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May 31 2012

lazz: “Literally overnight the crowded wall was covered with a series of Cache’s trademark colorful chickens. With his characters Cache is alluding to the historical significance of chickens in Los Angeles. What were once seen as a nuisance and a backyard pet for immigrant and chicano families are now being embraced by hipsters as part of the urban homestead movement. Also, “chicken corner”—an intersection in Echo Park near Dodger Stadium where chickens once roamed free and a mural was painted in their honor—has been one of the epicenters of contention between established residents and perceived gentrifiers. Soon after the chickens arrived, Eye One’s Zapatistas showed up next to a “Los Angeles” written in large graffiti-style lettering. These graffiti writers cum-artists said they were at once trying to “show the incoming hipsters who we are already living in this neighborhood” and show “the old guard [traditional chicano muralists such as Ernesto De La Loza] that we don’t need no fucking money or permission to paint on walls in our community; we just do it.” -Stefano Bloch, “The Illegal Face of Wall Space: Graffiti-Murals on the Sunset Boulevard Retaining Walls” (2012)

lazz:

“Literally overnight the crowded wall was covered with a series of Cache’s trademark colorful chickens. With his characters Cache is alluding to the historical significance of chickens in Los Angeles. What were once seen as a nuisance and a backyard pet for immigrant and chicano families are now being embraced by hipsters as part of the urban homestead movement. Also, “chicken corner”—an intersection in Echo Park near Dodger Stadium where chickens once roamed free and a mural was painted in their honor—has been one of the epicenters of contention between established residents and perceived gentrifiers. Soon after the chickens arrived, Eye One’s Zapatistas showed up next to a “Los Angeles” written in large graffiti-style lettering. These graffiti writers cum-artists said they were at once trying to “show the incoming hipsters who we are already living in this neighborhood” and show “the old guard [traditional chicano muralists such as Ernesto De La Loza] that we don’t need no fucking money or permission to paint on walls in our community; we just do it.”

-Stefano Bloch, “The Illegal Face of Wall Space: Graffiti-Murals on the Sunset Boulevard Retaining Walls” (2012)

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