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Poster showing a girl wearing a mask and holding a locust in her hand. Barcelona City Council.

La Mercè

Author:
Reskate Studio
Year:
2020
Measurements:
50 x 70 cm
Subject:
Festivals

A Modernista-inspired poster paying homage to one of the city’s co-patron saints since 1687: Mercè. Back in those days people would invoke her to ward off a plague of locusts attacking the city. Today Mercè is a girl who respects her environment and calls on us all to protect nature