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VALENCIA STREET ART ‘NENA WAPA WAPA’ (EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW) 24/7 Valencia: Explain to us the concept of your work as NENA WAPA WAPA When I paint alone in the street and I can devote myself to my personal project, to my ideas, and to expressing them, I speak above all of the feminine world and of concepts such as freedom. I try to make people stop and think when they see them, and that is why I use a palette that is not very saturated or in black and white, and with simple compositions, to make them stand out from all the brightly coloured murals that surround them. Tell us something about your influences and artistic background… I have a degree in Fine Arts and I had always been attracted by the graffiti that was found on the streets, I made contact with sprays and the street for the first time in 2001 or 2002, I can’t remember exactly. I made some pieces but I was not happy with the results.
and that has been the path I see on the streets and the arthave followed. ists. However, on a work level it’s complicated and you have My influences have always to fight hard for people to unbeen people around me, from all derstand and value this work. of them I learn something and I They think that because you put it into practice. like to paint, you’ll like to paint for free too... and that’s not the What is the meaning of the case. NENA WAPA WAPA tag? The name “La nena wapa wapa” Do you have plans for began as a joke with some 2020/2021? friends from Albacete. Of course, there are plans for the coming years, as long as For artists, how do you see Va- health and time allow… lencia today? In Valencia, there are and have Interview by Owl been very good graffiti and mural artists. Today, people have More information at learned to value the work you flickr: nenawapawapa
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