Comments on: The New Mural at Sherman Ave, NW and Barry Place is looking Amazing http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/ Welcome to the beautiful life Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:08:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mike Licht http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-137233 Mike Licht Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:38:32 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-137233 Artist credits? Pennywise: In California in the Sixties, Chicano street mural artists added the symbol c/s to their work, which stood for "con safos," "with respect." The good news: this meant no one wrote over the murals, symbols of community solidarity and pride. The bad news: the implicit "or else" threatened retaliatory gang violence, and that seems to be what deterred potential vandals. Artist credits?

Pennywise: In California in the Sixties, Chicano street mural artists added the symbol c/s to their work, which stood for “con safos,” “with respect.” The good news: this meant no one wrote over the murals, symbols of community solidarity and pride. The bad news: the implicit “or else” threatened retaliatory gang violence, and that seems to be what deterred potential vandals.

]]> By: carn http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-136994 carn Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:36:52 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-136994 Whoa someone with actual artistic skill creating a public mural! Shocked, I am. Whoa someone with actual artistic skill creating a public mural! Shocked, I am.

]]> By: Pennywise http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-136993 Pennywise Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:34:32 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-136993 It'd be interesting to talk to the artists about the tagging issue. We all know this will get tagged at some point, I'd say sooner rather than later. The tag will be one of those scrawly scripts of someone's name that only they can recognize and that take all of five seconds to do. How do the artists prepare themselves for this inevitable destruction? Or, do you have some tricks up their sleeves like coating the whole thing in butter or something? Or, perhaps its like a sand mandala to them, and not meant for permanence? It’d be interesting to talk to the artists about the tagging issue. We all know this will get tagged at some point, I’d say sooner rather than later. The tag will be one of those scrawly scripts of someone’s name that only they can recognize and that take all of five seconds to do. How do the artists prepare themselves for this inevitable destruction? Or, do you have some tricks up their sleeves like coating the whole thing in butter or something? Or, perhaps its like a sand mandala to them, and not meant for permanence?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-136992 Anonymous Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:22:44 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-136992 Definitely one of the coolest ones out there! Definitely one of the coolest ones out there!

]]> By: Rockin'CH http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-136991 Rockin'CH Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:13:19 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-136991 LOVE it! :) LOVE it! :)

]]> By: vonstallin http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-136990 vonstallin Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:45:07 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-136990 Great stuff... I just hope it don't get tag...so tired of seeing good murals/artwork tagged up. Great stuff…
I just hope it don’t get tag…so tired of seeing good murals/artwork tagged up.

]]> By: Goot Lemmon http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-136989 Goot Lemmon Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:25:58 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-136989 This is definitely one of the better-executed murals around town. Very eye-catching! This is definitely one of the better-executed murals around town. Very eye-catching!

]]> By: Larchie http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-136988 Larchie Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:36:25 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-136988 I drive past that every morning and I love it! It's a very captivating mural. There's even more to it this morning than shown in the photos. It's going up very quickly - I saw the team out there at night with scaffolding and flood lights painting all hours. (of course maybe it's just a diabolical scheme to distract drivers from the photo speed trap that is sometimes set up right there) Kudos to Murals DC 2009. Anyone know the individual artists at work here? I drive past that every morning and I love it! It’s a very captivating mural. There’s even more to it this morning than shown in the photos. It’s going up very quickly – I saw the team out there at night with scaffolding and flood lights painting all hours.

(of course maybe it’s just a diabolical scheme to distract drivers from the photo speed trap that is sometimes set up right there)

Kudos to Murals DC 2009. Anyone know the individual artists at work here?

]]> By: Jay'O http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-136987 Jay'O Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:59:34 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/11/the-new-mural-at-sherman-ave-nw-and-barry-place-is-looking-amazing/#comment-136987 Just the begining for Sherman Ave!!!!! Just the begining for Sherman Ave!!!!!

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