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Castle of Montjuic

Mónica Boixeda Barcelonian, Only-Be, Practical Guide to Barcelona

The Castle of Montjuic, built on a mountain of Barcelona, is one of the most ancient fortifications that keeps its creative architecture.

Art is Rubbish: Francisco de Pájaro in Barcelona

Mónica Boixeda Barcelonian, Only-Be

Walking through the streets of Barcelona, sooner or later you´ll find some misleading signs printed in the (much) garbage of the city. You will read “Art is rubbish”, on a broken wardrobe door or on a shelf left out on the street, and maybe you´ll ask yourself, whether it is a quick idea of someone passing by or it relates specific content of an artwork, in spite of that, what does the author mean by that phrase? You won’t understand anything until you find other written sings on shelves, and more painted garbage bags in different parts of the city, then you will know that this is a specific project and wondering down the street, you will discover that the author is the Spanish artist Francisco de Pájaro (www.franciscodepajaro.net). Pajaro was born in Zafra, province of Badajoz, in 1970. His career as a painter began as an office decorator when he was just a teenager. In 1994, he joined the School of Arts and Crafts in Merida, where he studied one and half years before leaving his studies and returning to his hometown, where he began devoting himself to painting by following a surrealist and cubist inspiration, taking as references Francis Bacon and Pablo Picasso. His first solo exhibition took place in the gallery of the Caja de Ahorros de Badajoz. When his colleague and partner died in a tragic accident, he decided to leave the company “Rotuletto”(dedicated to corporate and interior design) to devote himself to painting full time. He lived in London two years, making two solo exhibitions in separate spaces, and then moved to Barcelona, a... read more