The Vandal in downtown Albany
Sunday afternoon we stopped by the Green-Hudson Parking Garage in downtown Albany to check out the new, not-quite-finished mural there by Nick Walker. (It's now finished, as of Monday morning.)
The work is part of the Capital Walls campaign, a collaboration between the Albany Parking Authority, Albany Center Gallery, and Albany Barn. Press release blurbage:
Walker's mural, titled "Love Goes On," represents the universal message of love having the capability to be the everlasting entity in a world of fleeting things and moments. His mural is asking us to be thankful for love and to allow it to last. The red, white, black and gray mural will be 40 feet by 60 feet.
Walker is an internationally-famous artist, with street art that's appeared in the UK, Paris, New York City, Los Angeles, and other cities around the world. That figure in the new mural here in Albany is his trademark character "The Vandal."
The work is the 8th Capital Walls mural, a collection that also includes two others on the inside of the Green-Hudson garage. And the 7th work in the series was just completed by local illustrator Liz Zunon near the Quackenbush Garage.
Earlier:
+ Checking out the new mural in downtown Albany that was just finished
+ Here's how those three new murals in downtown Albany turned out
+ Gawking at the newly finished mural on the Quackenbush Garage in downtown Albany
+ Flocking to downtown
Find It
"Love Goes On" by Nick Walker
Hudson-Green Parking Garage east wall
Albany, NY 12207
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Nice work- all of the murals are nice - but this is like Banksey with the teeth pulled - Authorized Banksey, if such a thing could exist.
This one might look more interesting as it decays.
... said Eric Scheirer Stott on Sep 25, 2018 at 6:36 PM | link