LeDieSis | Eyes on the Streets

There was far too much interesting graffiti and urban art seen in Naples to squeeze it all into one post. I have posted some previously and this post attempts to “finish” what I have from February 2024 – before I go back to Naples. Most of these images were taken while exploring the streets of the Spanish Quarter (Quartieri Spagnoli)

below: Electric! … but unplugged.

street art mural of an electric cord and plug lying on the ground

below: La Ditta Fortunato (The Lucky Company)

street art, shades of grey, a man with a sign La Ditta Fortunato

below: Zelda enshrined

a little street art piece that turns a religious shrine into a shrine for Zelda, the video game character and heroine.

below: Dancing in the dark

below: Superwomen sharing a pizza, street art by LiDieSis

street art by lediesis, two women dressed as superwoman eating pizza

below: Couple, staring into each other’s eyes.

street art, two people, middle aged, man and woman looking at each other

below: A street scene in the Spanish Quarter

Street scene, Spanish Quarter, Naples, motorbikes, graffiti, balconies, laundry, doorways,

below: Graffiti paper wheatpaste by Lingual (I think that’s what it says), a man’s portrait in grey tones, with two small green snakes slithering out of his mouth. Is this a political statement? He’s designed like an antique stone bust and carefully positioned on top of a real stone plaque on a wall in Naples

below: Graffiti cat

below: Like the image above, here is another strange woman sniffing flower parts

below: More than one person has left their shoes here…. A runner with a stopwatch in lieu of a head.

below: Very big hands, skinny arms and legs, and a puffball rabbit tail?

below: A small section of Vico Toto where there are some paintings that pay tribute to Totò, the stage name of an Italian actor Antonio “Totò” De Curtis (1898-1967). You can see more of the works here, Toto and friends, an earlier blog post.

part of Vico Toto, a narrow street in Spanish Quarter of Naples

below: Life is short

graffiti urban art, painting of two fish, with a big hook between them and the words life is short

below: Maradona (1960-2020) was a football hero to many and references to him are all over Naples. For more Maradona and football graffiti in Naples see “Football and the ‘cult’ of Maradona“

street art painting of Maradona, beside a blue bench

below: Let your phone blind you and suck your brains out! Graffiti by Inserra.

below: “Sempre la… stressa… cosa” or, in English, “Always there….stress… what” as he tries to balance a precarious load of chair, tire, fan, wine bottle, and more.

below: Punk chicken – except, don’t those feet look like a humn hand??

below: Outstretched hands encircle a shiny orb in a paper wheatpaste by Vivia Cirillo.

below: Perfectly placed skateboarder by Satwerz

below: “mmm”Il faccio mordere” or “I’ll make him bite”

below: Monochrome portrait of a local rapper, Geolier (Emanuele Palumbo), who is from the Gescal neighborhood of Naples. It was painted by Salvatore Iodice.

below: Two young men, by J.P. Gimenez

below: Sophia Loren serves up a pizza and on the right is, apparently, San Gennaro – On September 19, 305 AD, the Bishop of Benevento, Gennaro, died in Pozzuoli, martyred along with 6 others. As for the fellow in the middle – I don’t know!

motorbike parked in front of black and white monochrome street art paintings of three people, Sophia Loren holding a pizza, an unidentified man, and San Gennero who was martyred in 305 A.D.

Naples street scene with people, parked cars, street art, narrow streets, balconies, laundry,

below: Cartoonish interaction between telephone and eyepiece, only a fragment remains.

below: Keyboard player

below: Cyop and Kaf painting high up on a wall. There are many examples of their work on the walls of Napoli! For more images, see Cyop & Kaf in Naples blogpost

mural by cyop and kaf on a wall, above the street

below: Another street in the Spanish Quarter.

street scene, shrines on wall, cars parked, graffiti on garage door, laundry hanging from balconies

below: Bright red lips and blue cheeks.

street art picture of a woman with bright red lips, grey eyes, and blue make-up,

below: Cave Gu-Tang black dog

blue face in a street art painting, along with words viva napoli

Photos taken February 2024

….. looking for (and finding!) graffiti and interesting bits of street art.

There were a few pieces by artist Blub who has used well known faces of famous figures or images from art history and placed them underwater wearing a diving mask. These are part of his series, “L’Arte Sa Nuotare” (underwater art)

below: Little angel

street art by blub, his underwater series, famous little angel with arms crossed in front of him, now blue and wearing diving mask

below: The Madonna. In some versions she is with baby Jesus who has been cut out of this image (as you can see the bubbles floating upward from his mask even though he is not in this picture)

street art by blub, his underwater series, famous woman's face now blue and wearing diving mask, virgin mary, or the madonna

Taken from Gustav Klimt’s, “The Kiss”, the kissing couple are now underwater too.

Another artist with a presence in Bari is LeDieSis and her/their Superwomen series

below: Barbie’s been shopping. She’s winking at you.

street art by LeDieSis, image of Barbie wearing blue dress with superman symbol

below: Pink and purple and another wink. Does she realize that someone is looking over her shoulder?

in pink and purple tones, street art by LeDieSis, woman with hair tied back, and superman symbol on front of t shirt

below: Another winking superwoman. I suspect that the official looking notice has been taped over her Superman symbol.

graffiti by LeDieSis, blond woman, other graffiti around her

below: The Virgin Mary is also in Bari, also winking, as she carries her baby daughter

below: Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo superwoman graffiti by LeDieSis

below: “Gals are as strong as hell” by unknown artist.

sticker that says gals are strong as hell

Mopsi, by so schoen immer wieder, can be seen in many European cities including Bari. He (she?) usually has something to say.

below: Equality has no gender. The black scrawl covers the word “no” which can totally change the message if you’re not looking closely.

below: Rizek (aka Kris Rizek)

I saw two small female figues by Miss Quark

below: One woman bares it all

graffiti sticker of a naked woman with back turned and arms covering breasts, bare bum,

below: And the other has flowing red hair and colourful wings.

There were also Gu Tang Clan posters on the walls in Bari.

Zooming in to highlight some of the stickers – a blue shark in pink waters, a flaming sandal, and Ind–? Jam?.

And last, a selection of work by “Unknown Artists”

There are two large paste up figures in black and white which may or may not be by the same artist. The top one is Mona Lisa is a man’s suit. She’s been leaning on this wall since at least 2019 so although she’s looking a little rough, she’s doing well for her age.