Amy Buff's D.C. » mural http://www.amybuffsdc.com Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:41:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Shepard Fairey Mural http://www.amybuffsdc.com/2009/10/10/6/ http://www.amybuffsdc.com/2009/10/10/6/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:35:30 +0000 Amy Buff http://www.amybuffsdc.com/?p=6 “> I was walking around Logan Circle one day and stumbled across this eye-catching mural on the side of <a href=”http://www.acehardwaredc.com/logan.html” target=”_blank”>Logan Hardware</a><a href=”http://www.acehardwaredc.com/logan.html”></a> (on P ST NW, between 14th and 15th.) The bright and true shade of red really intrigued me, so I took a few photos and vowed to learn the story of this mural. </p>
<p>Turns out it’s a rather simple story. Famed artist <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_Fairey” target=”_blank”>Shepard Fairey</a><a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_Fairey”></a> (he’s the one responsible for the ubiquitous Obama “HOPE” portrait) painted the portrait overnight on October 15, 2008. The mural is based on a central piece from Fairey’s show “<a href=”http://obeygiant.com/headlines/duality-of-humanity-solo-exhibition” target=”_blank”>The Duality of Humanity</a><a href=”http://obeygiant.com/headlines/duality-of-humanity-solo-exhibition”></a>,” which he is quoted as saying represents the “human struggle between good and bad, hope and fear.”</p>
<p>I say kudos to Fairey for creating a memorable mural that succeeds in his goal to depict the polarity of the world. The image of a child soldier with gun in hand and flower in hat definitely makes one ponder the concepts of innocence, power, death and peace.

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I was walking around Logan Circle one day and stumbled across this eye-catching mural on the side of Logan Hardware (on P ST NW, between 14th and 15th.) The bright and true shade of red really intrigued me, so I took a few photos and vowed to learn the story of this mural.

Turns out it’s a rather simple story. Famed artist Shepard Fairey (he’s the one responsible for the ubiquitous Obama “HOPE” portrait) painted the portrait overnight on October 15, 2008. The mural is based on a central piece from Fairey’s show The Duality of Humanity which he is quoted as saying represents the “human struggle between good and bad, hope and fear.”

I say kudos to Fairey for creating a memorable mural that succeeds in his goal to depict the polarity of the world. The image of a child soldier with gun in hand and flower in hat definitely makes one ponder the concepts of innocence, power, death and peace.

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