Today I would like to share with you beautiful street art, located in my home town Bielsko-Biala, Poland. I could have noticed there were many people who liked this kind of art, so it encouraged me to share even more photos with you, Local Guides. You can check my other posts about street art I’ve post on Connect Street art heaven in San Francisco, CA and Street art heaven in San Jose, CA , The extraordinary street art heaven in Polish villages
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Street art has got its advantages and disadvantages. One of the “dark sides” is a temporariness of these paintings. The mural with the old man and the bird (you can see above) is already gone. I took this photo some time ago and when I was preparing this post for you, I discovered this wall is completely plain right now. It made me sad, but at the same time, now I really expect another great artwork to be shown in the same place.
Some of the murals tell stories, some were made for a reason. In this post, I would like to share with you examples of a few street arts I know why they look like this.
Some of the murals in Bielsko-Biala present the history of my home town. Below you can imagine yourself in the city streets years ago when we used to have trams here, less car traffic and even “Radio” mural!!! This one is like a postcard from the past. I love it!
Here the artist wanted to present the most famous buildings and monuments as toys, what children can play with. In the first photo on the left, there is our symbol of the city - a small car called “Maluch”/“The Little One”/ “Toddler” (Fiat 126p), which was being produced here till 2000.
Bielsko-Biala used to be an industrial city, especially was famous, because of the textiles craft and you can notice that on this following mural.
When I was a child the most popular TV cartoons in Poland were produced in my city, in the cartoon movies studio. Till now there is a mural with the most famous cartoon characters - “Reksio”, “Bolek and Lolek”, “Pampalini”, and Wawel Dragon.
My home town is located just by the Beskidy mountains and I’m so happy there is a part of street art, which does not forget about our original roots, folk, and tradition.
Have you got any painting you like and you are familiar with the story behind it? I would love to read about it, please share this story with us in the comment section below.
You can find more information, about authors and their concepts, (text in English and in Polish) here: Murale in Bielsko-Biała with the exact location of each mural, marked on the city map.