Comments on: Fisherman’s Wharf, A Journey Through a Foreign Land

By: Cal

Cal — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:44:08 +0000

Those spray paint guys are in new york as well. I was really floored the first time I saw one but now i think there must be some kind of vocational program that churns them out or something after seeing so many.

By: Scott Beale

Scott Beale — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:20:20 +0000

jennconspiracy I’m very familiar with the Wave Organ. I wasn’t saying that there isn’t anything interesting there, my point was that the area is mostly filled with tourists and that hardly anyone I know who lives in San Francisco ever goes there, which was what makes it feel like you are not even in San Francisco.

By: jennconspiracy

jennconspiracy — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:39:54 +0000

Scott – you’re missing the really interesting part of the neighborhood, more toward Ft Mason. Heck, I was just there yesterday after work for a swim. When it is open, I highly recommend the Maritime museum, and if you’re in the area before 6, ring the bell at the Dolphin club and have a look around — great photos and history (South End, too). Walk out on the pier – great views. If you go past Ft Mason, there’s a great thing called the “Wave Organ” – visit at a flood (not slack, boooooring).

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:44:34 +0000

It is the diversity of artists like spray paint guy that I miss living in the Bay Area. Whipping out paintings in 10 – 30 minutes using a variety of throw away items, such as paper plates, or cans or cardboard to create the appropriate shapes needed for the scene.

Whenever friends and family would come to town, I enjoyed taking them to Fisherman’s Wharf for the sites, but also these spray paint artists.

Thanks for these pictures, definitely a reminder of good times past.

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By: bronson

bronson — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:42:19 +0000

My brother and I watched a spraypaint guy near the Metreon for about 1/2 hour… He had a bunch of paintings of sunsets and spacescapes for sale while he worked frantically on a single painting. Odd thing was, this entire time he never seemed to make any headway. Not even close.

Either this guy spends 6 hours per painting (unlikely given the prices), or someone else paints them and he just puts on a show while he sells them.

Anyone know if they all work like this, or if this guy is just the talentless exception?

By: David Parmet

David Parmet — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:05:45 +0000

I envision an alternate reality composed entirely of places no native would ever set foot in – Fisherman’s Wharf, The Statue of Liberty and the Hollywood Sign would be the centerpiece….

By: eR1c

eR1c — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:28:02 +0000

I remember guys w/ spray cans painting in Fisherman’s wharf about 15 even 20 years ago. They’d spray planets and abstract worlds w/ their cans…it was both performance and visual painting mixed. I think this guy is just where this art form has evolved over the past several decades.

By: Katie Spence

Katie Spence — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:20:22 +0000

I don’t know the name of that specific spray paint artist, but I do know that there are similar artists in Austin on 6th street during the weekends. They’ve been performing/painting there for at least 5 years.

So I guess it’s a new-ish genre of street vendor art!