Slog - Comments on Of Murals and Men http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men That photograph, by Levi Clark, is a detail of the Monique Lofts mural project (which first appeared on Slog here, and then later, in a discussion of the ghost signage here). More photos and a short video are here. The mural's almost finished. It's sort of like a Technicolor version of Superman's Fortress of Solitude. It also reinforces the fashion for the crystals (okay, okay, polyhedrons) in art these days. This morning on my way to work I asked NKO and Joe, who've been spending 14-hour days on the mural in order to finish by the time they have... Copyright 2008 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:30:00 -0800 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:34:48 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jack this is no Keith Haring

under whelmed

]]> Jack http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men#c1147362 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men#c1147362 Visual Art Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:42:35 -0800 Comment by Greg Motherfucking taggers.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men#c1147370 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men#c1147370 Visual Art Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:47:04 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball I liked it much better when it was just white splotches on the gray wall.

The addition of fussy, meth-head-sketchbook crystals and throwing up the entire Pantone book has reduced its subversive potential (which most good graffiti art possesses to some degree).

It's OK. But it's hardly great.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men#c1147385 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men#c1147385 Visual Art Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:55:20 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie It's very pretty and professionally done, these guys both have mad skills. But still I can't help but see it as a missed opportunity to create some large-scale politically conscious work. There's too much shit going down to restrict public art to simple ornamentation.

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men#c1147402 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men#c1147402 Visual Art Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:02:18 -0800 Comment by inkweary Artist create morons tag. Some asshole has even tagged the beautifully bolled maple tree on Bellevue by Thomas Park. Tagging a tree? I ask you.

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men#c1147444 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men#c1147444 Visual Art Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:27:46 -0800 Comment by w7ngman #5, I see that every day :(. At least the tag is blackish/brown and not bright red.

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men#c1147480 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men#c1147480 Visual Art Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:55:19 -0800 Comment by Mark I really like the mural! I'm glad it's not "politically conscious", artists don't always have to be talking about politics to be saying something.

]]> Mark http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men#c1147512 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men#c1147512 Visual Art Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:23:14 -0800 Comment by tag-you're-it Yes, it's cool but I'm pretty sure they haven't been spending many (if any) 14 hour days on it. It's been over a month and it's not a particularly detailed piece. I work near there and would say I've seen them maybe a couple hours a day... And those cherry picker rentals are pricey! They obviously got a chunk of $ (big one - speculation abounds).

It's great though that they are getting paid and its a professional looking project. I just hope they don't burn through all that money due to rentals and bad weather.

Regarding tagging, at first it seemed that it wouldn't happen out of respect but then when you consider they are getting the biggest tagging coup on the block, there's bound to be other taggers who will try to represent.

]]> tag-you're-it http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men#c1147935 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/of_murals_and_men#c1147935 Visual Art Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:34:48 -0800