Remember to Look Up if You Are Down Low for Norman Mailer Street Art

Norman Mailer subway car street art mural on 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn

This street art mural referencing Norman Mailer and his essay “The Faith of Graffiti” from Esquire (May 1974) can be seen from a low angle on Third Avenue, but it is probably even nicer at eye-level (albeit for only a moment at speed) from a car cruising down the raised I-278. Randy Kennedy writes in The New York Times (Oct. 26, 2010) with more info about the artists responsible for it who are known collectively as Slavery.

Bomp

I wasn’t around when someone recently tore up a section of road in front of my apartment for subterranean work. They then filled it back in, repaved it, and repainted the top portion of letters warning of the road’s speed hump just out of frame. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately by design), “BUMP” was transformed into “BOMP.”

Brooklyn Street Art Mosaic: “Love is Easy But I’m Busy”

At the corner of Third Avenue and 20th Street in Brooklyn, a street artist installed the mosaic above on the concrete basis of a support for the raised I-278 road surface. In its center is a cool white dog that looks a little like Mr. Peabody but wearing sunglasses and smoking a cigarette. It features the text, “Love is easy but I’m busy.” I can only imagine the challenges presented by installing mosaic street art versus the more widely used paint, stencils, and stickers. Also, on this particular day, someone had thrown out chunks of bread on the sidewalk around the support, but there were no creatures around feasting on it.

Mural at Pizza Inn, Jesup, GA: The Town That Trains Built

Mural painted on the side of the Pizza Inn in Jesup, GA. Features a train, bass, deer, flowers, and Georgia Tech's Buzz and the words, "Jesup: The Town That Trains Built."

One night while visiting my folks, we picked up dinner at the Pizza Inn in Jesup, GA. This mural was painted on the side of the building with the words: “Jesup: The Town that Trains Built.”

A Movable Canvas

JFT Scrap Metal Box Truck street art on passenger side, Brooklyn, New York

JFT Scrap Metal Box Truck street art on back side, Brooklyn, New York

JFT Scrap Metal Box Truck street art on driver side, Brooklyn, New York

This artwork moves through the city’s streets. All sides of this JFT Scrap Metal company’s box truck features exquisite paintings that include pop cultural references and uniquely original imaginings. The last image’s science fictional cosmic scene with a UFO is signed by Valentin Vewer.