Street Art: Callejon De Hamel

Salvador Gonzales Escalona is a painter that spent over two decades painting in Cuba, America, Venezuela, Norway, and Italy. But then in 1990 he started to paint the rundown alley, Callejon De Hamel, outside of his apartment in Havana. He started with the sides of the buildings and then moved onto the streets and side walks with sculptures. There’re benches made of bathtubs and a throne that “bestows good luck.” We went to visit the alley because it was not too far away from one of the places we were staying and it was supposed to be cool (it was).