Mission Mission

Bernalwood shares the homeowner’s explanation:

I saw the Brian Wilson stencil created by Get Up in the Mission (Valencia and 19th, roughly?) and loved it. I’m a fan of street art in general and stencil art in particular, and I’m a big Giants fan. So it seemed natural to try to figure out who put it up (sometimes of course that’s a challenge, as street artists want to remain anonymous).

A quick Google or two later, and I’d found Get Up, who has a Facebook page. I asked him by email if he was making T shirts of the image (which he was – he sold some over on Fillmore this weekend). In the course of that email exchange, he mentioned that he was headed out to put some more art up that evening. I jokingly suggested he tag the open, south facing wall of my house (which faces a small empty lot). The next thing you know, he says as long as it’s ok with me he’d love to!

Read on to see how it went.

See here for an explanation of why Brian Wilson’s pants are so baggy.

[Photo by Telstar Logistics]

3 Responses to “Local homeowner pays street artist to tag his home”

1. sara says:

   September 15, 2011 at 4:45 pm

   i want the howard zinn tag on my building!
2. 0101 says:

   September 16, 2011 at 1:10 pm

   street artists are so gay
3. wrybread says:

   September 17, 2011 at 9:23 am

   As someone who hates tags and loves wheat pastes, I have to chime in and say that’s not a tag…