And look who it was!
The artist/muralist/Obama poster creator, Shepard Fairey! He's back in town for an art exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art and has been putting up graffiti art all around San Diego.
Apparently lots of people knew this would be happening, but it took me completely by surprise. And it was almost as exciting as the time Tony Hawk stood next to me at The Strokes concert and I couldn't pay attention to the show because, holy crap, Tony Hawk is standing next to me, and who knew he was so tall?
Anyway, first Shepard painted the building in deep brown and red shades. Then he took some stencils that were pre-cut with swirls and things like his Obey star logo and he spray painted over them onto the wall. You can see half of the star on the top, left hand square below.
The stencils were kept in the office of a local publicist I know, so she let us have a closer look.
And off it goes to the brick wall. . .
At the restaurant, there were a bunch of local artists selling t-shirts and books and paintings, which is why we were there in the first place.
Inspired by the mural, the girls went into a magical metallic Air Stream trailer where there was a paper mural people could draw on. With Sharpies! Do you know how exciting that is?
Then they made tiny t-shirt projects. Ella displayed hers on the wall, like you were supposed to.
Marina wanted to keep hers.
On our way back to the car, we stopped to check the progress of the mural and that's how I got this money shot.
1 comment:
Money shot indeed!
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