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Tag Archives: Street Art
Prince Mural Transformed Two Years After His Death
Mother Nature delights muralist Christine Stein and Prince fans the world over with a spring surprise
Artist Christine Stein was listening to Prince’s song “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” when she first heard of the singer’s death in 2016. Her sadness over his loss inspired her to paint a commemorative Prince mural, displaying it … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Christine Stein, Prince memorial, Prince mural, Public art, Street Art, tribute to Prince
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Parastou Forouhar Heals through Subversive Artwork
See How the Iranian Artist Channels Her Grief After the Tragic Loss of her Parents
Following the brutal 1998 murder of her parents, Iranian intellectuals and activists Darius and Parvaneh Forouhar, Berlin-based artist Parastou Forouhar began her journey through grief with powerful subversive artwork. With her parents’ democratic fervor, Forouhar’s art explores issues from democracy to … Continue reading
Bringing the Bucket List Out Into the Open
Street Art Addresses Death and Dying
The idea of the bucket list has emerged in the conversation about death and dying, the concern that we may reach the end of life without doing all that we wished to do. This week’s featured project allows one community … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Before I Die, Bucket List, Candy Chang, Death and Dying, Installation art, New Orleans, Public art, Street Art
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A Street Artist’s Memorial to Homicides
Artist Swoon honored the missing women of the Juarez femicides with a portrait of an early victim.
In 2008, the artist Swoon, known for her life-size wheatpaste prints and cutouts of figures displayed throughout the streets of New York City, created a memorial to the victims of female homicides in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Memorial, Mexico, Mission District, San Francisco, Street Art, Swoon, Watson
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