For some reason I thought that the beautiful Retna / Dame / Werc mural in Silver Lake "Por El Suelo" would be there for years. I thought it would still be there long after I left the neighborhood, and that kids would grow up walking past it from the time they were little to the time they were married with their own children.
Not quite.
I don't like to post pictures of the destruction of community art (unless it's done by the City of LA, in which case they need to be called out). I don't like to give the exposure to the vandals. But the defacing of this wall on Virgil is just shocking in its vileness.
Maybe the artists will try to fix this, though I can't imagine how difficult that would be. I know that it's a fact of life for street artists that their work may vanish right away - or stay visible for years - but that has to be really disappointing. At least it is to me, as a resident of the neighborhood.
Pictures of what the mural looked like before after the jump.
All photos by Mark Mauer
Above, Retna working on the mural in early February.
Dame working on his part of the mural.
Click here and here to see the original posts from February, 2008.
All photos and footage by Mark Mauer.
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i saw this driving down virgil and was so annoyed. people suck for ruining this.
Posted on June 27, 2008 10:49 AM by anon
Jealousy creates hatred. People with no skills feel better about themselves if they ruin a masterpiece.
Not sure if this can be fixed. It may have to be completely redone.
Posted on June 27, 2008 11:13 AM by Graffhead
Dude that's sucks I'm sure it was some little punk with nothing else 2 do anyways when I went 2 belmont years ago 2 get flicks I had a strap pulled on me and he ask where I was from I finished flicking since he was on the hill and I booked it is their anything new at this sight
Posted on June 29, 2008 10:49 PM by eric
wow, that is awful. It;s one thing to have your piece gone over or buffed but this is disrespect to the fullest.
Posted on July 2, 2008 5:05 PM by Anonymous
People People this will be redone/fixed soon and very soon. Regardless They didnt even right there name, which means there real real brave to diss it. Sall Good w/ me. Thanks for the support.. Peace
Posted on July 4, 2008 9:00 PM by dame msk
Now presenting the Remix.
http://www.knowngallery.com/gallery/image/1311
The whole wall will be finished hopefully next week. Hopefully everyone can respect our time and money and heart to help keep this wall running. Peace Dame
Posted on July 26, 2008 3:53 PM by dame msk