Graffiti artist at work during the night in Barga

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Graffiti
artist at work during the night in Barga

75
metre mural executed on the new retaining wall
of the carpark below Barga

The long running story of the new cark park being built
just below Barga Vecchia took a new twist this morning
with the discovery that during the night a graffiti artist
had used the new concrete retaining wall as a canvas
for his latest “masterpiece”.

As the above image shows, the 75 metre long retaining wall
that had only been erected less than a week before was
now longer
a pristine
white but a colour design stretching the full length and
width of the wall.

the
wall during construction

earler
this month

The sheer size of the work has surprised many. The absence
of a moon over the weekend must have made the work extremely
difficult to do in the dark but of course also helped
to keep the whole thing hidden from the eyes of passing
motorists, that is until the dawn came up to reveal the
completed image.

Local authorities are not that amused by the whole affair
but are slightly more relaxed about the incident in the
knowledge that the wall will be covered in earth in the
coming weeks. Local people and the occasional tourists
with cameras have been seen gathering on the road above
the wall to look at and photograph the wall before it
is once more hidden from view.

other
work by BRUTE! in England

other
work by BRUTE! in France

In the bottom right hand corner of the wall there is
a signature which reads “BRUTE! 2003” A search
on the internet brings up the information that the name
BRUTE! is used by an artist living in England called
Aiden Hughes who has created other works of art of large
dimensions such as the Barga Wall in other places in
Europe including Britain, France and the Czech Republic.

A statement from Aiden Hughes about
the work can be seen here.