History forever captured and remembered
Public art projects abound on and around the High Line, an elevated public park built on an historic freight rail line on Manhattan’s west side in New York City. Case in point: An incredible mural of the iconic Alfred Eisenstaedt photo V-J Day, The Kiss. (Notice the cans of spray paint sitting underneath.) The mural, located at 25th Street and 10th Avenue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, was painted by Eduardo Kobra, a Brazilian artist known for his kaleidoscopic street art portraying historical figures.
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I just love this colourful piece of street art!
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That is stunning! X
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Thanks, Queenie. The mural absolutely is!
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How captivating and arresting! Will go to 25th and 10th this week to see this. Thanks!
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How fun, Mahesh! Be sure to let me know what you thought about the experience 🙂
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Sure, will do 🙂
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That impresive explosion of colors takes the sensation of that famous kiss to another dimension. Love the kaleidoscopic effect on the dress, and the contrast between the colorful mural and the gray background. Nice edition!
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Thanks, Jaime! Editing the background to graytone just seemed to be the right choice to highlight the amazing colors of the mural. So glad you like it!
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Quite the work of art. I read this story not too long ago behind the mural. The gentleman passed away not long ago as well.
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Oh, Lana, i didn’t realize that. Very sad …
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Yes, its quite a famous photograph. Sad, but he lived a long life.
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Oh, you mean the sailor? My confusion. I thought you meant the artist. Yes, I read that as well. The woman passed within the past few years too. I actually saw her in the Memorial Day parade in Washington, DC in 2009. She was wearing a nurse’s uniform from that period 🙂
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My apologies for the confusion. I’m sure it was very nice to see her and wearing a nurse uniform. The older ones are so nice. These days its just scrubs
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Ha! So true.
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This is wonderful. I wish I could see it in person. Thanks for sharing it in such a grand way.
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My pleasure, Karen. Glad you enjoyed it!
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OUTSTANDING
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Thanks so much!
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Great job, wow!
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Thanks, Dina! I had great subject matter 🙂
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🙂
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An amazing and colourful interpretation! Love it! 🙂
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Madhu, like I mentioned to Shane, make sure to check out the link to see some of Kobra’s other works – they’re all just fantastic! And thanks 🙂
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Will do, thanks.
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Such an iconic image! And so well interpreted on such a grand scale.
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Shane, I was going to say to be sure to check out the link to Kobra’s bio to see some of his other amazing work, but then I saw that, for some reason, the link didn’t come through in my post. I’m going to go back in and add it, but in the meantime here it is: http://www.streetartbio.com/#!about-eduardo-kobra-biography/cw54. Just phenomenal work. Enjoy!
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