I found these graffiti pieces while walking down a side street in busy Rio Piedras, PR. Rio Piedras, for those of you who haven't been, is the historic market for the island's farmers. The charming thing about Rio Piedras is the coexistence of street vendors selling everything from avocados to pirated tapes from grocery store shopping carts to fufu retail outlets where paunchy business men hawk the latest fashions. Of course, there's lots of graffiti adorning (or defacing, depending on your perspective) the walls of buildings in mid remodel, run down lots, or sidewalk mini walls like the ones pictured. I was drawn to the first because of the contrast between the stylized kitty face and the heavy spray paint strokes in the background. The second is, of course, a stencil of Jim Morrison's face. The cracks in the paint give it an edge and fortuitiously compliments the idea of jim morrison, perhaps as a romanticized musician and broken human being.
