Created and Sold by Phillip Hua
The Spirit of San Francisco - Prints
Featured In San Francisco, CA
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In 2015, the nonprofit San Francisco Beautiful along with the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency embarked on an inaugural public art program to bring art to the public buses. Ad space inside buses would be replaced with artwork chosen by a public vote. Artists were invited to create a proposal that interpreted the theme, "The Spirit of San Francisco."
For my project, I created bisected portraits of the people of San Francisco, merged with another. Plumbers with bankers, techies with tattoo artists. From the Presidio to the Portola, and the Marina to the Bayview. Just as Muni is a system that connects neighborhoods, the portraits were a way to connect, literally and figuratively, the rich cultural diversity of the city.
"The Spirit of San Francisco" is about inclusion. Everyone from the freaks to the geeks to the hipsters to the homeless. The open arms of the city embrace all who reach for it. My project served to bring people together into the same "space" as a way to urge unity through turbulent times.
For my project, I created bisected portraits of the people of San Francisco, merged with another. Plumbers with bankers, techies with tattoo artists. From the Presidio to the Portola, and the Marina to the Bayview. Just as Muni is a system that connects neighborhoods, the portraits were a way to connect, literally and figuratively, the rich cultural diversity of the city.
"The Spirit of San Francisco" is about inclusion. Everyone from the freaks to the geeks to the hipsters to the homeless. The open arms of the city embrace all who reach for it. My project served to bring people together into the same "space" as a way to urge unity through turbulent times.
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