16th and Bryant
Potrero Hill, San Francisco
This mural at 16th and Bryant is by Rigo and was done in 1997. Rigo has been in this website many times. was born and raised on the Portuguese island of Madeira. He later established himself as an artist in San Francisco, earning a BFA from San Francisco Art Institute in 1991 and an MFA from Stanford University in 1997. From 1984-2002, Rigo used the last two digits of the current year as part of his name, finally settling upon “23″ in 2003
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6 responses to “Potrero Hill – Cars and Birds”
I like his graphic sense of humour!
This is great fun! A delightful way to liven up a neighborhood!
Says something about the year I’ve had that the first thing I noticed in these pictures was that the building with the mural has had to replace almost all of their sewer pipes since the last time the building was painted.
Ted
Gives many passersby a chuckle, I’m sure.
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