November 2016

Shave and a haircut

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Beene’s Barbershop on Chester Avenue is old school, at least in the sense of not seeming to have a website. The one review on Yelp is pretty glowing, though, so who needs a website? They have in common with a number of local, non-chain barbershops in town a painting or drawing of a barber’s pole decorating the store. Beene’s goes a little father, with a full-scale mural that incorporates a Titans logo. This more elaborate mural is good because Beene’s lies along a stretch of Gallatin that is dense with murals, and some small decoration would never cut it. I will be posting soon about some of Beene’s more elaborate neighbors, but I thought I’d start small with this more modest (compared to Beene’s neighbors) installation.

UPDATE: This building has been demolished, the mural along with it.

Located on the west wall of Beene’s Barbershop, which is found at 1102 Chester Avenue, visible from Gallatin Avenue along the 2400 block, behind Subways. Not a lot of parking at Beene’s itself, but plenty of street parking and parking at nearby businesses. And hey, maybe you need a haircut?

November 14, 2016 0

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This particular site presents a particular challenge. While on one side of the building there is a quiet road one can stand in with reasonable safety and thus get a direct, straight on view taking in the whole mural, on the other side – well the other side is Nolensville Road, and yeah, I may do many things for art, but standing in the middle of Nolensville Road with a smartphone taking pictures is not one of them. The work on the Carquest building at the corner of Nolensville and Elgin would seem to be at least in part the work of the same crew that produced The Vape USA Gallery down the road. The blank eyes of most of the human figures is a clear (get it?) giveaway. (Ok, it wasn’t much of a pun.) There are a lot of tags on these pieces, though how many are the names of artists and how many might be the names of the workers I don’t know. As I wrote this, it occurred to me that I forgot to check out the back wall. A quick glance at Google street view (first picture below) not only shows art on the back wall but also a completely different mural on the south wall facing Elgin. So not only is this another auto part store, it’s also an example of lost art. I will update soon after I go back and check out the back wall.

UPDATE: I finally got around to writing about the back side. See Part 2.

UPDATE: Some of this has been painted over.

Part 2

Located at 3317 Nolensville Road, at the corner with Elgin Street. There’s some street parking on Elgin, and if things aren’t too busy at the Lava Lounge Hookah Bar next door, you might be able to park in their lot for a spell. Just don’t stand in the middle of Nolensville Road!

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Off the wall (part 3)

Another of the new panels in the Off the Wall project on Charlotte Avenue. This one is a product of a Chicago artist who goes by Sentrock. The man in the bird mask is a common theme in his work. Certainly, it makes for an eye-catching statement on an otherwise fairly plain stretch of Charlotte. See Part 1 for more details

Part 1 Part 2 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14

See the pin for Part 1 on the map. Located at 3020 Charlotte Avenue. Your best bet for parking is perhaps across the street at Cross Fit Nashville or street parking on 31st Avenue north of Charlotte.

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Fly me to the moon

img_4902-2 Appropriate to my recent travels, some public outdoor art at the Nashville airport. I came and left in the dark, so the lighting is not the best. This is “Flights of Fantasy,” a tile mosaic work by local artist Sherri Warner Hunter, installed in 1996 just outside of the ground transportation area. For those familiar with BNA, this work is just out the door from where you check in to get your rental car. It’s meant to be interactive and includes a bench.

Located on the sidewalk near the ground floor entrance of National International Airport in the Ground Transportation area. This is the airport, so lots of parking, pretty much none of it free. Come out and rest a spell and let the little ones play awhile before you run the security gauntlet. img_4903-2

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Nashville murals, street art, graffiti, signs, sculptures and more

Month

Shave and a haircut

The Carquest Gallery, Part 1

Off the wall (part 3)

Fly me to the moon