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Shai Dahan’s Red Dala Horse Mural on Broome Street

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Shai Dahan Red Dala Horse By Gail Worley
All Photos By Gail

It’s been months since we had a lovely, sunny weekend day in Manhattan where I wasn’t also otherwise occupied with a trade show or a museum visit, or some other plan that was going to keep me indoors all day. But this past weekend we enjoyed enough good outdoor weather to venture out on an Urban Art Safari, and that’s just what I did!

Shai Dahan Red Dala Horse By Gail Worley

As I turned onto Broome Street, walking west near the corner of Forsyth, I spotted this fantastic, Bright Red Horse which towers up five stories of a six story mixed-use building. A bit of Googling revealed that the artist, Shai Dahan (whose name is clearly visible at the top right corner of the mural) painted the horse in October of 2019 as a gift to NYC, his former home. Dahan currently lives in Sweden.

Shai Dahan Red Dala Horse By Gail Worley

This particular Red Horse is modeled after the Dala Horse of Sweden.

Shai Dahan Red Dala Horse By Gail Worley

You can read more about the artist and this fantastic Red Horse in a Q&A with Brooklyn Street Art located at This Link.

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Love Beyond Borders Mural By Nicopanda

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Love Beyond Borders Close Up
All Photos By Gail

Street wear brand Nicopanda is behind the design for this expansive mural that stretches across the western façade of a tenement building at the corner of Allen Street and Stanton Street. on New York City’s Lower East Side. Known for its edgy and playful approach to ready-to-wear and accessories,  Nicopanda is the personal brand of style icon Nicola Formichetti. The Love Beyond Boarders mural is part of The New Allen project, is co-sponsored by MAC Cosmetics, and features a design based on Formichetti’s original Amoeba Panda print. While l I could not uncover an exact date of its creation, the mural appears to have been put up in early December, 2016.
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Kobra Anti-Gun Violence Mural, LES

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Kobra Anti-Gun Mural
Photos By Gail

On one of my recent Street Art Safaris, I found myself walking east on Eldridge Street, where I couldn’t help but notice more than a few stickers and small murals supporting anti-gun violence messages.  And then I saw this one: another work by Brazilian street artist Eduardo Kobra, whose work is instantly recognizable for its kaleidoscopic mosaic of bright colors. Kobra’s Stop Guns is a multi-story artwork depicting a young boy posing for a selfie, with his phone held up in one hand and a pistol gripped in the other. Very sobering. Appropriately, the piece is located adjacent to a parking lot beside Cascades High School. Continue reading Kobra Anti-Gun Violence Mural, LES →

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Pink Thing of The Day: Flamingos Vintage Clothing Store Security Gate Mural

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Flamingos Vintage Pound
Photo By Gail

Flamingos stores sell vintage clothing by the pound! This one, with its awesome tropical-themed Pink Flamingo security gate mural, is located on New York City’s LES at 57 Stanton Street!

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Vandal Gummy Bear on Stanton Street

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WhIsBe Gummy Bear
Photo By Gail

Here’s well-preserved example of anonymous street artist WhIsBe’s Vandal Gummy series, for which he places an image of a Candy Gummy Bear against a Prison Mugshot Background. According to the artist’s Wiki page, “The juxtaposition between the harshness of the Department of Corrections and the innocence of the piece of candy encourages viewers to examine institutions and has become a hallmark of WhIsBe’s body of work.”

Photographed at 19 Stanton Street, Just West of Chrystie Street, LES, NYC.