Murals On The Street: Ghosts!! / ‘Genoski’ and ‘Atlas’

9/2/2024

Sometimes I come across some really nice mural out there that I want to share with you…
and many times I will document them...
only to have them Painted Out!
Or Tagged over!! Or Defaced!!!
or Destroyed by negligence,
or by time and the weather,
Or Re-Painted!
They have been Ghosted!!
Here is one now!

This one is right around the corner from my home and studio!
(The mural went away and was replaced by another one.)

As far as I can tell, this is a collaboration
between two artists!
Genoski and Atlasgraffiti

Photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter. https://www.flickr.com/photos/atelier_tee

‘Woman and Rose’
at 3404 Union Pacific Avenue in the Boyle Heights,
Los Angeles, California.
Mural by:
Gino Genoski Gaspara aka @genoski
Gino is a resident artist at Klockwork Tattoo Club.
He is a very talented Tattoo Artist and is very open to tattooing different styles and isn't afraid of large scale graffiti projects.

- and -

Atlasgraffiti aka @atlasgraffiti
Rick Ordonez,
also known as Atlas and known colloquially as
the "kitty cat tagger," is an
American graphic designer and graffiti artist
from Alhambra, California.[1]

In early 2010, Atlas transitioned from creating large ornate graphics to drawing stylized cats, particularly on or near
Pasadena Freeways.
In an article for LA Weekly, Ordonez was described as
a “cat-lover" who kept cats as pets.

Atlas: Los Angeles Graffiti Documentary (2005)

Later that year, Atlas got his own show entitled "Rick Ordonez: Kitty Litter" at Mid-City Arts in November 2010.
Gallery manager Medvin “Med” Sobio stated "I saw them and thought it was something completely different. Everybody’s out there doing big, bad graffiti things [to show that] 'I’m a big, bad guy,’ and here he is, doing cats." Ordonez remained anonymous for the show.

Here is a good interview with Atlas about his career as a Vet, VFW, Graffiti Artist and his transition into Fine Art.

THE CORNERSTORE
Atlas | Transitioning from graffiti to fine art.

And a documentary about his platoon from:

THE WOUNDED PLATOON

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