— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Brian Barneclo, whose retro-artwork can be found at NOPA, Foods Co., the SF Bay Guardian building, driving around the Mission, and was formerly hanging in Fabric8 when I discovered how rad Fabric8's bathtub was, is currently raising funds to paint a 600x40' wall on 7th and Townsend, greeting Caltrains riders as they arrive in SF. Apparently it costs HELLA MONEY to paint a mural that big ($70,000!), and “the man” requires him to carry insurance and permits and other such 1st world distractions, so he going over to Kickstarter to finally begin raising money for paint.
The mural is about interconnectedness or some other 1970's ideology, but, hot damn, it certainly looks rad:
Currently a miniature, 30' version of the mural is up at the Brief Space Gallery in the Metreon. Or, if traveling down to Powell is too much for you, you can watch a time-lapse of him painting here:
(via Fecal Face)