"It doesn't even look like a renovation": A wall featuring local street art was painted over in Irkutsk.

The wall in the alley between Uritskogo and Fourie streets was painted over with gray paint by utility workers, the artist reported. Vika KhtonMany interesting works were damaged. Her miniature house, which survived only six days, was located on this wall.

«It doesn't even look like a renovation: the paint was simply slapped on haphazardly over street art, multiple layers of advertisements and other textures, — Vika wrote. — I don’t know what these people are trying to achieve, but it certainly doesn’t make things any more beautiful.”

Street art in of Russia Almost always, sooner or later, it is destroyed by municipal services or painted over by "concerned" citizens. Even if it is created on a completely innocent topic.

At the same time, patriotic street art is officially flourishing in the country. in Lyubertsy A mural was created on the initiative of the Association of Veterans of the SVO."The idea behind the graffiti is to commemorate the participants of the special military operation who died in the line of duty," — the deputy head of the association noted Nikolay Chernobrovkin.

Spring in Thule A graffiti has appeared in honor of "Hero of the Russian Federation" and SVO member Bogdan Rozhkov. The regional governor himself announced the unveiling. Dmitry Milyaev.

Patriotic murals - and in Khabarovsk. For Victory Day, a portrait was painted on the wall of the house. George ZhukovThe mural was the first in a series of patriotic art pieces. This year, the city plans to also display images of the marshal. Konstantin Rokossovsky and Marshal of Armored Forces Pavel Rybalko.