Author: Geraldinne Arzola
even when it’s cold
Matcha Vanilla
The mural is a creation of FAILE, a Brooklyn-based artistic collaboration between Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller. The mural is located in New York, Manhattan 44th and 8th avenue. The context in the photo is represented by a mural on right side of a building. The mural is placed on the top of the wall and it has different drawings, words, phrases, and abstract figures. Each drawing represents different subjects. The drawings don’t have any relation between each other. On the top right hand of the picture is the drawing of roses that overlap between each other. Then, behind the roses is the drawing of the face of a woman that is covering her face with her hand. The woman’s skin color is light green and her hair is red, also she has placed flowers on the left side of her hair, also she is wearing a pink ring in the ring finger. Then is the drawing of a pink rose and the word “FAILE” , also lie down is the figure of a ballerina. On the right-side bottom is the drawing of a personas with head of elephant, it looks similar to the deity Hindu Ganesha but like a modern version. On the top left side are some words in colors blue, white, and pink. Next to those words we can found the drawing of a happy woman jumping, while she is holding an umbrella that it’s on fire; the kid on the window is watching the woman inexpressive. Then we can see many different abstract figures like rectangles in colors pink, black, light blue, and light purple. Horizontally we can see different words and phrases, such as “TRUE”, “AMERICAN EDUCATION”, “NEW YORK INVASION”, “BUILD YOUR OWN FUTURE”. Vertically we can see the two phrases “EL ESPEJO DEL ALMA” in color pink and blue, and “Journey to Other Lands” in color blue. On bottom left side is the drawing of a red car that and have lines and number all over it. On the corner of the left side we can see the words “My sin” and a figure of a woman up to the waist, then the woman’s body is represented by a tie. The figures join together and form an ambiguous figure haft woman haft tie. The tie has diagonal lines in colors pink, blue and red. It’s a colorful and enigmatic mural that express different ideas. It’s expressive mural that can call your attention from everywhere. This painting gave me feelings of calm and happiness, for the variety of bright colors that it has. The building has windows all over, even though the Windows do not interrupt the graffiti.
