Defaced

Retuning to the corner of Fremont and 8th, to where D*Face left us this piece from this years Life Is Beautiful festival. This little guy is still hanging in there ok and still broke and hell, but seriously what is the deal with the skulls image capping LaRON Emcee? We've been seeing this artist's stuff everywhere lately, apparently their "art" is covering artwork that isn't their own with a crappy print of a skull. We aren't one to really talk shit on other artwork, well actually that is all we do, but! This is pretty damn ridiculous, why someone would cover a handpainted piece is beyond us. Our guess is that they are trying to make some sorta artistic point, but then again are we just elevating it to a higher level of art theory or something? Well anyway, there are plenty of pieces covered now with these skulls and I'm sure we'll see more.

The Spirit of Downtown

AEC from Interesni Kazki's buffed Life Is Beautiful mural lives again with these stickers found downtown.
The black n white is for certain a Olsenink design, and the others we're are not 100% sure of the artists.
But together they do make a strong statement about the spirit of downtown unjustly buffing and censoring
of a mural that someone somewhere felt was too negative, well in their eyes anyway. Great to see it back threefold!

Beautifully Destroyed

Last year's Life is Beautiful festival brought in some amazing artists from around the globe into Vegas,
we usually don't like to post legal pieces but when the art and talent are undeniable its a given!
Portuguese artist Vhils goes big downtown on 7th with his unique technique of painted portrait images.
Then he carves the image into the wall, often with just a hammer and chisel! Impressive piece and style.

Take Some Pride

We found this amazing series of painted electrical boxes re-envisioned as television sets from different eras.
Images of classic talk and family shows joined by a great classic horror image really makes you feel nostalgic.
What a great find just waiting to be discovered at Eastern and Desert Inn.