A number of artists created this tribute to David Jude Jolicoeur, who rapped as Trugoy the Dove in the trio De La Soul. He passed away in February 2023 at the age of 54. It was painted during the 2023 Bushwick Block Party this past summer and involved a number of artists (Enjoy Hads, Six Million Dollar Steve, Mr. Makro, Brandy, and Sure78 and more? )
below: On one of the walls there is a portrait of Biggie Smalls (1972-1997) also known as The Notorious B.I.G., a rapper and hip hop artist who was born and raised in Brooklyn. It was painted by Danielle Mastrion
below: Up high on the roof, figures by stik, holding hands and looking down at passers by.
Most of these murals can be seen on, or close to, Bedford Avenue.
below: A large snail by Australian artist Mike Makatron, but not just an ordinary snail – this one has stairs leading up to a fire hydrant on top of its spiral shell.
below: “Song to the Siren” by Naveen Shakil Khan, 2021
Where Bedford Avenue meets Broadway and South 6th Street is a large mural of a young woman with her hands under her chin. The title of the painting is “Lost Time” but it has become known as the Williamsburg Mona Lisa. The mural (by Colossal Media) is from a photograph by Steven Paul (of his friend Nina Attal). Paul was a high school senior from Brooklyn in 2014 when he submitted the photo to a contest sponsored by Scholastic … and won.
below:Eduardo Kobra boxers but not really boxers, Andy Warhol is on the left and Jean-Michel Basquiat is beside him.
Jean-Michel Basquiat and # Fight for street art
below: This anti-war Elvis Presely mural was also painted by Kobra. Unfortunately it has been defaced, almost literally as it is mostly Presley’s face that has been painted over.
below: The Moxy Hotel Williamsburg recently opened on Bedford Avenue. On the upper level, south side, of the hotel is a mural by DFace. It can be seen from the Williamsburg bridge, and is near the pedestrian entrance to the bridge. DFace’s style is reminiscent of paintings by Roy Lichtenstein.
On a black wall, a Chris Tuorto hand with clenched fist beside a very simple donut
below: An intricate drawing of a moth and the possible mechanics of its wing, by ardif
below: Sitting above a window, the cat eyes the bird. Together they make a story. The bird with the goggles is the creation of nevoul_art (La petite Fée du Street Art) while the grinning cat was drawn and painted by liAXrt
below: Seahorse by Industrie Tarte – hippocampe nageant sur un mur. It’s been divided into sections – bavette, entrecote, collier, filet, faux filet, similar to the way a cow would be divided into cuts by a butcher.
below: And by the same artist, a buffalo. It’s been divided into sections too except this time they are labelled Wyoming, Minnesota, Colorado, and other American states.
below: Nora Simon’s project “Histoires Doubles” involves the merging of two paintings into one. This is number 79, “Force et détermination, Strength and determination” which is apparently a combination of Gustav Klimt and Edvard Munch (although I am not sure which paintings).
Or maybe, “they do it with mirrors”. Her face was complete not too long ago but now she is missing a nose and part of her lower face. Pieces of mirror put together to create a portrait, the work of OSIR (OSIR_DES’p’EJO)
She is located near Lisbon Cathedral. Photo taken mid February 2023
below: Near rue Liban, Bar Populaire with a wall of graffiti.
below: In a circle of knives and with a Medusa head of snakes,
below: Another Laszlo piece – Stern looking portrait of Wednesday Addams from the “Addams Family” TV series.
below: A column of paper pieces
below: The top two, both on pages of old books. Top – a heart with “Aimez-sous Bordel” with a multicoloured figure by Corine Forest. On the bottom, drawings by Sulfid
below: More Corine Forest – this time a bird on a page of of music along with a little monster character by Axo. Mam’zelle Nitouche is the music that was chosen (or happened upon?). This is a vaudeville-opérette in three acts composed by in 1883 Hervé (aka Louis-Auguste Florimond Ronger (1825-1892)).
On the bottom – a dove in a heart shape full of white cursive love. “Go Love Anybody Anywhere Anytime”. A little saccharine but sort of sweet.
Learn from yesterday, Live for Today, Hope for Tomorrow.
below: One more Corine Forest wheatpaste – a winged horse among the moon and stars.
below: Paix
La suele couleur qui compte c’est celle denotre de notre sang (The only colour that matters is the colour of our blood).
First, there was this small portrait by Morèje, aka Jérôme Gulon. His street art pieces have mosaic frames made from tiny multicoloured tiles. Back in 2015, he made a series of portraits to honour the people who died in the Charlie Hebdo shooting. These can be seen in a blog post from 2016.
The rest of the portraits on Rue Lambert are part of Rue Meurt D’Art, projects by Jean-Marc Paumier including these; the one on the left strongly resembles the man in the above portrait.
below: “voyer quelle aurore se leve, un souffle et tout est efface” [see what dawn is rising, one breath and everything is erased”]
below: “Le poete est un voleur de feu” [The poet is a thief of fire]
below: “Revons c’est l’heure” [Let’s see it again].
below: “Prenons donc notre place sans la mendier ” [let’s take our place without begging]
below: “L’art est le plus beau des mensonges” [Art is the most beautiful of lies]
Translations were done using Google Translate, therefore there may be errors. Photos taken June 2022.
This mural, a large photograph, has not weathered all that well. It’s title is “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and the artist is Bifido. On her website, Bifido says this about the artwork: “This work should have been called “selfportrait”, as it express how I’m feeling in this moment in the sight of the world. Working, talking, scoping, breathing Tirana atmosphere, I really realized, for the very first time, how it feels to be a woman caught in the grips of this male chauvinist society, to be a woman physically and mentally oppressed by men. As the work progressed, the sense of it changed revealing, maybe, the real reason that. I come back home, to Italy, more aware of something that makes me feel heartbroken, hoping one day something will change.” Please take a look at her website, especially if you want to see the photo in its original form.
By now you may have guessed that the word older in the title of this post has nothing to do with the age of the woman in the mural but in the condition of the mural itself. The Bifido work above is from either 2018 or 2019. Of the same vintage, is a mural by HazardUK
It’s title is “Motra Tone Revisited” which refers to a famous painting, “Motra Tone” also known as ”The Albanian Monalisa”, that was painted by Kole Idromeno (1860-1939).
below: This is a picture of that famous painting (found online, credit: public domain, wikipedia). She hangs in the National Art Gallery in Tirana.
St. Petersburg is home to a growing number of murals. There are maps online that help you find the murals but if you walk along Central Avenue and explore the streets and alleys close by, you will encounter most of them.
below: There’s a short alley behind the north side of Central Ave that is home to quite a few street art pieces. This is the view westward from 6th St. North (toward 7th St N)
below: This is the mural at the east end of the alley. This portrait among the fishes and mermaids was painted by Derek Donnelly
below: Mural for Caskey, a musician, or more specifically, for his song “Thank God I Made it” which was released about the same time that the mural was painted (May 2021). Artist: skycaptain
below: Shark mural by Shark Toof, a 2015 SHINE mural, on the east wall of the State Theater building.; It too is a little bit faded.
below: This the Hindu Goddess, Saraswati, who symbolizing knowledge, learning and wisdom was well as, music, art, and speech. She was painted by Palehorse Design. Follow the link to learn more about the mural.
below: “Space Rainbows” by Ricky Watts
Many of these murals are the product of SHINE Mural Festivals. Follow the link for more information about these festivals.
All photos were taken in mid-April, 2022
Another large mural in Montreal painted by Kevin Ledo is this portrait of Mary Socktish of the Hupa tribe in Northern California . This 2014 work is based on an old photograph from a series on the Hupa people, taken by Edward Curtis in 1923.
There are several faces on two murals on different walls, one older and one newer. First is a series of faces starting with this singing woman in a turban.
below: Several of the face were painted by Batool Edris
below: He has the whole city in his head – or overflowing from his head! (another two portraits by Batool Edris)
below: Speaking in Arabic
below: On the right is Edris’s portrait of Salvador Dali. On the other side of the orange gate is a cactus-headed person
The second mural is “Unity in Diversity” painted late in 2018 by @mahahindi_, Afnan Barqawi, and the Orenda Tribe (with support from the US Embassy).
“Life is Magical When You Look” with a black cat sitting on the moon nose to nose with a dragonfly in a mural by Christy Faris
Many of these murals are the product of 
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