Over the holidays we made a quick stop in West Palm Beach, Florida to take a look at the murals from the CANVAS program, adjacent to the neighborhood of the Trump resort where he spent New Year’s Eve where he charged guests a minimum of $525 per person to attend his party. Scrubbed clean of any actual graffiti or organic Street Art, the downtown West Palm Beach shopping neighborhood adds these murals to a sleepy commercial area to pick up the glitter of a current fascination with Street Art.
With the highly contentious and disputed Trump right next door at his Mar-a-Lago estate, one wonders if any political messaging will be visible in the future, or will the neighborhood expressions of art in the streets be comprised of these decidedly apolitical and attractive murals created in advance of his presidency.
So here’s our first weekly interview with the streets for the year, this week featuring Anthony Hernandez, Astro, Bikismo, Case Ma’Claim, EMC, Grafftoyz, Greg Mike, Herakut, Hoxxoh, Kobra, Lonac, Michael Dweck, Pastel, PHD Graphitti, Pichi & Avo, Pipsqueakwashere, Sipros, Tristan Eaton, and WRDSMTH.
First image above: Lonac for Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Kobra for Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Kobra for Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Tristan Eaton in West Palm Beach, Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Pichi & Avo. Side A. Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Pichi & Avo Side B. Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Herakut for Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Anthony Hernandez. West Palm Beach, Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Case Maclaim for Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Case Maclaim for Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Collaboration between Grafftoyz, EMC and PHD Graphitti in West Palm Beach, Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Collaboration between Grafftoyz, EMC and PHD Graphitti in West Palm Beach, Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Collaboration between Grafftoyz, EMC and PHD Graphitti in West Palm Beach, Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sipros for Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ASTRO for Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Pastel for Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Michael Dweck for Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Bikismo for Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hoxxoh for Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Hoxxoh for Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
WRDSMTH for Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Pipsqueakwashere for Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Geg Mike for Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Greg Mike. Side A. Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Greg Mike side B. Canvas West Palm Beach. Florida. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Landing. New York City. January 2017. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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