Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Alleyways of art-- Valencia Street and Clarion Alley [photo walk]

I love street art. This is nothing new.

I try to remember to never leave the house without my camera, just so I can capture all of the gorgeous and transient scenery that I come across.

I took these photos sometime last month, but because I've been pretty busy recently I haven't had the time to share them with you until now. Please enjoy!

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What Would Po Do? West Windsor Police Department? Working Weight Pull Dog? What does WWPD stand for?

Now here's a great idea if you're an artist looking to get your art work out there, but you don't have the connections to get a gallery show. Zip-tie your pieces to a chain link fence on a street that gets a lot of traffic. I saw these painted planks on Valencia street while I was on my way to Ben's fashion show.

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Not surprisingly, some disrespectful passerby decided to deface one of the pieces by tagging it. Why do people do this? It's a crappy tag, but I guess the perp just had to leave their mark.

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Abandoned and boarded-up properties make great poster walls. More art on Valencia Street:

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There is a little alley in the Mission (well, there are a few, actually) full of beautiful and crazy-looking murals:

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