ROA, Gambia

Part of Wide Open Walls.

artist: ROA
location: Kembujeh and Galloya villages, The Gambia

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RUN, Gambia + Senegal

Medina neighborhood; Dakar, Senegal


Medina neighborhood; Dakar, Senegal


Medina neighborhood; Dakar, Senegal


Medina neighborhood; Dakar, Senegal


Medina neighborhood; Dakar, Senegal


Makumbayah Village; Gambia -- organized by Wide Open Walls.




Sanyang Town, Gambia


Serre Kunda, Gambia

artist: RUN
location: Gambia + Senegal

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ROA in Mexico, Cambodia + Gambia

Snake with strangled rats
At All City Canvas in Mexico DF
República de Paraguay 42-Downtown.
Thanks to the organisation and to Gonzalo, Roberto, and Jalil, Jesus and Francisco.







Lizard - Cholula, Mexico

I visited last year in January also Cholula, I love the place and the people!
Thanks again to my friend Christian Milamores!




Grasshopper - Cholula, Mexico


THE GAMBIA
On invitation of Wide Open Walls by Lawrence, my second visit to the Makasutu Forest, The Gambia. I painted in the surrounding villages.




From 2011


From 2011


Mosquito - Kubuneh


Vulture on a baboon skull - Kubuneh



Pangolin - Makumbaya







Lizard - Galoya




Beatles - Galoya


Kudu - Galoya


Toad - Galoya


Turtle - Gunjur Beach



CAMBODIA


On invitation of TheSk8Room (Bruxelles) I went to Cambodia to give some workshops with the Cambodian youth and the people from Skateistan, Combodia.
As Mexico, as Africa, this was a short trip, but I got the chance to paint on the tower of the school of PSE (Pour un sourire d'enfant), Phnom Penh.


Because we spend two days before in the jungle near by Vietnam I choose to paint a firefly. The firefly is because of the light pollution threatened in her existence and has a great importance for they produce with there lower body a yellow/green luminescent light, and communicate with their light flashes with each other. Researchers are observing them for a cancer resource and claiming they would could kill cancer cells.





During our two days stay in the forrest we visit Kep, a small town near by Vietnam, that once functioned as the French Riviera of Cambodia.
The left behind villas witnessing this former wealth. The villas became destroyed in the time of the Kmer Rouge and nowadays they are shelters for homeless people and for roaming animals.






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artist: ROA
locations: Mexico, Cambodia, Gambia

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Know Hope In The Gambia

the 'We Are Antennas' piece, which was painted in the center of the village, with an empty speech bubble left for the residents to use as a bulletin board for messages, notes, secrets and hopes.




Know Hope was in The Gambia for Wide Open Walls (see Roa's contributions).

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artist: Know Hope
location: The Gambia

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ROA In The Gambia

Roa was in Gambia for Wide Open Walls and thanks Lawrence; he shares these in remembrance of James and Malang, two people he met there who just died.

Also - Roa lost his camera and is looking for more pictures of his work in The Gambia; if you have some, add a link in the comments below.

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artist: ROA
location: The Gambia

images by Jonx Pillemer, other than the giraffe image, which is by Sydelle Willow Smith

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