Here in D.C., unlike in Florence, we have not seen a lot of street art.
Part of the reason is geography. In D.C., we live in the West End next to Foggy Bottom and Georgetown. There is hardly any street art in this part of D.C. so we had to seek it out. We finally found some a long way from our neighborhood.
The Fridge DC is a small gallery devoted to street art and graffiti. The gallery is located in Southeast D.C. near Capitol Hill in the Eastern Market neighborhood, an area that was once dangerous and is now trendy.
The gallery is hosting a retrospective devoted to the art of NSF, a group of street and graffiti artists first active in D.C. 25 years ago. NSF stands for Non Stop Fun and Never Show Faces.
Home of The Fridge DC |
By NSF artist Cherock (2018) |
Photograph by By NSF artist Gage (2018) (depicting an NSF mural painting project) |
By NSF artist Soviet (2018) |
After visiting the gallery, we strolled through the surrounding neighborhood and spotted some outdoor murals, including the two pictured below.
The neighborhood was established long ago. We spotted a vintage advertisement painted on the side of a building. Check it out.
Thanks for viewing some D.C. street art with us.
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