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Pablo Delgado

If you’ve ever spent a lazy afternoon wandering around the east end of London you would have no doubt marvelled at the prevalence of some high quality street art. Yes there is plenty of mindless dross and naff tags, but you don’t have to search far or wide to be rewarded.

You do however, need to look closely and most often down, if you want to spy some of the extraordinary work of Senor Delgado. A prolific paste-up artist brought to London’s grimy streets from the blazing colour and sunshine of Mexico.

If you want to appreciate his craft you need to get low to the ground, because Pablos creations are miniature in stature but epic in substance. Often satirical, symbolic and reflective of mankinds impact in and on the planet, his pieces quite joyously tread on the toes of surrealism, and dabble in the darker recesses. 

In a world where bigger is better, more is de rigueur, where gigabytes are giving way to terabytes, Delgado is seriously bucking the trend and reminding us all of our place in the world, as drops in the ocean, none more valuable than any other, pearls one and all.

When asked why he feels the need to make his creations so small his response was...

“It’s a mix of things. We need to be less. We are too many in the world and that small size is the opposite of the stupid necessities and immense resources that we use. And we need to be discreet”

For me, London is a better place for having this artist within its community. Not only does he reward the curiously observant with some colour and sunshine in an otherwise dreary landscape, but his tiny works promote much grander concepts.. his commentary as relevant to the individual as they are to the entire city.

                               And beyond.

all works by Pablo Delgado

review by bhp