Tag Archives: Painting

The End of Everything at the Anchorage Museum

31 Monday Dec 2018

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The End of Everything

I thought I’d share this little gem currently on display in the Anchorage Museum. It’s called “The End of Everything” by Thomas Chung. I’m sorry, the photo-quality is really crap. Just thought the content was worth sharing despite that. Anyway, here is what Chung has to say about it:

“The painting explores why we may, at times, dehumanize others. It reflects our current political times, which are brewing with hatred and conflict. The cowboy character riding the bomb represents the male American ideal, while the cherubs represent the many living forms of bigotry from the past and present. The graffiti on the polar bear comes from posters repeatedly disseminated around the University of Alakas Anchorage’s campus this year by white supremacists as part of a larger campaign.”

Arts District, Los Angeles

03 Sunday Dec 2017

Posted by in Street Art, Travel

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20046668_10213715189019056_3737017398696896189_nLong before Moni and I took to the road to spend this last July in New Mexico, I spent a couple months with her and her family down in San Dimas, California.

I’m usually a little lost in big cities. Vegas would be an exception, because it was once home, but usually cities make me a little uncomfortable. You see more people in 5 minutes down there in L.A. than you will up here in months on the North Slope (and that’s just on a quick trip to Target). I find it all just a little bit disconcerting.

Still, the big cities do have their strong points…

Oh yes, they do!

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Stop staring at me!!!
Adadarem Madmanart and Kwuemolly, Outer.Source
Cuteness fenced in
Wolves of Los Angeles
Wild, and yet somehow peaceful (it’s an odd combination)
Oh yes!
Lovely in blue
Just gorgeous!
Colorful
Close-p of a large and very busy mural. (The whole thing was cool. I just figured I’d better pick.)
Almost missed this
You are being watched
Mystical Garage Door
Creepy green Victorians (they hang out near the nice grandma, not sure why)
Okay, this is just plain cool
You can see right though her!
Sexy & Violency
Gotta have skulls!
Looking Up
Possibly my favorite
Not just a door, this is a porthole
The interior design of a dragon

The Murals of Española

24 Friday Nov 2017

Posted by in Street Art, Travel

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22426453_10214539482825886_622094195494757406_oRegular readers may have noticed already, but when I (and now Moni too) experience a bout of southiness, we frequently do this somewhere in the southwest. Santa Fe is a common destination. We mostly travel through nearby Española on our way up to Taos, Pueblo, but this last summer, we also traveled through on our way up to Ghost Ranch, and that meant going though more of the town. The murals were very cool!

Moni gets mad at me when she sees these, because she doesn’t remember many of them. I think she was on the phone while I ran loose with a camera.

So, brought to you with just a trade of schadenfreude, the murals of Española!

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Art Alley (Rapid City)

30 Thursday Mar 2017

Posted by in Bad Photography, Street Art

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So, I was in Rapid City recently. I was there to attend a convention of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium. It’s a great conference and a great organization. So, I was enjoying myself a great deal, already, when a thought occurred to me. I wonder if there is any street art in Rapid City?

Surely, I thought, there must be a mural or two, maybe not even a great one, but I’ll bet there is something.

Turns out the answer is ‘yes’. There is definitely street art in Rapid City. In fact, the city has an entire alley devoted to it.

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Lil' Guy
Lil’ Guy
Girl through some bars
Girl through some bars
Lotsa coolness
Lotsa coolness
Dragonish
Dragonish
Blue CHild
Blue CHild
A budding friendship?
A budding friendship?
Art Stares back at you
Art Stares back at you
Monster
Monster
Big Fireman
Big Fireman
White Lion
White Lion
Downtown mural
Downtown mural
Creepy
Creepy
Opening of the Alley
Opening of the Alley
This was on the wall of a non-participating business.
This was on the wall of a non-participating business.
A violet Rose?
A violet Rose?
Green
Green
Make a saving throw!
Make a saving throw!
She's cool
She’s cool
CLose-up of a Utility Box
CLose-up of a Utility Box
Utility Box at a DIstance
Utility Box at a DIstance
Foremen
Foremen
UNdead Bison
UNdead Bison
Brighting colored Hummer
Brighting colored Hummer
Dumpster in the Eye
Dumpster in the Eye
No DAPL!
No DAPL!
The Bun breaks the frame
The Bun breaks the frame

Moar Murals from Anchorage!

10 Saturday May 2014

Posted by in Alaska, Street Art

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171Some of you may remember this post covering a host of murals in downtown Anchorage. I even had the privilege to meet Ziggy, the source for many of these toward the end of last summer. Over the last year or so, I’ve found a few more murals and picked up a few new pics of the old ones. Finally got a few pics of the last one i was after on my way out of the ice-box. I’m headed to Vegas and a summer with (fingers crossed) more time for bloggety things. So, I thought I’d show the additions now.

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