View Walking Tour of Thai Town Graffiti Street Art Murals in a larger map

I’m taking off for the Memorial Day weekend, leaving behind my house-sitting stint and the world’s sweetest kitty so I’ve put together a map of a walking tour (see above) of the street art murals in the Thai Town area that I’ve been blogging about these past few days.

Some of the works from graffiti artists you’ll see on this tour: RETNA, Miles “Mac” MacGregor, LA Mural Front, Dabs Myla, Desire Obtain Cherish Street Team and SEVER(MSK AWR T7L LOSS PREVENTION) and OZER(LTS T7L).

Click on the map pin to view an image to help you identify the piece. You can even click on the image in the popup to view more information or even perhaps an interactive panorama.

There’s way more to see in the area. But if you head west towards Hollywood and Highland, you’ll find this piece from Banksy Mr. Brainwash (left).

If you know of a location, please help me stick a pin in this collaborative map.  Note: I reserve the right to edit the map pins if the locations don’t relate to street and graffiti art.

It won’t take you more than 30 minutes to see them all but you may want to grab a cup of coffee or smoothie at the nearby Casablanca Coffee Lounge in which case add some more time to your tour.

Have a great weekend!

 

“Venus” Mural by Desire Obtain Cherish Street Team On the opposite wall is a piece by the LA Mural Front.

Mural by Dabs Myla

Super Smooth by Dabs Myla

La Reina de Thai Town A collaborative mural by Retna & Miles “Mac” MacGregor

Violence Solves Nothing by the Seventh Letter By SEVER (MSK AWR T7L LOSS PREVENTION) and OZER(LTS T7L)

Kannon / Kuan Yin A collaborative mural by Retna & Miles “Mac” MacGregor

Success happens overnight for some people but for graffiti artist turned gallery artist, RETNA’s breakout success is a long time in the making. Last week, RETNA unveiled a unique work of art on the tail of one of VistaJet’s Global Express XRS aircraft during EBACE 2011 in Geneva. This week RETNA was featured in the new documentary “OUTSIDE IN: The Story of Art in the Streets” that premiered yesterday at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

However, RETNA’s been collaborating with fellow street artist Miles “Mac” MacGregor for several years now and many of the murals they’ve produced together have become local landmarks, two of which happen to be within very close proximity to the place where I’m house-sitting.

Featured here “Kannon / Kuan Yin” (above) and “La Reina de Thai Town” (below) were created in 2007 and 2010 respectively. I’ll be posting a map of the street art of Thai Town along with some additional fantastic murals soon.

I’m house-sitting in Thai Town, an area on Hollywood Boulevard roughly between Wilton and Normandie just off the 101 freeway.  In addition to featuring some of the best Thai restaurants in Hollywood, the hood  also plays host to a dream team lineup of some of the city’s finest street artists including the LA Mural Front, Miles “Mac” MacGregor, RETNA and most recently the street team of Desire Obtain Cherish.

When not overtaking the billboard of a Stella Artois ad over Torung Restaurant (right, May 2011), Desire Obtain Cherish have also blessed the alley way near Mel Pierce Camera with a fleeting ephemeral vision they call “Venus” that I captured in 360° (above).

Join me over the next few days as I’ll be sharing with you some more works in this fascinating neighborhood street gallery.