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Faceless Charlie Brown Mural By Jerkface

All Photos by Gail

As the Covid Life moves into its sixth month, my daily walks occasionally lead to the ‘discovery’ of not-so-new street art that’s two blocks from my apartment. Just being serious. Recently, I became acquainted with this monumental mural that takes up the entire side of a five-story apartment building, and features a sea of innumerable faceless Charlie Browns. The centermost Charlie stands atop a pitcher’s mound, gloved up and waiting for . . . what, exactly? 2020 to end? Aren’t we all.

The artist is the very famous Jerkface, whose work is recognizable for using well-known cartoon characters, but with a twist, relying on the 1st Amendment to avoid copyright claims.

The mural was completed in October of 2014 and, despite significant fading of the once vibrant yellow and green paint, it still looks pretty good after six years of exposure to the elements. Charlie and his faceless clones adorn the eastern exposure of Icon Realty-owned 402 E. 12th Street (just east of 1st Avenue) and overlook a street hockey court just adjacent to the Lower East Side Playground.

When the playground is open, you can snap a pic like this through the chainlink fence.

Play Ball!

Save Us Justice League Mural By Denis Ouch

Sep1

All Photos By Gail

NYC-based Street Artist Denis Ouch has been busy lately painting images of Superheros in Face Masks all over the city. His most ambitious contribution to the series so far seems to be this monumental mural depicting masked-up versions of Superman, Batman, Thor (who technically is a God, not a Superhero), and Wonder Woman, accompanied by the urgent plea “Save Us Justice League” in white (and Ouch’s tag in pink).

The mural expands across two facades of the building at the corner of 8th Avenue and Greenwich Avenue (by the Mobil Station), in Chelsea.

NYC could use some saving, now more than ever I suspect.

Dr. Fauci As Mr. Spock Mash Up By SacSix

Aug11

All Photos By Gail

While I haven’t yet been lucky enough to experience his current rendering of Governor Mario Cuomo as Superman (which, appropriate), I did get a bit giddy when I strolled past this rather large and impressive SacSix mural of Dr. Anthony Fauci re-imagined as Star Trek’s Mr. Spock. Perfectly logical.

The pop-culture infused likeness of Fauci includes fun Spock-ian embellishments such as the hand sign made famous by the Enterprise’s only Vulcan crew member (with a reminder to stay vigilant with personal hygiene), as well as the signature pointed ears.

Fauci Spock Mural was Photographed on St. Marks Place in NYC’s East Village.

Justice for George Floyd: Mural and Street Art in the East Village

Jun23

Photos By Gail

In the past few weeks, the city streets have become a canvas for protest art spawned in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by the police. On one of my regular evening walks this week, I spotted this small mural of George’s likeness, bearing the words ‘justice’ and ‘coexist,’ at the corner of First Avenue and East 13th Street. You can see that someone has placed a prayer candle on the sidewalk in front of the mural, but it’s easy to miss if you aren’t paying attention, because the mural sits below eye level.

This mural is entitled Justice, and it was painted by New York-based Japanese artist Dragon 76 (@dragon76art). Update: as of July 25th, 2020, this mural has been painted-over as a black background with the word “Coexist” in white.

Everyone should be familiar with the basic facts of how George Floyd died, but it case you aren’t, you can read it in the above photo. This is one of a series of stickers posted along Avenue B with the names and stories of black people who have lost their lives to police brutality and racially motivated violence. It is extremely sobering but also inspiring to join this call for justice.

Photographed Outside Fishs Eddy on Broadway Between 19th and 20th Streets

Say Their Names.

In the windows of closed businesses, merchants and residents stand in solitary with our African American neighbors.

Let us not allow this moment in time to pass without enacting real change, starting within ourselves.

I found this one in Freeman Alley.

George Floyd’s sacrifice will not be in vein.

Rest In Peace.

Happy Pride Month, Bitches!

Jun18

All Photos By Gail

The mural wall adjacent to the F Train Stop at Houston and lower Second Avenue is currently home to this energetic and celebratory Pride-themed photo mural by Dusty Rebel entitled Out in the Streets.

You can read more about the Mural at This Link!

Astronaut On The Bowery

Jun4

Planet Earth is Blue, and There’s Nothing I Can Do . . .(Photo By Gail)

Street Artist BD White painted a few of his Astronauts on Bowery just south of East Second Street. This one is my favorite.

We Love New York Mural by Queen Andrea

May28

Photos By Gail

Living the Covid Life in its Manhattan epicenter is hardcore. New Yorkers are survivors though, and we still love our city. Queen Andrea wants to make sure we don’t forget how hard NYC rocks. She completed this beautiful mural on Avenue A between 3rd and 4th Streets on May 14th, 2020, which is why it still looks fresh!

East Village Life: Photos of Street Art From My Neighborhood Walks

May5

Madonna and Child Neon-Look Mural by Straker on East 3nd Street at 1st Avenue (All Photos By Gail)

Hello and welcome to week two of my ass-kicking East Village Life. In this week’s edition, we will walk through a virtual gallery of assorted street art and public art pieces that I’ve passed by on my weather-permitting daily walks in and around my neighborhood. Enjoy!

Hektad is a name that you’re going see a few times in this post, as his optimism-infused artworks are all over the East Village, especially in the First Street Green Art Park, located on First Street at First Avenue. Since this photo was taken, I believe the park has temporarily closed due to the Covid as it was attracting crowds. And we can’t have that.

Here are a couple of additional Hektad pieces on 11th Street just East of First Avenue. These are side by side, adjacent to this monumental piece by Kobra.

It does not get much more NYC than this mural of King Kong by French graffiti artist Moi One (@moi.one). Find it next to David’s Cafe on St. Mark’s Place near Tompkin’s Square Park.

This colorful tile mosaic by Jim Power, known locally as the Mosaic Man, marks the intersection of Avenue A and St Mark’s Place. Jim composes all of his intricate pieces from up-cycled china, glass, pottery and found objects to create unique, site specific works of art. His mosaics are all over the neighborhood.

More Art, After The Jump!

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Buff Monster and Crash BR163 Murals on Tienley Enterprises Building

Apr23

All Photos By Gail

On one not-so-sunny Saturday afternoon back in February, I went for a long walk — an Urban Art Safari as I like to call them — on the Lower East Side. This happened a full month before any kind of lockdown thing was even a glimmer of an idea, which you can tell because there are cars and people in the photos

I didn’t realize at the time what a valuable resource the photos I took that day would become, as they now provide much-needed content for this blog. It’s not been easy to wander far from home in these past five or six weeks. Who’s even keeping track? Anyway, it must have been a very long time since I’d walked this particular route, because I discovered all kinds of cool street art that had in some cases been up for six months or longer. Time flies when you don’t know what you’re doing.

At the intersection of Chrystie and Broome there’s a building whose tenant is Tienley Enterprises, Inc., a company that offers the wholesale distribution of Asian groceries and related products. The eastern and southern-facing sides of this building are covered with colorful murals by renowned street artists Buff Monster, and John “Crash” Matos with BR163, respectively. Both murals were part of the Lisa Project in conjunction with the World Pride Mural Project and went up in the late summer of 2019.

Buff Monster World Pride Mural Faces the Southbound Lane of Chrystie Street

I like this photo mostly for the surprised-looking guy taking on his phone while smoking a cigarette. I didn’t even notice him when I took the photo. Now, I feel he deserves to be so immortalized forever.

Here’s an almost identical shot without the guy. Tell me in the comments which one you like better.

You guys already know Mister Melty, right?

Here’s a rare — and very much appreciated — flash of blue sky!

Once we can travel freely again, I will perhaps return to the scene and take a few fresh snaps, because the mural is so detailed. If I could get one without any cars on the street, that would be super sweet.

Here’s a pretty nice shot of the Crash BR163 collaborative mural, which covers the Broome Street side of the building.

These Murals are Located at 125 Chrystie Street, Northwest Corner at Broome Street on the LES, NYC.

Jill Mulleady’s We Wither Time into a Coil of Fright at The High Line

Apr14

All Photos By Gail

In We Wither Time into a Coil of Fright, artist Jill Mulleady (b. 1989, Montevideo, Uruguay) portrays a surreal landscape populated by multiple figures. Though the individuals are clustered close to one another by the riverbank, they appear disconnected — even self absorbed.

The work suggests that contemporary life is hyperconnected yet ultimately isolating, a sense heightened by the scene’s lush natural surroundings. Without the protection and surveillance of the built environment, Mulleady asks, are her subjects more free, more vulnerable, or both?

This mural went up in March 2020 and is on indefinite view. You can see it from the beginning of the High Line on a building located at 95 Horatio Street.

Current, Mid-Pandemic Photo Taken July 18th, 2020.

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Tag Archive | mural

Faceless Charlie Brown Mural By Jerkface

Save Us Justice League Mural By Denis Ouch

Dr. Fauci As Mr. Spock Mash Up By SacSix

Justice for George Floyd: Mural and Street Art in the East Village

Happy Pride Month, Bitches!

Astronaut On The Bowery

We Love New York Mural by Queen Andrea

East Village Life: Photos of Street Art From My Neighborhood Walks

Buff Monster and Crash BR163 Murals on Tienley Enterprises Building

Jill Mulleady’s We Wither Time into a Coil of Fright at The High Line

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