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Whaio Mural, Artist: Amanda Lynn, On a wall of Alioto's Garage, 1835 Folsom Street, San Francisco, California

Skeletal Formal Bound
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An image of a woman, apparently bound, and reduced to a skeleton inside her clothes. The mural is narrow because it was painted on a narrow concrete pillar that formed part of the entrance to Alioto's Garage on Folsom Street.


Whaio Mural external link   •  Artist: Amanda Lynn external link   •  On a wall of Alioto's Garage external link   •  1835 Folsom Street external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 10:09:41 Sunday 5 May 2019)   •  (Date Published: Friday 17 May 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2722
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The Signature
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The artist's signature was at the base of the mural. It indicated that the mural was by, "A.Lynn," or Amanda Lynn. The word, "Whaio" was sketched in pink below the signature. It was either the title of the mural, or was added later as a bit of graffiti. We chose to interpret it as the title. There was no indication of when (in what year) the mural was painted.


Whaio Mural external link   •  Artist: Amanda Lynn external link   •  On a wall of Alioto's Garage external link   •  1835 Folsom Street external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 10:09:49 Sunday 5 May 2019)   •  (Date Published: Friday 17 May 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2723
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The Hair
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The hair was styled up high in a formal manner. Many tiny pink bows held the hair in place. One long curl fell down behind the skeletal neck of the woman. Notice a squirt of red spray paint decorated the metal to the right of the mural.


Whaio Mural external link   •  Artist: Amanda Lynn external link   •  On a wall of Alioto's Garage external link   •  1835 Folsom Street external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 10:09:50 Sunday 5 May 2019)   •  (Date Published: Friday 17 May 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_2722
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