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When I was in San Diego on vacation this past summer, my friend and I would often pass this stunning mural that adorns the front of an apartment building in her neighborhood. After doing a bit of research, I discovered that the piece is by street artist Skye Walker, whose work I’ve seen previously while vacationing in Moab, Utah. This guy gets around.
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Hell-o dear readers, and Happy Halloween to you! Since I could not find a Halloween-themed Pink Thing for today’s post, I deliberately went out walking this past Sunday in search of something scary for a special Halloween greeting! And look what I found! This compelling mural of a chainsaw-wielding maniac in hot pursuit of an obviously quite frightened woman was spotted on Rivington Street just west of Clinton Street — in the exact same place that I saw the mural I posted in this very spot last year! Coincidences!
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Maya Hayuk’s Fuck is a rearranged mural she originally painted in Coney Island in 2015 and later specifically designed for Beyond the Streets Los Angeles in 2018. Inspired by the precise language of Jenny Holzer‘s electronic Installations, Hayuk reworked the painting on-site to read as a defiant and empowering declaration.
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Street art has a way of holding up a mirror to culture, and in Freeman Alley, that reflection comes in the form of Lisa Simpson — reimagined as the Statue of Liberty. The mural, by French street artist FREON , casts everyone’s favorite precocious saxophone player as Lady Liberty herself, torch raised high in the name of freedom, truth, and maybe a little sass (expected).
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Spotted bolted to a street sign on the south side of East 13th Street near Avenue A, this striking piece of guerrilla street art reimagines Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a punk icon.
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