Guía del arte urbano de Madrid | Book

Javier Abarca presents ‘Guía del arte urbano de Madrid’ book, almost 300 pages full of content that tells the history of Madrid through its graffiti and urban art. (Spanish only)

This publication is special because it covers and explains in detail all that history in the form of fun stories. It is the story of Madrid, but also that of an international phenomenon that has had this city as the protagonist in more than one episode. – Javier Abarca

In the book we can see all kinds of expressions on the walls of the capital, starting with Goya’s black paintings, going through the war, dictatorship, transition and activism in the city. Afterwards, we immersed ourselves in the history of Muelle and the era of the ‘flecheros’, a movement native from Madrid that had nothing to do with American graffiti.

It also tells us about the arrival of American graffiti in Madrid, hip-hop, the beginnings of graffiti on trains and subways in the city or a review of the municipalities that were the birthplace of graffiti. There is no shortage of anecdotes and curiosities, accompanied by their respective photos.

This book tells us in detail how the city is devoured by graffiti. From its streets, roads and train tracks. We see how urban art and street art begin to take over, ending up in art galleries.