Museum of the Street

Camilo José Vergara
Over Time
Origins, Africa
Religion
History & Identity
Portraits
Memorials
Motor Vehicles
Subways
Hair
Chain Link Fences
Rural Imagery
Food
Lettering & Signs
Neon Transformed
Dogs
Collections
Famous People
Socializing
Drugs, Guns, Violence
Known Artists
Municipal Art
Disappearing Art
Artists at Work

Museum of the Street

Camilo José Vergara/
Over Time/
Origins, Africa/
Religion/
History & Identity/
Portraits/
Memorials/
Motor Vehicles/
Subways/
Hair/
Chain Link Fences/
Rural Imagery/
Food/
Lettering & Signs/
Neon Transformed/
Dogs/
Collections/
Famous People/
Socializing/
Drugs, Guns, Violence/
Known Artists/
Municipal Art/
Disappearing Art/
Artists at Work/

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Museum of the Street

Religious visions, public memorials, political effigies, historical tableaux and commercial signage found in the Black and Latinx neighborhoods of America

Hair

Museum of the Street

Camilo José Vergara/
Over Time/
Origins, Africa/
Religion/
History & Identity/
Portraits/
Memorials/
Motor Vehicles/
Subways/
Hair/
Chain Link Fences/
Rural Imagery/
Food/
Lettering & Signs/
Neon Transformed/
Dogs/
Collections/
Famous People/
Socializing/
Drugs, Guns, Violence/
Known Artists/
Municipal Art/
Disappearing Art/
Artists at Work/

Ben's Barbershop, Springfield Ave., Newark, 1981 .tif

In Effect II, Doc Barber Stylist, Western at 79th St., LA, 2000

Glen’s Barbershop The haircut depicted in this boldly angular painting is called a flat top fade painted by Ron. 16234 Plymouth, Detroit, 2015.

Reggies Styles Unlimited, 9047 Woodward Ave., Detroit, 2000, painter William Lane, 1972

West 47th St. at S. Western Ave. LA, 1997.

Afro sign, William Styling Barber Shop, Grand River Avenue at Ward St., Detroit, 2002

167-Full Control Hair Designs, 51st St. at Indiana Ave., Chicago, 1993_.jpg

G-man's Barbershop, Pershing Rd E of Gilles Ave, Chicago, 1998

Shantelle's Beauty and Barber, 3010 Roosevelt Rd., Chicago, 1997

Fashion Afrique, 4281 S. Crenshaw Blvd., LA, 1997

Red Hair Stylist, Broadway at Heyward, Bed-Stuy, Brookyn, 2000.

Blessed Hands Hair and Nail Salon. Fantasy figure at center, flanked by, among other imagery, Egyptian monuments at left and the Renaissance Center at right. Helen Street at 7th Mile Rd., Detroit, 1999

CG Unisex, 158th St. at Courtlandt S. Bronx, 1997, by Vonce

Da Balm Do Salon, 7612 S. Central Ave., Los Angeles, 1996.

Continental Barber Shop, since 1958, 1351 Firestone Blvd, LA, 1999

Two Sisters Beauty Salon 8th and Olive Sts., LA 1999

Cornell in front of his barbershop Gabby's Hair Associates, 655 La Brea, LA, 2000

Rose's Hair Salon, 4557 Whittier Blvd., LA, 1997.

4109 Compton Blvd., Compton, 1997.

8405 S. Avalon Blvd., Los Angeles, 2017

Fantasy Beauty Salon, Bell Ave. at Nadeau Ave., LA county, 1997

4164 S. Central Ave., LA, 1996

Excellent Cut Barbershop, Rosencrans and Paulsen Ave., Compton, 1997 .tif

89-12 Roosevelt Ave., Queens, February 23, 2022.

1029 Kaighns Ave., Camden, 2006

Illussions, 1303 Carlson Blvd., Richmond, Aug., 2005

2805 West Pico Blvd. LA, 1996

1605 East Florence Ave., LA, 1997.

Nails Salon, 1549 Broadway, Brooklyn, July 6, 2020.

The Sky Boxx Shop, West 87th St. at Ashland Ave., Chicago, 2019

Evans Barber Company, Red, White and Blue Barbershop, $10 haircuts, 12934 Fenkell, Detroit

2187 Grand Concourse, Bronx, March 10, 2021

Cristo Rey Barber Shop, 137 East 110th St., East Harlem, January 20, 2022.

Mural. Evergreen Street and Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn, Sexptember 23, 2022.

Zee Beauty Bar, 242 Malcolm X Blvd., Harlem, March 26, 2023.

African Braids, 11057 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, June 11, 2023.

Lupe y Jose, 2102 S. Central Ave., LA 1997

2102 S. Central Ave., LA, 2014