Mural on side of coffee shop in Altadena causing controversy amongst community members
A mural on the side of a popular coffee shop in Altadena is causing a stir, with proponents seeing it as artistic expression, but opponents seeing it as a violent work that doesn't belong on a city street.
KTLA 5's Sara Welch reports. (March 28, 2023)
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Those aren’t knives, those are just feathers to tickle the other guy.
@kyotodreamz871
Жыл бұрын
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Lmao those two people arguing over the mural while they were filming is like something out of The Onion. Looks like something out of Jordan Peele’s candyman 😂
@Christopher-qq4dl
Жыл бұрын
Welcome to clown 🤡 planet 🌏
How is two old ladies not liking a mural a news story?
They need to rethink the corporate advertisements posted on bus stops and billboards with truly grotesque an tragic message! It’s a double standard for corporates!!!!😡
It looks angry for sure. arguing while being recorded because they think it promotes violence. What’s the irony in that?
Im a muralist, Ive always believed that art is whatever the onlooker wants it to mean. It is though provoking and unscripted. I know this artist's work and respect his neutral aesthetics. people need to chill and let art be art. If this painter only painted what people dictate he should paint, then it wouldnt be art anymore. It would just be another sign and LA already has too many signs. We need more culture in the streets. This mural is already doing its job, by getting neighbors to converse.
@Christopher-qq4dl
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@dibdap2373
10 күн бұрын
Bit of a stupid take really.
This seems like something from a joke article
@Christopher-qq4dl
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They look a bit like Fecilier’s shadow minions in The Princess and the Frog.
These parents act like their kids don’t play video games. They’re the most prudent parents in front of the camera.
@Christopher-qq4dl
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It does look like one of the brothers is decapitated. It doesn’t promote violence. It depicts the violence that’s already been there for many years.
@Christopher-qq4dl
Жыл бұрын
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@haven_lady675
Жыл бұрын
That sounds like the origin story of the founding of the city of Rome.
It's depicting violence. Disgusting and inappropriate for art in public.
Rorschach is laughing his a$$ off
@Christopher-qq4dl
Жыл бұрын
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I think kids are more triggered by school shootings in their minds, rather than some knockoff of a famous Greek painting on the wall…
@antonettej8904
Жыл бұрын
Factsss
People need to chill. You don't like the mural, buy your coffee at anodyne Starbucks where the worst offense is saying "Happy Holidays" and maybe misspelling your name.
@Christopher-qq4dl
Жыл бұрын
Or they falsely accuse me of creampieing the female workers lol 😂
Why not just commend the artist on a job well done .. I dont understand, this world sucks
Dood. Picasso’s Guernica? There is absolutely nothing wrong with that mural. People see what the F they wanna see.
@Christopher-qq4dl
Жыл бұрын
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If it would have been two grown men in dresses kissing I'm sure it wouldn't be that big a deal for kids to see....
Keep it up!!!
@Christopher-qq4dl
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Rosarsach effect. Simple minded people will see odd imagery, get triggered etc. This is literally a method of determining if a person is borderline mentally ill. A normal person won't care/will see art. A borderline person will be triggered and "see bad things" --- this is a masterpiece 😅
@Aaron_Davis
Жыл бұрын
This is one of those, “I’m so smart, I’m stupid” kind of comments
@dwindlefoddl7225
Жыл бұрын
A masterpiece..?! Where?!
Then cancel hip hop and rap 👌
Oh brother. People are something that isn't there. Like the Virgin Mary or Jesus on toast... 🥴
It’s actually pretty cool . Ppl are p$$$ys
@Christopher-qq4dl
Жыл бұрын
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“There’s a guy screaming with an angry face, a guy strangling another guy, a guy wielding what looks to be a butcher knife as a weapon, but I don’t see violence tho. Only art.” 😑
@libbyfransen7053
Жыл бұрын
You see life.. Where do you think the content comes from? It’s not the art coming first.
The women who is fighting the art. She's not proud of black art. She doesn't support the black coummunity
FREEDOM OF SPEECH 🎤 🇺🇸 GOD BLESSED THE USA
It's gives off bad vibes I feel
Yall are way too soft
@antonettej8904
Жыл бұрын
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Makes no sense, MY Place cafe is better.
Maybe thow some soup on it.
@Christopher-qq4dl
Жыл бұрын
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It's doing what good art does and that is to make people think (people don't like that these days). I certainly don't see it as promoting violence in a community but I do see war monuments as doing such. This mural seems to be criticizing violence and the war monument glorifies it.
"Is just too dark in nature"... So they complain now about their nature?
That's the main point of art, to each individual has his/her/it's own interpretation.
@Christopher-qq4dl
Жыл бұрын
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@nosouponhead
Жыл бұрын
That's not the point of art. The point of art is to express beauty.
Art is controversial which is good…… Beauty’s in the Eye of Beholders 👀
@Christopher-qq4dl
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@bluelava4282
Жыл бұрын
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It has this Guernica/Picasso feeling to it.
@Christopher-qq4dl
Жыл бұрын
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I see it
paint flower bouquets over the knives
Yea, it's art. VIOLENT art. Who would have a sense of peace looking at that trash. Sick!
Lol
Great free advertisement…
@Christopher-qq4dl
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I think it's thought-provoking. Seems like it triggered the lady speaking against it.
For arts sake.. cry me a real problem. It’s a coffee shop.. art is inherently subjective. Go to another coffee shop if your so offended. Honestly.. what folks get their undies in a bundie over. Let me guess.. Retired? If you believe it only belongs in an art museum that’s a form of censorship. And to worry about the consequences of children seeing it? Are you actually serious? I’m confident those neighborhood children will not view the art the same way the old people do so why would you put your opinion and life prejudices of this art on those children? Sword or feather? Their worldview is likely unlike mine or yours. It’s already a successful art piece if it stirs controversy and promotes conversation. Artists have been provocateurs for a millennia .. the bland man prefers a white wall so he can be comfortable seeing what he can control under the guise of protecting children. Such a noble gesture and yet it’s Interesting he didn’t offer it to be painted over to purple or a rainbow. Kids do LOVE rainbows.
It's just art there's nothing wrong with it... The ladies just a hater...
@Christopher-qq4dl
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Violence breeds Violence 😢...she may have a point. It would have been thoughtful if the artist could have used their platform to build character or something to work towards in life. Peace and Blessings
@ide1337myself
Жыл бұрын
A work of art is not violence.
@Salamander407
Жыл бұрын
Well said
@libbyfransen7053
Жыл бұрын
People breed violence, art is art. Who says the artist did not build character or instill inspiration in another?
@LaRithaShanklin-Skye
Жыл бұрын
@ide1337myself you are correct... the feeling I got was a negative one afterwards. Now, the display was crafted beautifully. I just had a negative feeling upon reflection of this art. The community, the kids, and what's the hidden meaning here... to grab a knife? Or be wary of some attack? What's the message? it's feels sad to me for the children and the ones that live nearby.
@socialeconomicpoliticalana1128
Жыл бұрын
I live in the area of this mural. There is violence coming from a certain group in an otherwise nice community. This mural raises the issue of violence in the community and encourages community members to present facts, truths and ideas for solutions. Hurt feelings or truths that one does not like to hear cannot be reasons to shut down speech and expression.
First the hipster coffee shops, then the public art, next thing you know they buy up your grandma's house with cash.
give it a few days and the gangbangers will have it covered with their own 'artwork'
@Christopher-qq4dl
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@libbyfransen7053
Жыл бұрын
Street art is an actual talent.. you might not like it but go give it a whirl and see.
Karen needs hush on black culture it's our history and it's just art . Kids have to worry about schools being a safe place right now their not even worried about that painting. Some folks don't like the truth on what's really going on.
@nosouponhead
Жыл бұрын
I didn't realize you owned the mural.
Only the mentally disturbed would think violence is art💨🤪
@leighfoulkes7297
Жыл бұрын
Like in video games or the painting glorifying war.
Black Lives Matter, I hope!
Lol