Once upon a time, about 2013, on Via Ostiense under the railway tracks, a group of artists painted the concrete walls…  Names like 2501, moneyless, andreco, tellas, Martina Merlini,  ozmo, and gaia.   By January 2020 only parts of them could be seen.  This post shows part of those concrete walls as they appeared at the beginning of 2020 (other parts of the bridge to follow in subsequent posts).

The artist  2501 (aka Jacopo Ceccarelli)  is known for his black and white striped creations and some of those were still visible along with realistic looking hands and faces that were probably painted by others.

below: Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet, by OZMO

below: Another portrait by OZMO

below: A tarot card with an image of Temperance.  She is often an angel and is one of the three virtues found in tarot cards along with Justice and Strength.  A woman mixing water into wine was a standard allegory of Temperance in European art.

below: “#BackToBlue” by Luca Maleonte, the original 2014 mural was tagged over before I saw it and just the top central two figures could be seen.

below: I found this photo online of the mural after it had just been painted.

below: The artist who created these is leonardo crudi novecento (Leonardo Crudi) The description of the black and yellow poster on his Instagram is “Alle bestie che strisciano da varie fessure Bisbiglio piano, di mio arbitrio: Prospera Allora mi guardo intorno – ma forse agisco, Sventurato contro la volonta di qualcuno Prigov e gli scarafaggi”  Using Google Translate – “To the beasts that crawl from various cracks I whisper softly, of my own free will: Prosperous Then I look around – but perhaps I act, Wretched against someone’s will Prigov and the cockroaches” Prigov refers to Dmitri Prigov, a Russian writer and artist.

below: Helicopter silhouette

Pictures taken January 2020

The next installment of graffiti found under the Ostiense bridge is here – another section