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Goodbye, 2016!

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While I’m not in the habit of posting every graffiti tag I see, this one is not only interesting, it sums up many of my feelings about the year that is ending. It wasn’t all bad, but it wasn’t a winner, either. That UH in his hat is found in a number of graffiti installations here in town, including It’s cold out there!

UPDATE: This piece has been painted over. And the restaurant is now called El Fuego, and is very good.

Located at 3155 Gallatin Pike on the north side of the First and Second Chance Furniture building, which lies at the corner with West Kirkland Avenue, just south of the trestle bridge. Best seen from the back parking lot of El Foklor Latino Restaurant. If you have not been to El Folklor, run, do not walk, and have some of their fantastic food. You’ll be a lot happier than this guy!

 

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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.

Part 1

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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Here and gone (part 1)

Graffiti mural street art Nashville

One of the things I want to do on this blog is document public art before it is lost, as so much of it is ephemeral. This piece, on the west wall of the Salon Mogulz/Fancy Lash and Beauty Bar building on Main Street, went up sometime back in April, when I took this picture. I had meant to get a better, full on view, but for a long time the grass was much too high. Shortly after the grass finally got mowed, and before I could get a new picture, this mural disappeared underneath a bigger, bolder mural which I will feature soon. But for a now, a moment of silence for lost art.

Part 2

This was located on the west wall of 951 Main Street. 951 just has a few spaces, so on a weekday, use street parking on Finn Street just to the east. And hey, maybe it’s time for a new do!

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Something abstract 

Graffiti art mural street art NashvilleHigh up on the hill near where 33rd meets Trevor, there’s an unusual graffiti installation on a utility building. This is on one of the highest hills in the area, and it sports a small forest of towers, including what looks like a former fire watch tower. So the artist behind this somewhat abstract piece would seem to have been evoking the landscape nearby. Who is the artist? Not sure, but one of the words in the angled view below appears to be “Tier,” which is a tag you see around town in places.

Located near 33rd Avenue North and Trevor Street, uphill from Charlotte. There’s a lot of building in this area, and narrow streets, so parking is problematic.

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The address is in the picture

Graffiti tags mural street art Nashville

Gracing the east wall of Renaissance Stone Company in The Nations is this collection of tags and a piece of the Nashville skyline. There are some familiar names here. I’ve certainly seen the “Rasmo” tag in plenty of places. I’d say also that these seem a little more technically difficult than some similar installations, or at least more complex with the use of color. It also does not use the “series of panels” pattern that is common in the permitted/commissioned graffiti installations, so the close-ups below do not neatly divide the piece in the way I can usually do it. This is relatively new, as it boasts a 2015 date.

Located at 5700 Califonia Avenue in The Nations. Califonia and 56th (not 57th) both intersect with Centennial. Makeshift street parking, or park at the stone company. The mural actually faces 57th Avenue North.

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The Eagle has landed

Mountains mural street art Nashville

I first saw this when I found the mural on the STEM academy nearby, but there was a car parked in front of it. Swung by today and it was car free, so here you go! Primarily graffiti tags, there’s also a mountain landscape. Maybe a nod to the building’s owners, Granite & Stone Designs, Inc.? Down in the corner, it seems to be signed 4D2 (c) 2008. “4D2” doesn’t seem to lead anywhere, but that does imply this mural has been here for a while.

Located at 201 Lyle Lane, off Foster. The mural is found on the west side of the building and is visible from Foster. This is actually the loading area of the building next door, which houses a number of businesses. This could make viewing complex during the workweek. On the weekend, parking in the loading bay is simple. The rest of the week, park in the lots of the neighboring businesses.

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Unsafe at any speed

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I have to admire the audacity of whoever put up these tags and the ones below. Both are found on overhead signs over I-40 between the merger with I-65 on the west side of town and the 28th Avenue exit. And of course, it was completely nuts and quite illegal for me to be snapping shots of them as I rolled down the highway at 60 mph. The things I do for art.

UPDATE: I’ve identified the artists as the UTL crew from Atlanta. This thing of tagging the backside of interstate signs is apparently a habit of theirs.

Both of these are above the eastbound lanes of 1-40, and are only visible, at least to a driver keeping their eyes more-or-less on the road, from the westbound lanes. The one above is just west of the I-40/I-65 interchange on the west side of town, at little past mile 207.6, while the one below is at mile 207.2, right as I-40 crosses 21st Avenue North, but before the 28th Avenue exit. Obviously, there’s no parking, so crank up some loud, defiant tunes as you rush past them – and watch the road!

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