Tracking Phlegm in Wynwood, Miami.

January 2, 2017 Artists

Phlegm. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

It’s over a year old, but this mural by UK’s Phlegm along rail tracks in Miami has a certain timeless quality.

Maybe it is the illustrator’s monochromatic fanta-realism or the placement of this industrial-age freight running on the side of an old factory building , but these characters and potentially nested stories give Phlegms work a longevity that exceeds many. Extra points awarded for context.

As we begin a new year we are reminded that a goal of many artists as they mature is to craft something that has a timeless quality, remaining evergreen. In the case of a muralist or street artist, that goal may also extend to creating work that ages well in the punishing sun and rain and snow over time. It will be good to see this one in ten years, right?

Phlegm. Wynwood, Miami. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

238

138

Other Articles You May Like from BSA:

Niels Shoe Meulman Balancing "Unearthly" Paintings
Most viewers want to know, “How did he do that?” when looking at the medieval script arching and swerving through a splattering of stars or surrounding a black hole. Niels "Shoe" Meulman continues t...

BSA Film Friday: 01.19.18
1. "While They Seek Solutions" by Vegan Flava 2. The Brooklyn Burrow: Episode 1. Iena Cruz 3. MOMO: A (brief) tour of the nomadic artist's New Orleans Studio 4. 167 Art Project - Lecce, Italy.

Tuna Hanging By Tail, Heron By a Leg, ROA By a Heart String in Denmark
Out in the open on an old grain silo in Odense Harbor the urban naturalist ROA has just completed two sides of an enormous former grain silo with suspended fowl and finfish. The hanging animals are a ...

Dennis McNett "Year of the Wolfbat" Swarming the East Coast
Gallery Tour Stops in Philadelphia Friday at Space 1026 According to the Chinese Zodiac, the Year of 2009 is the Year of the Ox, which said that I would be winning the lotto around mid-year. Maybe...

BSA Images Of The Week: 04.07.19
Many images this week are from our short visit to Querétaro, Mexico this week – where, among other things, we saw first hand many of the murals mounted by the festival Nueve Arte Urbano over the ...

BSA Writer’s Bench : “Graffiti Documenting and Divinity” by Jim Prigoff
March 2, 2021
Like graffiti writers sharing black books and styles, BSA Writer’s Bench presents today’s greatest thinkers in an OpEd column. Scholars, …Read More »
Tarek Benaoum and “Freedom from the Known” on a Parisian Wall for Art Azoï
March 1, 2021
Calligraphist and decorative painter Tarek Benaoum has Algeria, Italy, and French in his blood, but it’s all gold when he …Read More »
BSA Images Of The Week: 02.28.21
February 28, 2021
Welcome to BSA Images of the Week. Happy Purim! Streets in Brooklyn were wild with Hasidic Jews in funny costumes …Read More »
JDL Reaches Out at Amsterdam Central Station
February 27, 2021
When you are in trouble, reach out! You don’t have to do it alone. That is the sentiment you may …Read More »
BSA Film Friday: 02.26.21
February 26, 2021
Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities. Now screening participants at Festival …Read More »
Sneek Peek at Urvanity Solo Shows 2021 – Opening Now
February 25, 2021
One of the best parts of this horrible pandemic is that people are really challenging their creativity to organize new …Read More »
Monkey Business with Jeff Koons Parisian Tulip Sculpture
February 24, 2021
American artist Jeff Koons has certainly had his share of controversy in France. Only yesterday, he lost another copyright infringement …Read More »