The Child of Paintings 'shoots' in tribute to “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”

La Voz de Almeria

March 6, 2020

The Granada artist completes his work at the Torrecárdenas Shopping Center

The famous graffiti artist Raúl Ruiz, better known as the Niño de las Pinturas, has finished this week in Almería one of his most important works at the Torrecárdenas Shopping Center. This is the last of the three works inspired by the Almeria film legacy. This, specifically, is a tribute to the film 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly', which was shot in Almeria, which can be appreciated by visitors to the mall in access to the surface parking and to which the artist Granada has given his last brushstrokes and touches.  

The works of the Child of the Paintings look from the opening of the Torrecárdenas Shopping Center in the three existing accesses from the car parks, and in them different scenes of three mythical films shot in the province are reproduced, in which you can appreciate the beauty of the Almeria landscapes: 'The good, the ugly and the bad', 'Indiana Jones and the last crusade' and 'Lawrence of Arabia'.

For the realization of these works, the graffiti artist from Granada has done an exhaustive work of previous research, seeing again the three films and making a storyboard with those most representative images shot in Almería.

The result has been a thorough urban art work that perfectly reflects the eternal love story of the film industry with the unique landscapes of the province of Almeria. In the words of the artist himself, this has been one of his most complicated works, but also one of the most rewarding.

A tribute to the many that the shopping center has made to the world of art and culture in general and, specifically, to the world of cinema and the weight that this industry has had throughout the province. And, since its opening, it has not ceased its efforts to spread the Almeria film legacy among its visitors through involvement in various activities related to the seventh art. A good example of this have been the sponsorship of the FICAL Film Festival, the Almería Western Film Festival of Taverns, the celebration of the IndyCon on the occasion of the XXX anniversary of 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' or the production of the short film 'Headhunter', Goya prize winner.