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On my first visit to Madrid, I wrote about exploring Lavapies Tabacalera by day – sophisticated art installations in warehouse galleries. On this second visit to Madrid, I discovered the Tabacalera studios by night – a living, breathing art community. Cuban flautist and poet Liz stayed in touch after our chance meeting in Lisbon, and joined me for this contact improvisation adventure.
Tabacaleras are former tobacco factories, given over to the arts by many Spanish municipalities. Passing through the unmarked portal into this furnace of creativity, I quickly felt relaxed and at home. Liz said she had never seen anything like it it. To get the dance studio, we traversed a cavernous room of giant murals into a corridor of spectacular street art, past booming reggae and African DJ dens, out into the yard. A few oil drum fires burned, and people gathered around to keep warm, under the gaze of Albert Einstein. If only he could see his two-metre high portrait, spray painted on old wooden ga…
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kind of quiet around here eh?
just kidding.. the pictures are cool, are they paintings or..? you might like thai art like singha's, hanuman, ganesh is quite cute, you might like him.
love, rory
the pics are mostly drawings in pen, but the colorful one is a computer illustration based on a drawing. most of it is inspired by the beautiful rocks, the sea and plants I've come across here. every day i'm stunned by the beauty of this place
more soon.