Fileteado
Fileteado is an artistic style of painting with stylized lines, flowers and tendrils, which is typical for the Argentine capital Buenos Aires . Paintings of this kind can be found on various objects, including on houses, shop signs, taxis and public buses or on album covers, as the album Haughty Melodic by Mike Doughty (2005). The logo of Wikimania 2009 in Buenos Aires was designed in fileteado style.
Filetes (paintings in the Fileteado style) are characterized by colorful ornaments, typically symmetry and poetic expressions, proverbs and aphorisms that can be humorous or mischievous, soulful or philosophical. They have been part of the Porteños culture since the beginning of the 20th century.
Picture gallery
Wall painting on the corner of Calle Carlos Gardel and Anchorena in Buenos Aires
Street sign on Avenida Corrientes 348
House on Calle Jean Jaures
Shop on Calle Jean Jaures
In the Abasto district
Vintage taxi with fileteado
Paintings of Arce, the Carlos Gardel shows
Vaca Fileteada from Muscia (2006)
