Political mural replaced by (similar) artsy mural

I hadn't seen a mural that was repainted so some of it changed and some of it stayed the same — except the three versions of this one. On November 5 (which was U.S. Election Day), we showed one of those shape-shifting murals on the north side of Speedway in the post Artsy mural replaced by (similar) political mural. It showed the first version as well as the second version, which had KAMALA in big letters.

Five days after the election — November 10th — KAMALA became TUCSON:

That day, BG Boyd caught drone footage of an artist — probably either @lalocota or @icuart1 — making the change:

(BG's murals website is tucsonazmurals.com.)

Here's the mural from ground level on November 15th:

If you'd like to see the original first version of the mural, it's in our February 25, 2020 post "Corazon Saguaro" (Saguaro Heart): Banner mural #3 of 5.

Two other changes I noticed: The wildcat became a cactus with a flame behind, and the signature moved from the bottom left in the first version to the bottom right in the latest version:

Artsy mural replaced by (similar) political mural

This blog is about art, not politics. There are at least a few other political murals around town. I thought you might be interested because a five-year-old mural was replaced by a similar mural within the last few months. If you write any comments (at the end of this post), please keep them civil and respectful. Thanks.

I tend to remember murals I see around town. As I was on my way to vote today, I noticed that this mural was gone:

It's from our February 25, 2020 post "Corazon Saguaro" (Saguaro Heart): Banner mural #3 of 5. Thanks to David Aber for the photo.

Here's the new mural (in shade, so the colors may not be the same as the first mural):

Notice that the left side of the mural is the same. Even the artist's signature is in the same spot, and it's still dated 2019:

(I enlarged the first photo a lot from David's original, so it's blurry.)

What's different is that the part of the mural acknowledging Banner Health "This mural by Lalo Cota is dedicated to our Tucson community" has been replaced with "Paid for by Harris for President." nearby…

Update (November 10, 2024): BG Boyd, who photographs from a drone, caught the KAMALA mural being transformed yet again. Now it's a TUCSON mural:

On the post in the Facebook group Tucson Murals and Street Art, he wrote: “Just as soon as it appeared, the Kamala mural is now ‘gone’. I caught the artist transforming it this afternoon. I actually think the idea of being able to change a mural so quickly is kinda neat.” Thanks, BG!

Cobra Arcade

There's a new splash of street art along the Cobra Arcade Bar at the corner of Congress and Scott downtown. The mural along Scott will probably catch your eye first:

You'll find more murals in the covered seating area around the entrance:

I love the UFO sombreros. :) Two other “Greetings from Tucson” murals are in our entries for October 5, 2013 and April 26, 2017.

Off the bottom left corner of the Greetings mural is Lalo Cota's signature. The Phoenix muralist has done more work in Tucson; click on the Lalo Cota link at the bottom of this post to see others.

I took the photos on January 21st.

"Exhale": Banner mural #5 of 5

This is the last in a series of five murals commissioned by Banner-University Medicine during 2019.

Photographed on Sept. 28, 2019.

Painting by Lalo Cota

 Click for a larger and sharper image.

"Corazon Saguaro" (Saguaro Heart): Banner mural #3 of 5

 This is the third of a series of five murals commissioned by Banner-University Medicine during 2019.

Photographed on Aug. 27, 2019.

Painted by Phoenix muralist Lalo Cota

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Update (November 5, 2024): Half of this became a political mural; the rest looks the same. There are photos in today's post Artsy mural replaced by (similar) political mural.