Retna

An initiative of Columbia College Chicagodowntown Chicago’s Wabash Arts Corridor is home to over a dozen huge public artworks by a range of local, national and international artists.  Here are a few of the murals along South Wabash Avenue that I saw this past week while visiting Chicago:

LA native Retna, close-up

Retna

 Chicago-based Pose

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Italian artist Never 2501

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Columbia College Chicago alumnus Heidi Unkefer

heidi-unkefer-street-art-mural-chicago

French artist Kashink

Kashink

Brooklyn-based Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

Tatyana-Fazialzadeh-street-art-chicago

LA-based Cleon Peterson

cleon-peterson-street-art-chicago

Photos by Lois Stavsky

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The finale of the Fabergé Big Egg Hunt began this past weekend and continues through Friday. Among the 260 egg sculptures on view at 30 Rockefeller Plaza are quite a few by artists with roots in the streets. Here’s a small sampling:

Vexta

Vexta

Enx

enx-street-art-egg

Dain

Dain

Seen

Seen

Indie 184

Indie

Retna

Retna

Pure Evil

"Pure Evil"

ASVP

ASVP

Friday marks the final day of the auction with all proceeds going to Studio in a School and to Elephant Family.

Photos by Dani Reyes Mozeson

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Since early March there has been a surge of stylish walls up in the Bronx. We are looking forward to the many more certain to surface.  Meanwhile, here are three of our favorites:

LA Retna’s collaboration with COPE2.  This is a segment–

"Retna and Cope street art and graffiti in the Bronx"

More after the jump!

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This past weekend, the famed wall on the Bowery and Houston Street became the outdoor canvas to Retna’s distinct script. Derived from symbols and hieroglyphics of ancient heritages, it also reflects the West Coast’s artist’s graffiti background and sensibility.

Here are some images

" Retna graffiti and street art mural on NYC's Bowery"

More after the jump!

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