Mark Campos told me the Broadway mural has been vandalized, and the segment I illustrated -- the jazz trio shown above -- was razored from the wall and stolen. The piece was an illustration of the Nat King Cole Trio, blown up to 6 x 6 feet, on a vinyl banner.To quote Campos in the LiveJournal: "Art thieves have vandalized the Friends of the Nib mural at the old Jack In The Box location on Broadway. A segment of the mural, which is printed on vinyl banner material, was razored out of its place on the wall and removed. Below is a picture of the missing segment, which was created by renowned local painter and illustrator Robert Rini."
The missing link"Renowned" might be going too far, Mark, but thanks for putting the word out. I participated in the mural project with my fellow Friends of the Nib (including Mark), and the project was sponsored by the city, Sound Transit, to beautify a boarded-up Jack in the Box. The artwork would have been up eight months on a highly traveled block of Broadway, in Seattle, if the vandals hadn't ruined it. Write if you know anything.
More pictures of the mural HERE.
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Thanks for the support! I sent out the word, and two Seattle art critics put the story on their blogs. Comments have been wide ranging, mostly coherent, but some blame the artists (for putting art out in public) or society, and some sympathize with the vandals. Go figure. Check out these blogs:
Jen Graves, at the Stranger blog:
http://slog.thestranger.com/
2008/06/calling_all_snitches
Regina Hackett, Art to Go:
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/
art/archives/142373.asp
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