Take a second look

Yesterday my cousin David and I went on a Brownsville photo scavenger hunt of sorts. Imagine my suprise when we passed by the First National Bank to see a tag on the front column of the bank...but not just any tag..but an aerosol stencil tag a la Roy Lichtenstein.

This is the stencil as it can be seem from the corner 7th st. and Levee.


Here is a close up of the stencil.


David and I were arguing if the face was that of a woman or man. He insisted it was a man due to the short hair but to me the facial features are suspiciously feminine (check out the smokey eyes) if not atleast boy-ish. Now that I look at it more, the face sports a resemblance to Eddie Munster of The Munsters or even Speed Racer. Oh well, I don't know who this tagger may be but I was defintely suprised to see this style of graffiti in Brownsville.

Does anyone have any clues to what this graffiti is about? Or could it be a UTB art student using up the last of their Spring semester supplies? Coming from an art school background I feel this tag has more artistic motive behind it than some territorial marker and has been made by someone with art background if not by an art student. For one thing, it brings fine art into question just by invoking a Pop Art style. What do you all think? I wonder if the bank has plans to remove it or if anyone has noticed it?

Hmmmm...