#mural monday

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MURAL MONDAY | ELLEN RUTT

Murals in the Market is an annual international mural festival happening in Detroit. We’re excited to see the wonderful and playful mural by artist Ellen Rutt, whose colorful shapes, minimal style and free flowing abstractions bring a sense of child-like wonderment to urban landscapes.

Find out more about Ellen in our Kick-Ass Chicks: Vans US Open Artist, Ellen Rutt interview.

Photographs courtesy of the artist Additional photographs by Kimmy McAtee Bell

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This #MuralMonday, we’re sharing some of our favorite selections from The People’s Art: Black Murals, 1967-1978, an exhibition booklet for an exhibit on community murals at the African American Historical and Cultural Museum in Philadelphia. The exhibit featured murals from by black artists in Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Hartford, and San Francisco.

This booklet is f Pam 2001.501 in the Hagley Library’s Trade Catalogs and Pamphlets collection. You can view it online in our Digital Archives by clicking here.

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We feel you, man. Happy Mural Monday!

[houseofvans]

MURAL MONDAYS | BENJAMN MARASCO

We’re hyped on this mural in Detroit by Chicago based artist Benjamn Marasco who recently decked out the skate park at the Vans US Open of Surfing this year.  We chatted with Ben about his process, inspiration and the murals he creates in our Art School | Interview with Benjamn Marasco post. 

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MURAL MONDAYS | SHERYO & THE YOK

Talented and world-traveling artist duo, Sheryo & The Yok are always traveling the world bringing their crazy spray paint artwork to each city. Inspired by their travels, cartoons, and psychedelic imaginations, we caught up with them in our Art School Interview with Sheryo & The Yok to find out more about what inspires them, where they’ve been, and what their favorite Van styles are. 

Photographs courtesy of the artist. 

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MURAL MONDAY | JACK GRAYDON

We’re looking at one of our favorite murals from last year’s Van’s US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, CA where Portland based artist Jack Graydon spray blasted his rad madness in the Vans Pro Bowl! 

Photographs by Michael C. Hsiung

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MURAL MONDAYS | Keith Smith aka Afrokilla (Chicago,IL)

Artist Keith Smith aka Afrokilla on IG recently did a live painting of his skate deck mural installation at the House of Vans, Chicago.  We’re digging the final piece as well as the process shots into creating this colorfully layered psychedelic and creative skatedeck installation. Not too long ago we featured Keith in our Mural Mondays | Afrokilla post, highlighting his cool mandala inspired murals, using geometric shapes and patterning.

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Mural Monday | @Yaicecream

Artist Yai not only makes cool illustrations and paintings, but also some fun color murals in spray paint, bringing to life her various characters to various parts of Spain.