Banksy has gone Hollywood and JR is doing up Venice Beach!
From our pals at The Dirt Floor:
With fresh paste still on the ground this amazing French artist JR piece popped up in Venice Beach on Abbot Kinney. I feel a great sense of comfort knowing that the eyes of JR watch over my hometown. JR is an internationally renown street artist who recently won the TED award. Also of interest is this is where the former Connor Harrington piece once was. Los Angeles street art is on fire!!!!
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[…] Last week French artist JR pasted up a piece on the side of the construction site that is the “as of yet”, “needs to be built”, “unnamed”, new restaurant from the peoples at Gjelina. […]
[…] Well the owners of Gjelina are looking to expand their presence on Venice’s most famous boulevard with another restaurant located at 1305 Abbot Kinney (you might know it better as the building with the JR mural on it). […]