love May 6th, 2011

Happy Friday! Here’s some love for all our juxtaexposed readers. What is everyone doing for Mother’s Day this weekend?!?

Happy Friday! Here’s some love for all our juxtaexposed readers. What is everyone doing for Mother’s Day this weekend?!?

Holga photo of some hammer and sickle graffiti on a building around U St. NW. Who knew there were communists in DC??

I love this little shoe-wearing elephant. It’s kinda Dali-esque with the long, skinny legs, but the shoes are just a whole new artistic touch. I spotted it on my way home from the metro yesterday on M St NE, walking on the north side of the block when usually I walk home on the south. So really I’ve been walking past it for quite some time now without even knowing it. I wonder what else I’ve been missing…

did art ever die?
Some advice for your Wednesday, brought to you by a wall in an alleyway near Scott Circle.

This graffiti in Adams Morgan has creepy movie material written all over it. Or painted all over it. Or, whatever…
Check out this awesome stop-motion animation of evolution, by Blu. Now THIS is a LOT of paint. And a lot of free time.
BIG BANG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Once some colorful artwork or graffiti is now covered in white cover-up paint. It always seems like a cyclical process, until someone comes along and re-tags the wall. Or, a sign comes off (post-graffiti, but pre-white-paint-over) to reveal what once was there.

Some graffiti and some interesting rust patterns brought to you by an alleyway in Dupont Circle. Happy Friday everyone!
Obama graffiti has been all over the District since the inauguration, but lately we’ve been seeing those star stencils with “51″ inside them appearing everywhere too. An interesting appeal for DC statehood and, of course, voting representation in the Senate. Here’s a closer image of the stencils from Flickr user michaelramallah.

Had to pull out an old photo for today’s post… I see this tag all over the place, but it always makes me smile.