Alvaro Naddeo is a self-taught artist with a fascination for the urban environments he has faced, such as Lima, New York and Los Angeles where he currently resides. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Trash
MOBA: The Museum of Bad Art
“Charlie and Sheba”, a painting at the Museum of Bad Art, where “art is too bad to be ignored.” Continue reading
Clever Mash-Ups of Everyday Objects
German artist Martin Roller constructs assemblages of objects in hilarious and astonishing ways in his body of work. Taking found object from the streets of Berlin, he photographs interesting mash-ups of everyday objects and remnants of trash, transforming their original function. Continue reading
Homes in Unexpected Places
See the homes of 70% of Caracas’ residents
In Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, nearly seventy percent of the population lives in slums that seem to drape over every corner of the city.
Welcome to the world’s largest vertical slum
In the centre of the city is the Torre David, a forty-five story unfinished office tower that was in the midst of construction until the developer died in 1993, and the crash of the Venezuelan economy the following year. About eight years ago, people started moving in to the abandoned construction site, and today it is considered the world’s largest vertical slum. Continue reading