Vandalism in jogging trousers.

An offender as art Star: Whether the photos of the graffiti graffiti Raúl Ruíz the streets of Granada embellish or verschandeln, is matter of opinion. The city owes plenty fine in any case - even though his pictures as a tourist attraction to be marketed.

 

Raúl Ruíz drink on the way to work a coffee in a small bar around the corner of his workshop in Realejo district of Granada. He reads the newspaper, go when paying a few friendly words with the waitress and welcomed on the way out two older ladies. In a shop, he bought a bottle of juice, in the poultry store next door, he looks even short rein.

The owners are looking forward to the chicken, the 31-year-old Spaniard with the jogging trousers, a hooded jumper and three-day beard on their shutters soon will spray. Because Ruiz is known in his district and beyond. He is a criminal - at least in the view of some of the Upper City. Ruiz does not often ask for permission before the work begins.

In 2001, like one or the other tourists not only photos of the nearby world-famous Alhambra shot, but also of hitherto lesser-known works of sprayers "El niño de las pinturas" (The child of the painting) aka "Sex" "Sexlíder" or Raúl Ruiz. It was the year in which Ruíz his breakthrough as a graffiti artist in the Andalusian city celebrated and found his personal style. The year in which a friend's street art gallery owner discovered the year in which his troubled relationship with the city of Granada and its authorities began.

In the town hall have been set aside to create a catalog of his works and their locations to produce. This promotion of his pictures from the city, he finds a paradox: "On the one reimbursed the city criminal charges because I have pictures on the wall was painted, on the other side, there was a catalog published by the city of Granada, with the same pictures." Until today has nothing to these contradictory relationship changed.

"I believe that I am doing something good"

At the opening of a current exhibition entitled "Come into the labyrinth and its walls to paint!" referred to the City of Youth "The child of painting" as a national and international size of graffiti art. At the same time the artist owes the city, organizer of the exhibition, a fine, whose amount Ruíz itself at 3000 euros.

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL-QUIZ

AP, DDP, Antje Blinda