Beco de Batman
<p>The art in the alley is world class, it keeps changing, and it’s been this way for more than 40 years. But before we can get totally into it, one question looms.</p>
<p>Where did the <strong><em>Batman</em></strong> part come from?</p>
<p>Are you hoping for a local origin story? Sorry. It’s the DC Comics guy. Some aspects of popular culture are global and have been for a long time. Street Art and Batman are two of them.</p>
<p>When street art began to emerge as a force in the 1980s, a fringe-y neighborhood on the west side of Sao Paulo called Vila Madalena was an obvious initial hot spot. Early on, someone drew a Batman portrait and the name became short-hand for the whole new scene going on there.</p>
<p>The original image itself is lost to history as far as I can find. But it gets redone a lot and you know what he looks like anyway.</p>
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