Colombian street artist’s “timeless” work

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Juxtapoz, the San Francisco-based arts and culture magazine, is raving about a Colombian street artist called Bastardilla.

The artist, says the magazine, sent them a link to her Flickr page, which features photos of her work.

‘Not only do we rarely receive mail from Colombia, but we hardly ever see such a wealth of great artistry from an artist we were not yet familiar with,’ says Juxtapoz on its website.

Bastardilla’s work is impressive, using paint and an extraordinary array of colors to adorn Bogota’s public spaces. But it appears she’s not chasing fame. In an e-mail to La Plaza, she said she wanted to remain anonymous. She did reveal, however, that she’s a 27-year-old woman living in Bogota.

See Bastardilla at work in the video below, embedded from her Vimeo site at http://www.vimeo.com/bastardilla.

-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City