Rollers Rock at Richmond’s G40

This article was posted by Martha Cooper 1 Year, 1 Month, 3 weeks, 2 days, 11 hours, 39 minutes ago.

An international roster of street artists has descended on Richmond, Virginia. The G40 event, organized by Shane Pomajambo, is giving a face lift to an emerging arts district. For me spray paint is synonymous with street art so I was surprised to see that the medium of choice was ordinary house paint applied with rollers attached to poles, some as long as 26 feet. Although this appeared cumbersome and tiring, requiring strength and patience, the artists were able to cover huge spaces, paint delicate lines and fill in with subtle color blends. Montana watch out!

Pole control!

Is house paint the new spray paint?

Aryz painted fruit on a wall near a local green market.

Ayrz at work.

Huge wall required many trips up and down the ladder to get paint.

Finished mural by Gaia on wall of a homeless shelter.

Jaz

Six lions

Wall in progress.

Lelo at work.

All roller, brush, and house paint.

In progress

Pixel Pancho starting his second big wall.

Pixel Pancho's first wall has kissing space robots with camera.

Roa

Another roller piece with spray can details.

Unfinished wall with dying eagle.

Who's who???

There are some cool and cheap old skool record shops in Richmond.

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