In recent weeks,
you've likely seen two murals going up on East Village buildings...
On East Third Street between the Bowery and Second Street...
...and Eighth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C...
[Photo by Sara Louise Tucker]
Here's what's going on...
This is part of a nonprofit event titled Artists Work and painted by
Overall Murals. Via email, I spoke with Angel Saemai, a partner of Overall Murals.
The Third Street mural is based on an illustration by French artist
Jules Julien while the Eighth Street mural is an original work by Spanish illustrator
Gary Fernandez.
"The goal of these installations is mainly to bring cool contemporary artworks and enlarge them into mural form — making them accessible to all people and for their and the neighborhood's enjoyment (hopefully!)," she said.
Saemai said they only choose blank walls so not to paint over any existing artwork. So far, she said that feedback from East Village residents has been positive — "both for adding some color and life to the area as well as for the artworks themselves."
And you can watch a time-lapse video of the painting
here at Hugo & Marie.
"We hope to make this an annual thing and make murals for different neighborhoods," she said.
[Photo via Overall Murals]
