art in a toilet
irudia
A lot has been written in toilets in bars. A lot drawn. A lot of revindications have taken their place on these walls. A lot of drugs taken too. Lots of sex, as well. Maybe not as much as the other stuff though. And in the fashion of our cave-dwelling ancestors, there are still those troglodytes that, lighter in hand, conjure up smoky Belmez-like faces on these hallowed walls. By this stage we thought that there was nothing on a toilet wall that could shock us or capture our attention in any way. Well, that was until
recently, when colourful impressionist paintings began appearing on the toilet walls of bars and gaztetxes (communal youth squats) in the Basque Country. They are work of artist Leina Kunst. The artist does them in the time it takes to do whatever she needs to do there (depending on what you need to do, this time may vary), and she has given us at least, a new reason to go to the loo in bars.

leinakunst.com