{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Graffiti, Marker \u0026 Spray Cans"],"cover":{"alt":"Trash Lovers: Bulgarian Calligraphy","height":1520,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-art1.jpg","width":2480},"credit":"","date":"2011-02-16T14:45:41Z","description":"The Bulgarian Trash Lovers crew draws on bulky waste in the streets of the city of Sofia and beautifies not just the worthless garbage but also the city itself! Take a look and you know what I mean!","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrash Art\u003c/em\u003e | Under the slogan \u003cem\u003e“Making it pretty for garbage men since 2009”\u003c/em\u003e a group of talented young Bulgarian calligraphers beautify bulky waste in the streets of Sofia.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn my opinion that’s what the original street art is all about: Pure urban art without any commercial attitudes, fun, friends and creative output. Armed just with markers the crew draws on every former worthless surface and prettifies in that way the streets of their city.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome years ago a lot of artists like for example Nomad did similar things, but stopped doing it when ordinary people started to collect the painted bulk trash\u0026hellip;however.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe so-called \u003cstrong\u003eTrash Lovers\u003c/strong\u003e document their doings \u003ca href=\"http://trashloverz.blogspot.com/\"\u003eon their blog\u003c/a\u003e and also multidisciplinary artist \u003cstrong\u003eDimo Trifonov\u003c/strong\u003e recently published a nice three-minutes-film about the crew. I hope to see more of their artworks and especially similar project in the streets of Berlin in near future!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1952\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1952\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1952\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-art_hu_d3348f27c50519d0.avif 480w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-art_hu_ac969fbd393dd614.avif 960w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-art_hu_e70c373b565d1245.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-art_hu_d9a54d35a5312a93.webp 480w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-art_hu_9f4ff1b823c40b9c.webp 960w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-art_hu_306d02b1ac393e9a.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-art_hu_7b9ef8b9309f8034.jpg\" srcset=\"/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-art_hu_60bdf2dcee110bc9.jpg 480w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-art_hu_ba6494b2a802844b.jpg 960w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-art_hu_7b9ef8b9309f8034.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1081\" alt=\"trash lovers art\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003etrash lovers art\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1676\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1676\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1676\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-drawing_hu_955f714a8c9d5f20.avif 480w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-drawing_hu_2971a3b22a09bdc3.avif 960w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-drawing_hu_7b528b4e568cfd9.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-drawing_hu_410819479fec5b81.webp 480w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-drawing_hu_b0c055f0157ca259.webp 960w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-drawing_hu_9bbc958de5b7d857.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-drawing_hu_c73759ada73f239f.jpg\" srcset=\"/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-drawing_hu_a57ba8dec2b07f66.jpg 480w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-drawing_hu_cfeabac7431cc8d0.jpg 960w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-drawing_hu_c73759ada73f239f.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"928\" alt=\"trash lovers drawing\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003etrash lovers drawing\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1876\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1876\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1876\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-calligraphy_hu_b75dbb84dd1ab9b6.avif 480w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-calligraphy_hu_bbbfa0594d826a6e.avif 960w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-calligraphy_hu_7b7a4be7bddad06d.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-calligraphy_hu_f495cb0e8c784097.webp 480w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-calligraphy_hu_b07997b6cd911bf0.webp 960w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-calligraphy_hu_c22a4736e642d449.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-calligraphy_hu_6444255859dd8e5f.jpg\" srcset=\"/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-calligraphy_hu_73079c3c3f3a4976.jpg 480w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-calligraphy_hu_c9f0f56e0f5bde78.jpg 960w, /trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-calligraphy_hu_6444255859dd8e5f.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1039\" alt=\"trash lovers calligraphy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003etrash lovers calligraphy\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\nVia \u003ca href=\"http://www.allcityblog.fr/17014-russie-trash-loverz/\"\u003eallcityblog.fr\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n*Trash Art* | Under the slogan *“Making it pretty for garbage men since 2009”* a group of talented young Bulgarian calligraphers beautify bulky waste in the streets of Sofia.\n\nIn my opinion that’s what the original street art is all about: Pure urban art without any commercial attitudes, fun, friends and creative output. Armed just with markers the crew draws on every former worthless surface and prettifies in that way the streets of their city.\n\nSome years ago a lot of artists like for example Nomad did similar things, but stopped doing it when ordinary people started to collect the painted bulk trash...however.\n\nThe so-called **Trash Lovers** document their doings [on their blog](http://trashloverz.blogspot.com/) and also multidisciplinary artist **Dimo Trifonov** recently published a nice three-minutes-film about the crew. I hope to see more of their artworks and especially similar project in the streets of Berlin in near future!\n\n![trash lovers art](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-art.jpg\u003e)\n\ntrash lovers art ![trash lovers drawing](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-drawing.jpg\u003e)\n\ntrash lovers drawing ![trash lovers calligraphy](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/trash-lovers-calligraphy.jpg\u003e)\n\ntrash lovers calligraphy \nVia [allcityblog.fr](http://www.allcityblog.fr/17014-russie-trash-loverz/).\n","tags":["Calligraphy","Trash Lovers","Street Art Europe"],"title":"Trash Lovers: Bulgarian Calligraphy","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/trash-lovers-bulgarian-calligraphy/"}