a eld guide to

Austins two-dimensional
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TAGGING AUSTIN
street art
Bob Dylan
MURALS
Backside
Mellow Mushroom
Bob Marley
The Drag Murals
Le Bonheur de Vivre
Austintatious
Austintatious 2
Challenger
Jerimiah the Innocent
Complete Clothing
Tequila Mockingbird
Live Music Capital
Palooka Town!
Breathe
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Puger Pedestrian Bridge
Union Pacic Railroad
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BOB DYLAN
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Federico Archuleta, El Federico, 2003
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Front side of Hole in the Wall
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El Federicos Bob Dylan was created using stencils
a nd freehand s pray paint t echniques. He has
created many notable music portraits around
Austin. His desire to put art on the streets and
bars is to help break the mindset held by most
people that art is only found in museums.
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Backside of Hole in the Wall: Improv Theater
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other than it adornes the backside of Hole
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MELLOW MUSHROOM
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Parking lot side of Mellow Mushroom
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Nothing is known about the sleeping cartoon cat
except that this mural has existed for
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BOB MARLEY
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Jules Muck, December 2011/January 2012
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Parking lot side of Mellow Mushroom
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Muck painted a series of Bob Marleys around
the city of Austin. She claims her reasoning for
painting him so much is that, There can never be
too much Bob Marley in this world.
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DRAG MURALS
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El Federico, 2003
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Old Tower Records/Varsity Theater Building
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El Federico recently (2012) retouched his stenciled
portraits of Johnny Cash, The Clash, ZZ Top, Buddy
Holly, Lightnin Hopkins, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and
Janis Joplin after the building was renovated and new
business added. He updated the portraits with
different colors from their originals.
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LE BONHEUR DE VIVRE
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Doug Jaques, 1998
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Side wall of Wells Fargo building
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Le Bonheur de Vivre was executed by Doug Jacques and his
students at ACC in 1998. Jacques piece is a very colorful,
slightly surreal viewing experience for all who pass by. With
depictions of oating coffee cups and pigs playing the violin
among its fanciful imagery, it has inltrated the subconscious
sleep of the student body.
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Kerry Awn, Tommy B. and
Rick Turner, 1974
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Renaissance Market
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Noted for its psychedelic appearance, the
mural is a celebration of the street life up
and down the Drag in the early Seventies,
displaying local shops and colorful
characters as well as historic personalities
such as Stephen F. Austin, the towns
venerable namesake, shown with a violet
colored crown atop his head to represent
the violet sunsets that prompted the
writer O. Henry to christen Austin the city
of the Violet Crown.
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AUSTINTATIOUS 2
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Kerry Awn, Tommy B. and Rick Turner, 2003
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The Renaissance Market, on the side of Jamba Juice
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Completed by the same three Austintatious artists,
the state of Texas panel partners the Austintatious
mural across the sidewalk at the Renaissance Market.
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CHALLENGER
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FAILE
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Across the Wooten dorm building
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Created by the Brooklyn-based artist
collaboration between Patrick McNeil and
Patrick Miller who are known for the
wheatpasteing murals, like Challenger.
This piece was created in tribute for
the 1986 Challenger Space shuttle.
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JERIMIAH THE INNOCENT
artist
Daniel Johnston, 1993
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OId Sound Exchange building;
side of Thai Spice
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Muscian, Daniel Johnston, painted the mural
in 1993 and it has withstood many building
renovations. Many controversies have
surrounding the keeping of the Frog Mural.
There is even an iPad app that features the frog
as well as Daniel Johnstons music.
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COMPLETE CLOTHING
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Click Clack, March 14, 2012
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Side of Complete Clothing Company
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Complete Clothing is a multifaceted store that
offers the latest trends in street wear apparel,
shoes, accessories, and designer toys. The
mural painted is the companys logo.
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TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD
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Kent Johnson, 1990
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Tequila Mockingbird Building
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Tequila Mockingbird is a music house in Austin. The
back of their building is this mural of a mockingbird
stealing the music. Mockingbirds imitate other birds
and can attack other critters.
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LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL
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Unknown, 2009
location
Side of Complete Clothing Company
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On 6th street near San Jacinto, this mural seemingly
popped out of nowhere one day in 2009. It covers up the site
of the burned down Black Cat Lounge. Austin music legends
featured in the mural include: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie
Nelson, Janis Joplin, Townes Van Zandt, and Roky Erickson.
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PALOOKA TOWN!
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Josh Row, January 2012
location
Side of Franks Hotdogs
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Part of Franks initiative to promote public art by
featuring different artists every month. Josh Row is a
graphic designer and illustrator living in Austin, TX.
He is the Art Director and part owner of No-Comply
Skate Shop in Austin.
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BREATHE
artist
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Union Pacic Bridge over Lady Bird Lake,
seen from Puger Pedestrian Bridge
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Temporary
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Focus one point and breathe is a grafti piece that adornes
the bridge over Lake Austin.
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