Arte Agora
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Arte Agora in Pandemic
Recently, just before the official start of the Illinois Stay-At-Home order, I was chatting with my friend Lajuana Lampkins on Facebook messenger. We were talking about a project we’re working on and decided it would be good for her to have a laptop. We ordered a refurbished Chromebook from this third party seller on walmart.com…
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Arte Agora Collection (Work in Progress)
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Thirteen Works by Oba Maja
As I’ve been working on defining Arte Agora, which is art made, sold, or placed in the public way, I’ve been indexing the collections I’ve built over the years. One category is street poetry, and here’s 13 works by one of the best there ever was– Oba Maja. Oba touched many people. His was a…
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Work in Progress: Index of Art Collection
My wife and I like art, and we have a lot of art on our walls. Here’s a couple pieces we’ve got hung up: But I’ve got more stuff. Collected over the last 30 years, tucked info portfolios, and stored away. I’ve made a series of half-hearted attempts over the years to document what I’ve…
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Restoration of Large-Scale Cityscape Wheatpaste Installation near Saint Alfred on Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago
Last month I was walking one morning on a usual path and encountered a new work of art. It’s rare to see such a large-scale, single-theme piece. A street scene with Vespa, two garbage cans, two people, a bicycle, and graffiti and sticker-covered walls. It doesn’t appear to be signed, although my guess is that…