Tuesday, March 14, 2023

A new era for the old Bad Pussies wall on 3rd Street and Avenue B

Photos by Stacie Joy 

On Saturday, Italian muralists Jorit and Tukios started a new project on the SW corner of Third Street and Avenue B — outside Mama's Bar...
Here's a look yesterday at the final mural of Talib Kweli and Mos Def (Yasiin Bey) — aka Black Star...
The two had permission from the building's owner to do this mural (it was not commissioned) ... which replaces the longstanding Bad Pussies mural that had been nearly tagged out of existence. 

While visiting NYC, Jorit and Tukios have kept busy, creating murals of KRS-One on Second Street at First Avenue and Malcolm X in First Street Green Art Park ... as well as Muhammad Ali on Sixth Street at First Avenue...
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 14, 2023 at 5:44 AM

    Mos Def is gone, long live Yasiin Bey.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 14, 2023 at 5:50 AM

    Nothing says east village like some dudes from Brooklyn.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 14, 2023 at 7:06 AM

    Looks great! Hopefully it doesn’t get tagged to death like so much art around our neighborhood has recently. Anyone else noticed asshole taggers have started tagging things during the daytime now too?

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  4. stephen bMarch 14, 2023 at 7:31 AM

    most excellent X 2

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  5. AnonymousMarch 14, 2023 at 9:29 AM

    Looks great, but I do vote for some EV Bands - when will the New York Dolls mural show up? or Television? or ........

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  6. AnonymousMarch 14, 2023 at 10:34 AM

    All these murals look so corporate now, none have the spontaneity of Chico or some of the other past mural artists.

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  7. AnonymousMarch 14, 2023 at 12:19 PM

    They seem like talented artists. But something about two white guys putting up murals of heroes of color doesn't sit right with me. Would prefer to see artist of color who better represent the east village contributing their heroes to our walls.

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  8. AnonymousMarch 14, 2023 at 12:50 PM

    Man. Couple of folks doing something that makes them happy and smiling while doing so and everyone is negative AF.

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  9. AnonymousMarch 14, 2023 at 3:32 PM

    @12:19 are you serious? Who cares what their color is, they like the people they are painting. I personally think they are doing too many walls, the red stripe thing is an annoying virtue signal, but I didn’t mind seeing a couple of them.

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  10. AnonymousMarch 14, 2023 at 6:42 PM

    @12:19 Yeah, racism shouldn't sit right with anyone but at least you're semi-aware of it, and admitting you have a problem is the first step.

    Featuring some EV bands/personalities is a good idea though, otherwise what's the point?

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