Wynwood 2015 dernière

Caze

Gentrification in Wynwood, Miami, FL

Portraits from Wynwood Miami, FL

Happy New Year !

by Frank Duval, french artist

I have already visited Wynwood in December 2013. I felt lonely in deserted streets around 2nd ave, but it was an amazing hunt and the murals were exceptional. Two years after, on a Monday afternoon, everything is totally different. No hunt this time, all is served on a tray. The crowds break out in streets because new restaurants and shops are emerging everywhere. Here, taking selfies in front of the murals seems to become the most popular activity...But as usual, the crowds stay in central area and even if Second avenue and 26th street are now in the way of gentrification, the surroundings still keep their soul. Just a few weeks after Art Basel 2015, there are so many new murals, I can't show all.... So today, I decided to focus on portraits.

Bob Dylan by Esau Andrews

and some old ones , still visible 

Kitschy Key West , FL

 Giant Renoir, "Bal à Bougival", one of the "Icons Revisited" from Seward Johnson

 "Daydream " from Matisse "The dance"

 "Holding out" 

Tropic , Great Independent Cinema opened in april 2004

Marilyn was a gift from Steward Johnson.

During Christmas time, decorations have no limits 

and add a particular taste to walking in the streets.

They are not sculptures.

Key West, FL

In Key West, street art begins with houses, plants and animals.

 Packer Street

Johnson Lane, graphic design on palm trees to hold air plants.

Old and new, same colors

Sun drawings on the walls

Artistic fence on Thomas street

 

This iguana is a baby, in Key West cemetery adults are incredibly big! 

 roosters are beautiful and free!

Parrots are rare but as beautiful as roosters.