Synopsis

In the neighbourhood of Santa Marta, between Avenida Rosalía de Castro and Avenida de Barcelona, there is a small street that previously had few passersby. This changed when the street was transformed and became the canvas and medium for various artworks featuring the “trencadis” or mosaic technique. An independent and constantly evolving work by Xulio Ferreiro. This retired DIY enthusiast chose the tiles combined with pieces of elements such as plates, mirrors, or glasses to carry out this technique. Julio breaks up all of this material, cuts it, polishes it, and sticks it with cement and glue, letting himself be carried away by his own inspiration and even by the ideas that the locals, delighted with this brightening up of their neighbourhood’s appearance, suggest to him as they pass by. Xulio’s mosaics are spreading to other parts of the city. In the same neighbourhood of Santa Marta, they can be found in the church and the Colexio da Milagrosa school; also in the urban furniture made of cement in Avenida de Vilagarcía. And even in the Vista Alegre neighbourhood, next to the sociocultural centre.

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XULIO FERREIRO (Galicia) “Mosaicos”