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For Angie

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Seb Toussaint

Angie died 2 years ago from leukemia. Her mother asked me to paint her name on her house, in the slum of Mariscal Sucre, Bogota.

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Henry chose the word "Dios" (=God) and told me it's important to be grateful and not take for granted what god does for us. His whole family has moved to Colombia these last few years, but he wants to stay in Venezuela to participate in shaping the future of his country "with the help of god" . I painted this with kids from the barrio with @compromisoco as a "mural class". . #streetart #arteurbano #mural #ShareTheWordProject #dios #pintura #BrisasDeProPatria #patterns #sebtoussaint #god #contemporaryart #urbanart #caracas #venezuela #propatria #elartenosune

Yaneth, 67 years old, chose the word "Vida" (=life). She officially lives alone, but her home is always full of people, and full of life. She cooks for kids who woulnd't eat otherwise, gives coffee and arepas to volonteers who come to the neighbourhood to help out, and cooks a lovely breakfast and lunch for me every day. I also wash at her place because there's no running water in the house I'm staying in. Although I'm told that the slum used to be much more lively before the crisis that forced 15% of Venezuela's population to leave, it is still full of life, thanks to people like Yaneth who keep a smile on their faces and pans on the stove! . #ShareTheWordProject #sebtoussaint #mural #streetart #caracas #colours #letters #fonts #venezuela #petare #contemporaryurbanart #urbanart #contemporaryart #arteurbano #sanblas #haciendociudad #elartenosune #latinamerica #southamerica #patterns

Emily, 13 years old, chose the word "Libertad" (=Freedom). She told me that her word is refering to the history of Venezuela. Her country use to be a place where huge numbers of West-coast Africans were shipped over by Europeans as from 1576 and were made slaves for centuries. Slavery was officially abolished in Venezuela in 1854. Today many Venezuelans of African descent live in low income neighbourhoods like Petare. . #ShareTheWordProject #sebtoussaint #venezuela #libertad #freedom #petare #caracas #venezuela #arteurbano #arte #contemporaryurbanart #patterns #sanblas

With the Ambassador of France to Venezuela ! Today the ambassador @romnadal came to see my murals and meet the community. It was the first time in 6 years of #ShareTheWordProject that an ambassador has come to a slum to see my work. It means a lot to me because the whole point of my project is to make marginalised communities more visible, and I love it when people from outside the slum come into the slum. Art can break barriers and make people from seperate worlds meet. Thank you to Romain Nadal for coming to Petare, South America's largest slum. And thank you to Katy @camargokgh who I'm living with in the slum, and who's helping me in every way possible. . #petare #caracas #venezuela #sebtoussaint #ShareTheWordProject #slum #sanblas #haciendociudadanos @haciendociudadv @embafrancia #elartenosune #southamerica #latinamerica

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