Carabanchel has a new muse, and measures 18 meters high by 66 wide. It’s about The Vistalegre musethe larger mural made so far in Spain, which has just been completed on the facade of the Vistalegre Palace on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
The work carries the signing of the urban artist Sfhir, originally from the same Madrid neighborhood, which in 2023 was recognized with the world’s best mural award for Fene’s cellistin La Coruña.
Now, his brush re -pays tribute to the local. This time with a female figure playing the guitar, turned into a visual symbol of the Carabanchelera culture.
A gesture that seeks – in the words of the artist himself – “return to the neighborhood starts from what he has given” and give visibility to the creative roots of this area of Madrid, often associated only to the worker and stigma.
A colossal work with carabanchelero stamp
The mural not only impresses with its size, but also by its meaning. Sfhir wanted the work to be a “tribute to the soul of the neighborhood”, and has done so through a hyperrealistic aesthetic with dream touches, faithful to its style.
The woman who stars in the mural holds a Spanish guitar and, around her, float elements related to the world of art and music.
The initiative is part of the cultural program District 11promoted by the Municipal Board of Carabanchel to promote artistic creation in public space.
In this case, it was also to commemorate the room of a century of life of one of the most emblematic enclosures in southern Madrid, the Vistalegre Palace, transforming its facade into a visible artistic icon from several surrounding streets.
Carabanchel wants to be an outdoor gallery
The Vistalegre muse It will be the first stop of The art routea new cultural journey in which murals and contemporary sculptures will be combined in squares, facades and traffic spaces of the district.
The objective: Turn Carabanchel into a lively and open urban art gallerywith works signed by national and international creators.
The route will have two thematic axes: on the one hand, the purest urban art in walls and midfields; on the other, sculptural facilities in common spaces. The initiative will also include guided tours, workshops with artists, community meetings and educational actions.
One more step in the cultural transformation of the district, which has been gaining weight for years as one of the most active creative epicenters in the capital.
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This new mural adds to a Long list of artistic interventions They have colored the Madrid facades in recent years.
In fact, the Carabanchel neighborhood already had several striking examples, such as the mural tribute to Francisco Ibáñez and his legendary 13, Rue del Perbeor the works signed by artists such as Okuda San Miguel or Boa Mistura in other areas of the city.
But The Vistalegre muse Not only beat size records: it also represents A commitment to art as a engine of social and urban transformation.
In Sfhir’s words, “public art has the ability to connect with people directly, without filters, and return dignity to spaces that often do not look at each other.” And Carabanchel, with his combative and creative identity, thus becomes canvas and protagonist of a new cultural stage.
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