TOMSWooden

Sometimes I blog about art that’s a few years old and doesn’t exist anymore. And sometimes I blog about art less than a week old. There has been a mural explosion on Gallatin Pike, and I could easily spend the next week or two just blogging about all the new murals on that road. One of the newest is this one, “Come Together” by Brian Wooden, he of the headless suits/suits with rose heads. It’s part of a national campaign against gun violence called “End Gun Violence Together” sponsored by Blake Mycoskie and the company he founded, the shoe and apparel company TOMS. This is one of two murals related to the campaign by Wooden in town – the other is in The Gulch and will probably be on this blog someday. It might have been finished earlier if not for the incessant rains of late. It’s part of a national mural campaign promoted by TOMS and Mycoskie. Here’s an example of another take on the design by Ruben Rojas. You can find many more examples on the Instagram page of Tyler Ramsey, an artist who is helping TOMS promote the mural campaign. (Neither his page nor anything at TOMS or on Mycoskie’s page makes clear who made the original design.) I should note this is the second time I have featured gun politics related art. The Dog is a work by Ryan Barbour that supports gun rights (and apparently there are newer sculptures at that site I hope to feature later.)

UPDATE: The other mural is here: Come together, again

Located at 2905 Gallatin Pike. It lies on the south side of the building that contains  Nicoletto’s Italian Kitchen and The Bowery Vault. The lots around this building and nearby businesses are mostly pay lots (except in the front), but there is some free parking in the alley behind.