Hippy Girl replaces Bucky Fuller
The beautification? of the Bernard Street Wall continues as Bucky Fuller's dominance of the wheatpastie scene on the lower South Hill came to an end this week. As of last weekend the image of a large hippy girl is now gracing the wall. At first glance we feared Hope Sandoval, but on closer inspection we - have - absolutely - no - idea - who - this - is. A call out to the Rainbo Collective, please help in the comments section below.
I hope whoever is doing this will fill up the entire wall with cool images of interesting and mysterious people.
What a unique alternative to the ho-hum amateur graffiti that typically populates such surfaces!
P.S. Rasterizing is cool. I want to do this in my apartment somehow.
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/tools/rasterizer.html
Posted by: Mariah McKay | November 20, 2007 at 10:36 AM
I noticed something really funny as i was comparing the pictures of Bucky and this Girl. They were pasted at the exact same spot!
Posted by: Voir | November 20, 2007 at 12:13 PM
Interesting mystery. I love this kind of thing...seems to me that if the last two pictures pasted here were of good ole Bucky, then this lady might be some iconic architect as well...at least it's somewhere to start, right?
Posted by: toadman | November 20, 2007 at 01:16 PM
The artist is not aware her image has been put up. But dont fear, she is a friend, and this is a surprised gift to her. (Dont spoil the surprise).
click the link on my name for more.
metro spokane, we sincerely appreciate your coverage of our work. Is there any more secure way we can contact you about future projects? (other than comments).
Here is the orignal photo:
flickr.com/photos/xxorz/1696520852/
Posted by: Rainbo | November 20, 2007 at 10:18 PM
Someone just pasted an impressive cut-out of the Diane Arbus grenade boy underneath the Maple St. bridge down in Peaceful Valley. It looks GREAT, is thought provoking, edgy, and is a flavorful addition to the neighborhood . . . you all should come and check it out!
Now if we could just get someone to restore our historic murals down in that same area!
Posted by: Mariah McKay | November 23, 2007 at 02:56 PM
Just an FYI...there is another image on the backside of the Holy Threads/Pigeon Hole Gallery building. You can see it from the base of Pioneer park at the corner of 7th and Stevens.
Posted by: Eric | November 27, 2007 at 07:21 AM
When will someone throw up a Jimmy Dean Sausage image??? Thats what I want to know....
Posted by: Google me... | November 27, 2007 at 12:39 PM
Hey...thats my building...cool!
Posted by: That one guy... | November 28, 2007 at 11:15 AM
yeah, there's what looks to be wayne coyne of the flaming lips on the side of that building with the dragon on it. sweet ! nice placement. you can see it while driving up bernard.
Posted by: JOHNATHAN | December 02, 2007 at 01:06 PM