Budapest Graffiti Art: Graffiti - photo galleries

Topics: Introduction * Graffiti in Budapest * Guided tour: Graffiti art in Budapest * Graffiti photo galleries * Hungarian graffiti artists and sites * Want to know more?

Note: these pages and pages belonging to this chapter were originally published on the websites Szia and Sziabudapest in 2010 / 2011 and will not be updated.

Introduction

Graffiti ..... A subject which was not in the mind of Julius when he founding the website Szia. But, during the many walks in Budapest Julius has discovered brilliant graffiti artworks. Because art is a very important part of the website Szia, graffiti art is since October 2010 a permanent part of this website.

Till march 2011 Julius has made photo galleries of 13 locations with beautiful graffiti art and which can be viewed on this website. The numerous locations photographed after March 2011 and updates of the 13 locations can be found soon on a special website called "Budapestgraffiti"

Galleries 1 to 6 were made in August / September 2010. The seventh series on this page is an art project with graffiti, at Metro station 2 Széll Kálmán tér and is a semi-commercial project. Julius made this gallery in September 2010. Galleries 8 to 12 are made in December 2010 and January 2011. The last gallery, 13, is made in March 2011. The most recent galleries are on top! 

If possible in time, Julius visits all locations frequently to monitor on changes. Thi art form simply do not have eternal value and can disappear quickly. But, fortunately we than still have pictures .... And, please give your comments or suggestions if you know other locations in Budapest and have more background information on the artists!

Graffiti in Budapest

Graffiti .... A growing problem in Budapest and no building or a door, monuments or buildings of lesser importance, can escape. Most of this graffiti is vandalism, with great damage as result.

Walking through Budapest and familar with graffiti you'll see the same tags on numerous locations, because most artists or vandals are to recognize at a style. A scaffolding against a wall guarantees that artists or vandals try to use it to put graffiti on a rooftop of a building (see photo). The expression as shown in the picture can be found at numerous places in Budapest. This is the same for other tags.

And, when you walk through Budapest, and see a beautiful Art Nouveau door that is daubed with graffiti, then you wonder how less respect for the art and awareness of the value of door the people do have who destroyed it. Youthful indiscretions or lack of education? A great deal of water must flow through the Danube before the vandalism will stop and in Budapest are plenty of places where graffiti is not injurious, but rather an enrichment.

Guided tour: Graffiti art in Budapest

Graffiti can be art, the picture left shows an artwork by the artist Taker  which could be found in Budapest until early April 2011.

TIt is literally an figuratively an adventurously tour which brings you to different locations in Budapest such as " the wall of fame" and, currently, a dilapidated factory complex where beautiful (old) examples can be viewed. The route and the locations which will be visited, are depending of which locations are the most interesting ones at the time of the guided tour. Even than it is always a surprise what kind of graffiti art can be viewed on the locations which will be visited.

Graffiti photo galleries

Since August 2010 Julius makes photo galleries of graffiti art in Budapest. By clicking on one of the pictures below, you can view the corresponding photo gallery. The latest galleries are displayed first.

Episode 13

Murals in the Tündergyár pub on the IX. Tűzoltó utca 22. Artist: Vera Bravo. Small gallery, beautiful examples. Photos are taken: March 18, 2011

Episode 12

II. Nagyajtai utca, on a wall near tram line 61
Small gallery, beautiful examples
Photos are taken: January 2011

Episode 11

II. Margit-híd HÉV station at the end of the tunnel. Not very special graffiti art, but older examples from e.g. 2005.
Photos are taken: January 2011

Episode 10

X. Jászberényi út, opposite the Orion plant
Small gallery, beautiful examples
Photos are taken: January 2011

Episode 9

VI. Benczúr utca
Small gallery of partial almost disapeared art
Photo's are taken: December 2010

Episode 8

Train- and Metro 3 station Kőbánya-Kispest [10th district]
Gallery of a a place with constantly changing images
Photos are taken: December 2010

Episode 7

Metro 2 station Széll Kálmán tér [2th district]
Semi commercial project with very beautiful graffiti
Photos are taken: September 2010

Episode 6

X. Bolgár utca
Graffiti on the wall of a playground at the Orchidea school 
Photos are taken: September 2010

Episode 5

IX. Tüzoltó utca
Graffiti on a former factory building, with a few beautiful examples. Photo's are taken: September 2010

Episode 4

X. Köbányai út [10th district]
Commercial graffiti on the wall of a child care building, gorgeous! Photos are taken: September 2010

Episode 3

Metro 4 station under construction Kelenföldi Pu [11th district]
Graffiti on the wall around this square.
Photos are taken: September 2010

Episode 2

Metro 4 station under construction II. János Pál Pápa tér  [8th district]. Graffiti on the wall around this square, very beautiful art. Photo's are taken: September 2010

Episode 1

Metro 4 station under construction Rakoczi tér [8th district]
Very special graffiti on the wall around this square.
Photos are taken: Augustus/September 2010

Hungarian graffiti artists and sites

Part of the art to find on the walls in Budapest is signed and sometimes with a reference to a website. Below a number of these addresses. By clicking on the name you get the website of the artist or company:
FCO: responsible for the graffiti art on the X. Köbányai út. The website is in Hungarian.
Taker: beautiful examples of his work include works which were shown at the "Wall of Fame". The website is in Hungarian.

Want to know more

A good description about graffiti is to find on the Wikipedia page (Dutch edition - brief description) or click here for the extended Wikipedia page in English. 

(Last update and verification of links: August 8, 2011)