“I looked at her face and realized she was crying…. That’s something that will always affect me.”
In the wake of the destructive 2011 Japanese tsunami, Marina Perez-Wong wasin San Francisco of koi swimming in turbulent waters. As she was packing up for the day she noticed a woman kneeling in front of the art.
Such is the power of good mural art. And the Bay Area has tons, thanks to a thriving and barrier-crushing muralist community that encompasses generations. On any given day, rest assured brushes and spray cans are being swept over walls – in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and far beyond.Twin Walls Mural Company“I had a rare cancer as a kid and spent the first five years of my life mostly in the hospital,” where the walls were sterile white or gray, she says.
The Mission, it turns out, played a pivotal role in the development of modern murals. New Deal-era murals once tended to dominate in the city; they were often located inside buildings and depicted historical scenes that ignored society’s complexities.
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