at Cambridge University in the year of Mandela’s imprisonment.

The particular story of Nelson Mandela – an outlaw, the Black Pimpernel, for decades a prisoner watching his country from an offshore island – should lend itself better to a people’s art form like graffiti than to oil paintings in galleries. Here are ten of the most striking contemporary graffiti installations in tribute to Madiba around the world.

Installation by the artist 'Hopare' in Paris
Installation by the artist ‘Hopare’ in Paris
Tribute to Mandela in Paris by a prominent local graffiti collective
Tribute to Mandela in Paris by a prominent local graffiti collective
Installation by the artist 'Paul Don Smith' in Brick Lane, London
Installation by the artist ‘Paul Don Smith’ in Brick Lane, London
Installation at Parc 3 Xemeneies Paral-lel in Barcelona
Installation at Parc 3 Xemeneies Paral-lel in Barcelona
Mandela graffiti in Observatory, Cape Town
Mandela graffiti in Woodstock, Cape Town
Mandela graffiti installation by NEAR! in The Hague, the Netherlands
Mandela graffiti installation by NEAR! in The Hague, the Netherlands
A Warhol-style Mandela series on the walls of Sentinel Primary School in Hangberg, Cape Town (Image: Flickr/Jose Romeau)
A Warhol-style Mandela series on the walls of Sentinel Primary School in Hangberg, Cape Town (Image: Flickr/Jose Romeau)
A magnificent graffiti mural in Paris (Image: Flickr/Man - Art is Life)
A magnificent graffiti mural in Paris (Image: Flickr/Man – Art is Life)
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Handprint Madiba, Cape Town (Image: Flickr/j_hallward)
Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal
In Shanghai's graffiti park, an artist has created Madiba's likeness using boxing gloves and the imprint of the Chinese characters for 'peace'.
In Shanghai’s graffiti park, an artist has created Madiba’s likeness using boxing gloves and the imprint of the Chinese characters for ‘peace’.

Artista Crea Retrato de Nelson Mandela con 27.000 Golpes3

Artista Crea Retrato de Nelson Mandela con 27.000 Golpes2

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