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The cock on the block

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Returning to the theme of Latino grocery stores, El Gallito Super Mercado on Foster Avenue. “Gallo” in Spanish is “rooster,” while “gallito” is the diminutive form – “little rooster.” I don’t know about you, but the gallo in this piece is anything but little. It’s also new. A screen grab from Google street view (first picture below) shows a very different mural. The Google image is dated June 2016, so the mural above is no more than a few months old. There is a sign on the edge of the parking lot (to the left if you are standing where the picture above was taken) that is clearly the same style and which is signed by Fernando Vargas. See the second picture below. As we’ve seen in other Latino stores, he gives his phone number, in case you want to hire him or talk about art.

Located at 2801 Foster Avenue. There’s plenty of parking, and for once, the art is up high and not obscured by cars. Drop by, get some real tacos, and enjoy the art!

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The Gallatin and Straightway Gallery (Part 2)

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The Hookah Kings front wall is part of the dense graffiti art found at the corner of Gallatin and Straightway. At least some of the art on this wall predates Hookah Kings, which only opened about a month ago, while some of this art is at least a couple years old. The “my name is” tag belongs to Mobe Oner, who notes in a post on his Facebook page that a portrait he did is now covered over by the Kid Oak image seen below (on the north wall of Jerry’s Market), though apparently the lost image was painted over by something else before the Kid Oak image went up. Such are the perils of outdoor art. Scoot over to Oner’s page to see the lost work. Kid Oak, on the other hand, is a fairly common sight in Nashville, with an Instagram page for various appearances.

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Located at 1401 Gallatin Avenue, at the corner with Straightway Avenue. This works here faces Gallatin, on the east side of the road. Some parking at Jerry’s, as well as some street parking on Straightway. See Part 1 on the map for the pin.img_5080-2

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The Gallatin and Straightway Gallery (Part 1)

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Sometimes you have to start small. There are certain sites around town that are intimidating to tackle because there is simply so much art. One place I drive by a lot is Jerry’s Market on Gallatin and it’s impossible not to notice that it and the surrounding buildings have a lot of art on them. Get out of your car, though, and you’ll discover there’s a lot more than you probably realize. Jerry’s Market, Hookah Kings Lounge, Street Customs, and (to a lesser extent) Collision Repair Service are simply bursting with art. It’s way too much to manage in one blog post. So I.m starting small with this Dustin Spagnola piece. Spagnola is an Ashville, NC artist who has done a fair amount of street art. The flamenco dancer is a theme he has used elsewhere. He’s one more example of how Nashville is not just a canvas for local artists but has become a destination for artists around the country and around the world.

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Located at 1401 Gallatin Avenue, at the corner with Straightway Avenue. This Spagnola piece faces Gallatin, on the east side of the road. Some parking at Jerry’s, as well as some street parking on Straightway.

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Woodland creatures, Part 2

Fox sign street art Nashville

I posted Part 1 quite a long time ago. This fox, maybe you guessed already, graces the front wall of Woodland Wine Merchant, a wine and liquor store I recommend highly. The staff is very knowledgeable and helpful, and they don’t sneer at you when you buy the cheap stuff! They close at 9:00, by the way, so no late, late night runs here. There are at least a couple more Woodland Creatures posts coming later on!

UPDATE: This is by Jefferson Perky of Perky Bros.

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Located at 1001 Woodland Avenue, at the corner with 10th Street. The sign faces south, on Woodland Ave. The days of plentiful free parking are gone in Five Points, especially on the weekends. There’s still some free street parking around, but it goes quick. The store itself has a few of its own spaces, so grab a bottle while you check out the art!

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I’d like to teach the world to sing

Coca-Cola mural street art NashvilleOn the north side of the Star Market on Dickerson, across the parking lot from Piggly Wiggly, there are two murals that I think are probably from the same artist, though there’s no signature as far as I can tell. The Coke piece made me immediately think of that song from that Coca-Cola ad long ago, given the subject of the mural that’s just a few feet away from it. The Coke ad also seems to have been damaged as the result of a repair to the wall.

Located at 903 Dickerson Pike, on the north side of Star Market. They face a parking lot, so, lots of parking.

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Actually, kind of dry

Moist graffiti mural street art Nashville

 


Ordinarily, I’d use a better lit photo, but this is from the only set I have or ever will, because this installation has been erased. My photos from March 30 will have to do. There is a “moist” campaign in town. In The doomed graffiti wars of Madison Mills I noted the first instance of it in this blog, but there’s much more. A giant smokestack off the Jefferson Street bridge sports the word. And pay attention to electrical utility boxes. Often they have letters and numbers on them, made from those stickers you get at the hardware store, stuff that only makes sense to the electric company. Some clever folks have bought the same letters to add the word “moist.” Look around, you’ll find some.

This was located on a retaining wall just east of the Bagel Face at 700 Main Street, next to the Mapco at 702, behind the Turnip Truck on Woodland. You can still see traces, but every canvas has an owner.

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A tale of two murals

Vodka advertisement mural street art NashvilleThe M&M Discount Liquor and Wine building on Gallatin is malleable. A quick perusal of Google street view reveals some of its iterations. But what I think most interesting are the two very different current murals. Here we have a brash, very visible advertisement for New Amsterdam Vodka, with its easily understood vocabulary of iconic buildings (and art!) from downtown Nashville. But around back…..Below you see a much more abstract mural, one hidden from view, easily missed even by customers of M&M or the auto parts store next door. A curious thing — but hardly the only hidden art in town.

UPDATE: Not sure why I did not originally notice the “UH” in this mural, so credit to the UH crew.

Located at 2828 Gallatin Pike, on the south and east walls of the building. Plenty of parking.

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