MVD: Montevideo Street Graphics: Gráfica Popular de Montevideo

by Guido Indij

In Montevideo Popular Graphics, Argentine photographer Guido Indij--responsible for several collections exploring South American graffiti--turns his eye towards Uruguay’s street “I can’t believe the things I see when out walking the streets of posters from our childhood, signage from our parents´ days, archaeological traces of the last letristas (sign-writers), bestiaries, Carlos Gardels, fish and more fish…” After walking extensively through the city, Indij notes that through these graphics “we can reach an understanding of our identity.” Much like the Surrealists, who found inspiration in the posters, signs and ads that papered the streets of Paris in the 1920s, Indij mines the language of the street for clues to our collective unconscious.

Indij’s previous books on street graphics incude Hasta La Victoria, Stencil! (2005) and 1000 Stencils (2008), which was published concurrently with an exhibition at The Drawing Center in New York.

Parece mentira las cosas que se ven por las calles de carteles de nuestra infancia y de la de nuestros padres, huellas arqueológicas de los últimos letristas, bestiarios, Gardeles, peces y pescados, universos constructivos, stencils universales, botoneras maravillosas, llamadas gráficas. Caminamos más de doscientas cuadras impulsados por la sospecha de que a través de estos materiales accedemos a la comprensión de nuestra identidad.

120 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2008

About the author

As an editor, I published over 400 books in different fields such as art, photography, design, literature and aesthetics.


As an author I published the following titles:

Hasta la Victoria, Stencil!
Argentina Graffiti. 100 Stencil
Sin palabras. Gestiario argentino
Gráfica política de izquierdas
Perón Mediante. Gráfica peronista del período clásico.
Buenos Aires fuera de serie = Buenos Aires out of series
MVD. Gráfica popular de Montevideo
Made in Paris
Buenos Aires Street Art
200. Cuatrocientas imágenes dicen más que cuatrocientas mil palabras
Clic. El sonido de la muerte
Sobre el tiempo.
El libro de los libros
The books of books
Buenos Aires guíaMe
Che. La estrella de un revolucionario
A los pedos
Ay!, hay un monstruo adentro
Beso a beso
Con cierto desconcierto
Cuatro gatos locos
El cavaré de las hormigas
El rey del garrote
Mirá vos
Super lista



Mi last book is Speak porteño.