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Crush 2018: The Walls Are Changing
By Kenzie Bruce
Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 4:06 p.m.

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Shepard Fairey's mural sprawls along the south wall of Denver Central Market. Fairey is known for his 1989 "Obey Giant" campaign as well as his "Hope" poster, which became Barack Obama's campaign emblem.
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Roadsworth, an invited artist at Crush, specializes in large, surreal street paintings.
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Four large portraits near Brighton Boulevard and 31st Street.
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A collaborative piece between Birdseed Collective and Nack in the alley between 26th and 27th streets.
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Thomas Evans, aka Detour, prepares to create a mural of Nina Simone on the side of Nocturne Jazz Club.
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Laurence Vallières, an invited artist from Canada, is famous for her large-scale cardboard sculptures. This one is at 25th and Larimer streets.
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Nick Napoletano adds paint to his mural outside Matchbox; he is working in collaboration with his sister, Marissa, this year.
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Alexandrea Pangburn specializes in animal portraits; this mural is outside of Il Posto.
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Patrick Kane McGregor, Mike Giant and Jason Garcia collaborated on this giant mural at 35th Street and Chestnut Place, "spotlighting a message of love through each artist’s style."
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Lindee Zimmer, left, and Nomad Clan, invited artists from the United Kingdom to work on large murals on the back of the Ramble Hotel.
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Cryptik's mural is on the south side of Denver Central Market, next to one by Shepard Fairey.
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Meredith Feniak and Risa Friedman comprise the artist duo We Were Wild. Feniak is a botanical illustrator and Friedman is a photographer.
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Pat Milbery and Pat McKinney works on a mural outside Larimer Lounge. The piece will include a '90s hip-hop theme and incorporate elements from murals that previously covered the space.
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Delton Demarest's murals can be seen in the alley between Blake and Walnut streets near 28th.
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A building reflected in a puddle near the creative crosswalk by 26th and Larimer streets.
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Crush 2018: The Walls Are Changing
Four days into Crush Walls 2018, RiNo has a different look. The weeklong streets-arts festival has expanded farther than before, with new murals appearing not only up and down Brighton Boulevard and in the art alley off Larimer Street between 26th and 27th streets, but stretching as far as the Pepsi bottling factory. Here's how some of the new walls looked on Thursday, September 6, 2018.
Four days into Crush Walls 2018, RiNo has a different look. The weeklong streets-arts festival has expanded farther than before, with new murals appearing not only up and down Brighton Boulevard and in the art alley off Larimer Street between 26th and 27th streets, but stretching as far as the Pepsi bottling factory. Here's how some of the new walls looked on Thursday, September 6, 2018.
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