The graffiti of the mythical Pier will be protected and restored by the Community of Madrid and will remain in the building where it appeared, in Cava Alta with Toledo Street, in La Latina, at the request of the community of owners.
It has been announced by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports, with Mariano de Paco at the helm. The graffiti that has emerged in the works being carried out on this property is the work of street artist Juan Carlos Argüello, Muelle, icon of the Movida and pioneer of urban art in Spain.
There are two Muelle signatures that are preserved in Madrid, on Montera Street and in the Yeserías prison. Mariano de Paco has highlighted “the speed and diligence” with which the Madrid Executive has acted to defend Heritage, which he considers a “key element” of cultural policy and management, “as well as the receptivity and sensitivity of the neighbors, aware of the great cultural treasure found on the façade of their homes.”
Argüello (1965-1995), Muelle, began painting in Campamento, the neighborhood where he was born and raised and soon his signature, characterized by an arrow, spread throughout all the streets of the capital, leaving evidence of the influence received from urban art. New York as a formula for alternative and disruptive expression of the most conventional art, which in the 80s was being developed in Madrid.
