Good old Irkutsk 2011

I found some interesting shots while going through some files on my computer. 

This is a very old tram. 

Interior art work. 

What you may never see, but its there.

It was quite impossible to imagine any underground art activity in Irkutsk a couple of years ago. Nowadays you can see graffiti art when you enter the city by railroad or air. There are a lot of art pieces near airport and along railroad. Downtown is full of graffiti art today, but you cannot see it from ‘outside’.

You can see how this international underground culture came up to our Siberian stage. A year ago it was like a plant, but nowadays it is a big tree, a common thing, all of it is good yet.

The whole art activity is supported by a very small group of people, but they are making a huge trend. Graffiti arts are getting better. There are even some shops which sell special paint in cans with special caps that artists can use.

Also, there are art competitions and festivals, where managers try to gather lots of artists in one place so that they can draw freely. These competitions are usually related to others with extreme sports (bikes, rollerblades, skateboards) and rappers. So, if you are an artist you can come up to Siberia to try out your skills and compete with Siberians in art.