We have a new addition to our city’s mural collection: Nationally-recognized artist Brian Butler of The Upper Hand Art has woven together an engaging tangle of local references and icons for the viewer to deconstruct (although I’ve heard that this blue bug isn’t the blue bug). Butler was the disciplined hand behind Show Drawn, drawings …
Finally, a mural that isn’t staring at me. I have been hoping for a while that we could get a few abstracts, trompe l’oeil, or even animals into the mix. It’s enough having actual surveillance cameras everywhere without all these giant faces looking at me, so I rather liked this recent entry even before I …
And I can not lie . . . oh come on, we were all thinking it. How many (old)* folks waiting for the light to change at Fountain and Francis Streets haven’t broken into song? Just me? Okay then, all the sophisticated art afficionados might be interested in the message the artist is actually trying …
A new mural brightens the side of the Open Door Health clinic while honoring the people important to the artist and the community. “Love is a Many Gendered Thing” by renowned queer artist Brian Kenny is a tribute to the the trans and queer communities served by Open Door Health. Interlaced throughout this complex work, …