Mid March, 2019

Introduction

In this post, I’ll show a few more examples of San Juan street art arranged by themes. My organizational scheme is rudimentary – I’m sure there are other ways to organize and display the works that I see. This is a follow-up to an earlier post – click here to see that one.

Foliage

Here are a few examples of street art dominated by foliage. Some are fanciful, some just fun, and I’m not sure about others. The first is on a piece of plywood protecting a building being remodeled on Calle Loiza. This area is undergoing rapid gentrification. In the last year, an Irish Bar and a Korean barbeque opened in that neighborhood. I wonder what kind of establishment will be put in this building – maybe a flower shop?

Here is another example, this time from along Avenida Fernando Juncos.

Here is another example from that same neighborhood. Are they wall flowers or exotic dancers?

Flowers or females? Here is another example, this time from Condado, illustrating the connection. This is on a shutter that was pulled down over Pinky’s, once a popular breakfast place. The space is now a Chinese dumpling restaurant.

Here is one last example, from near the Placita de Mercado in Santurce. The red background is unusual – I haven’t noticed many examples that use much red at all. I wonder why. The hand reaching through the wall is also unusual. Sad to day, this work has been defaced.

Faces on the Wall

Here are some faces on the wall from around San Juan. The first is from Rio Piedras, near the University of Puerto Rico. Is his name Baghead, or is that the name of the artist? Or is it a cultural reference to which I am ignorant?

Maybe Baghead is pointing to Calle Loiza, the home of the next face. This reminds me of something from an Indiana Jones movie – think of it covered with vines and other tropical foliage, guarding the entrance to a cave, home to some kind of archaeological treasure.

The next is a red-haired young woman from Avenida Fernando Juncos, in Miramar. Is she angry? Anxious? Happy to see me? What do you think?

An older woman shares the wall with the Woman with Red Hair. Together they keep watch over their neighborhood.

A somewhat more fanciful face is in Santurce, along Avenida Juan Ponce de Leon, near Parada 18.

Finally, two examples of colorful faces, the first from Rio Piedras.

Notes and Sources

Errata: In the last post showing Faces on the Wall I said the Woman with Six Arms is found in Santurce. I was wrong – she is from Montreal. She is still beguiling.

The images are mine, edited with Adobe Lightroom and/or Photoshop, some images more than others.