The Boy with the Book — artwork #9956 by Apitatán · Asunción, Paraguay
graffiti child portrait feathers indigenous book
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Juan Sebastián Aguirre, known as Apitatán, is an Ecuadorian illustrator and muralist born in 1987 in Quito. A leading figure of contemporary Latin American muralism, he works in a colourful, stylised graphic vocabulary that combines portraits of men and women from indigenous peoples, Andean flora and fauna, and iconography of mestizaje. His practice is rooted in fieldwork: he visits museums, meet…
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Added 20/04/2026
A mural painted in August 2016 by Apitatán on a ten-storey building at the corner of Oliva and 14 de Mayo, in the historic centre of Asunción, as part of the Latidoamericano festival. The monumental portrait depicts an indigenous child wearing a red, yellow and blue feather headdress and holding an open book on which a bird is perched. The tallest mural by the artist at the time, it took nine days to complete.
The artwork L'enfant au livre is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Asunción in Paraguay, more precisely here: Oliva y 14 de Mayo, Centro Histórico, Asunción.
This graffiti is also tagged as: child, portrait, feathers, indigenous, book.
Find all artworks by the artists who contributed to its creation by clicking on their name: Apitatán
The photo was published on 20-04-2026 by an unknown hunter.
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