Bold and engaging, the murals that surface in Trenton, New Jersey are largely site-specific, many paying homage to those who call Trenton and its neighboring towns home. The image featured above — painted collaboratively in 2014 by Will Kasso, Luvonesta, Andre Trenier and Lank — looms large over a colorful playground, a short distance from the Trenton Transit Center. Several more artworks, far more recent, captured earlier this week on my first visit to Trenton follow:
Trenton-based legendary artist Leon Rainbow — two of four murals paying homage to frontline workers
Close-up
Trenton artist Dean ‘Ras’ Innocenzi pays homage to the late New Jersey skateboarder Brendan Wilkie — one of several murals featured in the 2020 “Murals on Front Street” project, coordinated by Leon Rainbow
Philly-based Spanish artists Saoka and Imse for “Murals on Front Street”
Austin, Texas-based masterly graffiti writer Sloke One for “Murals on Front Street”
And Luvonesta and Lank bringing it inside to Trenton’s Starbucks, close-up from huge mural
Photos by Lois Stavsky
Special thanks to James J Kelewae for introducing me to the streets of Downtown Trenton
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