Tag: Mural
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Alebrijes in the Haight
1301 Haight Street * * Jet Martinez, whose work is all over San Francisco is responsible for these colorful frogs. It is titled Bosque de Alebrijes. This is what Jet said on his Facebook page: Alebrijes are small animal figurines decorated with beautiful colors and patterns. They are really incredible on their own, but what…
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Honoring San Francisco Vets
Tenderloin Shannon Alley between Geary and O’Farrell These murals were done in 2011 around Veterans Day. They are part of the SF Vets Mural Project. According to their website: The alley will contain murals painted by veterans which will tell their story. The significance of this alley is that the art regarding veterans is very…
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The Jungle on Clarion Alley
Clarion Alley The Mission * This gorgeous woman is by BODE. This mural is in Clarion Alley in the Mission District. Clarion Alley runs just south of 17th Street from Mission to Valencia. CAMP, or the Clarion Alley Mural Project originated in 1982, inspired by San Francisco’s Balmy Avenue just down the street. None of…
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A beautiful fairy on the side of Harrington’s Pub
Harry Harrington’s Pub The Tenderloin 460 Larkin Street * * This mural on Harry Harrington’s pub is a collaboration Max Ehrman who goes by the name EON75, and English artists Faunagraphic and Rocket01. Faunagraphic currently lives and works in Sheffield, South Yorkshire England, She grew up in Yorkshire, surrounded by rolling countryside in a small town…
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Sirron Norris Paints Calumet
* As you can see, this piece by Sirron Norris is huge. This is what Sirron had to say about the piece before it began. (The scaffolding came down on August 31st). This mural will be funded by Calumet and will be a collaboration with Precita Eyes (www.precitaeyes.org)and the 3.9 art collective (www.threepointninecollective.com). My hope…
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Asian Pacific Celebration
San Francisco State University Lakeside ASIAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER MURAL David Cho & Albert Yip Created in 2004, The Asian & Pacific Islander Mural tells the story of hard-working and determined people who fought for the rights of their community, as well as honoring those who continue the fight today. Among the people included on the…
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Dancing Dahlias on Claude Lane
8 Claude Lane Union Square/Financial District * This mural, (on the outside of Claudine Restaurant) is by Vogue TDK. According to an interview he did with 1:AM he got into graffiti in late 1984, after school, I turned on the TV to the local PBS station and caught the start of the documentary “Style Wars”. There…
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American Indian Occupation in the Tenderloin
The Tenderloin/Polk Gulch Austin at Polk * American Indian Occupation by Jaque Fragua and Spencer Keaton Cunningham Jaque Fragua is an acclaimed multi-media artist from New Mexico. From his cultural background, he has developed a yearning for creativity and for the intrinsic process that is Art. Experimenting with various mediums, such as aerosol, found-objects, earthworks,…
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Telegraph Hill – Coit Tower
Telegraph Hill Coit Tower WPA Murals The little seated boy looks at a book whose page shows the date of Coit Tower (1933) and the date of the WPA projects at Coit Tower (1934). * Animal Force by Ray Boynton These are the first frescoes that one sees when entering Coit Tower. Boynton chose to portray…
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Telegraph Hill – Coit Tower Murals
Telegraph Hill Coit Tower WPA Murals * This law library has some interesting book titles when one looks closely. There are the usual Civil, Penal and Moral Codes, but also the Law of Fresco Painting, Counterfeiting, and Laws on Seduction. A fun one is Martial Law by Brady, he was the VFW caretaker who watched over…
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Telegraph Hill -Coit Tower Murals
Telegraph Hill Coit Tower WPA Murals * * This is the beginning of a series on the WPA murals of Coit Tower. When the Great Depression hit, like everyone, artists were not finding work. George Biddle, a prominent lawyer turned successful artist, a member of a socially prominent family from Philadelphia, and most importantly, a…
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Mission District Composite Mural
Mission District Side of 161 Erie * * This wall began with nothing but a Banksy, it was just the center tree with bird. Apparently the neighborhood artists decided to run with the theme and added more all in one day. While Chor Boogie’s bird, that is identifiable, all other artists remain unknown. A blogger…
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The Tenderloin – Our Future!
The Tenderloin This was done by Laserpunch and RattleCan Blasters. They were joined by team co-captain – and avid artist -Vernon Davis who added his creative touch The mural is part of the San Francisco Arts Commission’s StreetSmARTs program. The StreetSmARTS program is a joint initiative of the San Francisco Arts Commission and the Department of Public…
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S.F. Bicycle Coalition Mural
Castro/Duboce Avenue/Nob Hill Back of 2020 Market Street In 1972 BART built the Market Street subway, including Muni Metro. Along the Duboce Avenue tunnel entrance was a single eastbound lane for cars. During the 1994 closure of the street, for construction, The Bicycle Coalition worked to show that this street, which when used by…
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Mission District – Community Thrift Store Mural
Mission District Sycamore Street at 623 Valencia This mural goes along the top of the Community Thrift Store. The mural is actually on Sycamore Street. Done by a school group they developed a mural design that emphasized the social as opposed to the currency value of objects, settling on a…
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Potrero Hill – Snake Mural
Potrero Hill 17th and Alabama Sometimes murals catch you, not for their quality but for their whimsy. Take a look at the close up pictures. This mural is by Javier Manrique, a multidisciplinary artist who has shown all over the world. This mural is on the wall of Project Artaud where Manrique lives.
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Mission Super Heroes
Mission District – San Francisco 19th and Mission Street This wonderfully whimsical wall is on the 19th Street side of a grocery at 2290 Mission Street. It was done by three artists, you can see their names in “bubble” style. KEB, WAND and BUTR. The skill in which they have recreated the various super heroes…
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SOMA -Art that Disappears when Buildings Do
SOMA – San Francisco 260 Fifth Street at Clementina This sign is an anathema to me for several reasons. While hard to read, it states that this building will be demolished and a 9 story building will be put up in its place. Although not highly ornamented, it does have some lovely features. When I…
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SOMA – Califor’ya
SOMA – San Francisco This mural is on a building at the corner of 7th and Folsom Streets, (It is on the 7th Street side) in the South of Market area of San Francisco. It was done by 1:AM short for First Amendment, a gallery at 1000 Howard Street in San Francisco. According to 1:AM…
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Berwick Place – Murals
Berwick Place and Heron Street Unknown Artist – I love the tree as an opponent. The light at this end of Heron was not particularly good, it is a very narrow alley with a building blocking the light from this part of the wall, but the images are wonderful. The subtle use of pink to…
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Brightening Mid-Market
982 Market Street The side of the Warfield Theater Mid-Market This piece, finished in May of this year (2014), was done by Clare Rojas (who has been in this website before), along with the 509 Cultural Center. The mural was sponsored, to the tune of $40,000, by the Walter and Elise Hass Fund. Thanks to…