The exhibition “Banksy. The art of protest” at Disseny Hub Barcelona is hosting the Art al TRAM cultural project from Friday 12 November until 13 March 2022.

The third guest artist of the project, Javier Royo, is in charge of using his combative characters and simple lines to tell the story of the link between Art al TRAM and the world-renowned graffiti artist Banksy, who also dedicates his art to protest, social criticism and the fight against inequality.

Royo will scatter his sarcastic works along the entire entrance and exit wall to Banksy's exhibition and will divide the space with photographs and videos of the first two Art al TRAM projects.

The illustrator from Aragon who lives in Barcelona will draw part of his creation during the first days of the exhibition so that visitors can see and experience the process of live creation in contrast to the artist Banksy, who leaves his works all over the world without being seen.

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Art al TRAM is an artistic intervention project at tram stops and trams in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona to use art as a way of revitalising passenger spaces and making them friendlier places, as well as generating unique experiences for tram passengers.

This project began in 2020 when Iker Muro (Mur0ne) created a work of art at the Cornellà Centre stop, where the multiculturalism and diversity of the tram's users is represented over 1600 m2 through a set of intersecting face profiles that generate a sensation of movement.

It has continued this year 2021 with the mural work by Amaia Arrazola at the Besòs stop, where inclusive, diverse, contemporary and metaphorical characters share space with giant birds native to the Besòs area on the walls.