Nice looking mural in San Francisco

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, November 6, 2007 4:33 PM | permalink

Todd says:

This is Victorion, a new mural by Sirron Norris that he recently completed on Balmy Alley in San Francisco's Mission District. (Balmy is a small alley that's lined with colorful murals, many of which have political themes.)
I love it -- it's sort of a Mission District version of Transformers crossed with Howl's Moving Castle, done in the style of a twisted kiddie cartoon.
The theme, of course, is preserving the character of the neighborhood from the relentless onslaught of condos and redevelopment -- Victorion is subtitled "El Defensor de la Mission." But independent of that, the mural itself is pure genius, with incredible details that only get better and better the closer you look.

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#1 posted by Clyopa , November 7, 2007 3:34 AM

A guy on skateboard with a dog are sooo nice)))

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#2 posted by evosero , November 7, 2007 6:35 AM

This is great. Its the type of work I'd want to look at everytime I went by it, feeling like maybe there's that one little detail I'd missed.

Too bad there arent posters or prints of this. It'll have to do as my desktop.

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#3 posted by dolface , November 7, 2007 7:50 AM

There's another one in Jay's Cheese Steak on 21st between Mission and Valencia.

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#4 posted by Brett Burton , November 7, 2007 7:59 AM

It's more Voltron than Transformers actually.

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#5 posted by CarnyTrash

, November 7, 2007 8:35 AM

I own a couple of paintings by Cirron Norris. I love them.

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#6 posted by phlavor , November 7, 2007 9:53 AM

I love this guy! He's got pieces all over the Mission. The bears are a running theme.

@ CarnyTrash Are you sure that's the correct spelling of his name? Google has nothing on the guy. I'd like to price some of his work.

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#7 posted by ryandestroys , November 7, 2007 10:53 AM

@ dolface

yeah! i thought this looked familiar! i ate there one time before a show... great cheese steaks!

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#8 posted by CarnyTrash

, November 7, 2007 11:46 AM

It's actully Sirron Norris.

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#9 posted by MarlboroTestMonkey7

, November 7, 2007 12:25 PM

In Panama, it is an almost lost battle against the developers, who seek to erase all traces non-crowded living and replace nature for concrete. I made a picture of it:
http://public.cwpanama.net/~ysanson/arte/arten.html (last one to the right).

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#10 posted by atomicshed , November 8, 2007 8:44 AM

There's a mural in the North Laines, Brighton UK that's a map of the area
http://www.flickr.com/photos/atomicshed/1919667359/

opposite though is another mural, that looks remarkably like the one above - pre-destruction by the robot though
http://www.flickr.com/photos/atomicshed/1696691324