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It’s not a key-ring from la Sagrada Familia, nor a screwdriver with a Gaudí lizard handle, a fridge magnet with La Pedrera or a jolly paella. It’s a life-size sculpture of a very well-known figure both to residents and visitors: the Pakistani man selling cans of beer in the streets at night, calling the passersby with the litany “cerveza-beer-amigo” (or “sexy beer” when he targets party goers leaving their Barcelona apartments ready to hit the town). Art director Michele Salati decided to immortalize this emblematic character of the contemporary Barcelona with a life-size statue, making him a monument, turning him into a modern souvenir. It’s an artwork that can be appreciated for its realism: the tired posture, (you can find your beer-selling friend even when all the bars have long since closed), the head bending to the side for that slight ever-begging attitude of the seller, the offering gesture, the six pack, the bag with extra cans… All conveys a sense of sympathy and respect wrapped into a timeless package of irony and melancholy. To make a mark on the aspect of social criticism in his artwork, Michele video interviewed some Pakistani people to get to know what they really think about this activity, unveiling the difficulties this social group encounters with their effort to integrate into Catalunya and the necessity of making a living with odd jobs like selling beer, among others. After a provocative “live” exhibition consisting of leaving the statue alone in a few corners of Barcelona to record the effect on the people, the “Monumento al Paquistaní” is now visible at the Base Elements art gallery, a temple of graffiti and street art in the Gothic neighborhood. A small, synthetic marble replica of the statue is available in limited edition for sale. So stop by Base Elements if you want to purchase a truly modern souvenir of Barcelona.
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Ní tá sé ina eochair-fáinne ó la Sagrada Família, ná scriúire le laghairt láimhseáil Gaudí, maighnéad cuisneoir le La Pedrera nó paella jolly. Tá sé ina dealbh saol-mhéid na figiúr an-maith ar a dtugtar araon do chónaitheoirí agus do chuairteoirí: an fear Pakistani cannaí beorach a dhíol ar na sráideanna san oíche, ag iarraidh an passersby leis an litany "cerveza-beoir-amigo" (nó "beoir sexy "nuair Díríonn sé goers páirtí a fhágáil a n-árasán Barcelona réidh a bhuail an bhaile). Stiúrthóir ealaíne Michele Salati chinn a immortalize an carachtar emblematic den Barcelona comhaimseartha le dealbh saol-mhéid, a dhéanamh dó séadchomhartha, ag casadh sé isteach cuimhneacháin nua-aimseartha. Tá sé an saothar ealaíne ar féidir a bheith buíoch as a réalachas: an posture tuirseach, (is féidir leat teacht ar do chara beoir-díol fiú nuair a bhíonn fada ar na barraí ó dúnta), an ceann lúbthachta ar an taobh sin beag dearcadh riamh-begging ar an díoltóir, an gesture thairiscint, an pacáiste sé, an mhála le cannaí breise ... thugann Gach tuiscint ar gcomhbhrón agus meas fillte isteach i bpacáiste timeless de íoróin agus lionn dubh. A dhéanamh marc ar an ghné sin de cáineadh sóisialta ina saothar ealaíne, agallamh Michele físeán roinnt daoine Pacastáine a fháil a fháil amach cad a cheapann siad i ndáiríre faoi an ngníomhaíocht seo, nochtadh na deacrachtaí encounters an ngrúpa sóisialta le n-iarracht a chomhtháthú isteach Catalunya agus an gá a dhéanamh beo le poist corr cosúil le díol beoir, i measc daoine eile. Tar éis gríosaitheach taispeántas "beo" ar a mbeidh ag fágáil an dealbh ina n-aonar i roinnt cearn den Barcelona a thaifeadadh ar an éifeacht ar na daoine, is é an "Monumento al Paquistaní" le feiceáil anois ag an gailearaí ealaíne Base Eilimintí, teampall de graifítí agus sráide ealaíne sa chomharsanacht Gotach. Is beag, macasamhail marmair sintéiseacha den dealbh ar fáil i eagrán teoranta ar díol. Mar sin, stop a chur le Base Eilimintí más mian leat a cheannach cuimhneacháin fíor nua-aimseartha de Barcelona.