Pop Artist Painting New Mural On 41st Street In Miami Beach

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If you though Britto was bad, wait until you see this new mural on Miami Beach’s 41st Street.

A pop artist named Lebo has covered the entire west facade of the Roosevelt Theater with a childlike drawing:

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Anonymous
5 years ago

Comparing this to Britto makes no sense…It looks great and definitely better than what was there before. And “child like”? Even so, there is a school across the street and most homes in that area have families, so if anything it is fitting. I think its great!

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Anonymous
5 years ago

With your logic, Lebo is unfit to make a family-friendly commission, and it shows from its cheesiness. His main work would terrify children, and probably many grown men.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

Yes, that green parrot is incredibly terrifying! PLEASE.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

No, it’s incredibly cheesy. I mean ,his other work looks like it was painted by schizophrenics.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

I think its great. I guess you like seeing buildings that are falling apart instead.

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marc
5 years ago

I’ll take Lebo over Brito.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

I’ll take neither. Why not a green wall with brackish water-resistant plants? It’s eco-friendly and deters vandals.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

yea, because live green walls are super affordable…I love how people just throw ideas around on this website.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

I like seeing buildings restored and used rather than covered in a mural to conceal blight like a Band-Aid.

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peej
5 years ago

Childlike drawing? Biased much? Unlike Britto, the artist was born & raised here and is very deserving of this project. Surely this is better than the blank wall…

Fun fact: David (LEBO) is the younger brother of columnist & radio host Dan Lebatard.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

Britto is an internationally-acclaimed artist, and has deals with everything from murals, to custom license plates, and sculptures to tableware. Lebo for born in NYC to Cuban parents, and later moved to South Florida, specifically Hollywood. Even city officials called his hometown “gift” ghetto, while Britto has great sculptures steps away in the ArtsPark at Young Circle.

I don’t mean to discredit Lebo, but God the aforementioned mural sucks.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

Britto “murals” were painted over from the Sunlife Stadium now called Hard Rock Stadium. A lot of people can not stand Britto “art” anymore. It is like the Flamingos of the 80’s.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

It can’t even get its name straight, so do you expect it to have a consistent aesthetic?

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invasive species
5 years ago

which is probably the only reason he gets work in this town…. his stuff is caca

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Anonymous
5 years ago

Lebo was commissioned by NCL to design the artwork on the side of the Norweigian Getaway.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

Geez, can you be any more a dick? I think it looks great. And this is not childlike, give the guy some credit….

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Ilovearchytecture
5 years ago

Whether people like it or not, taste varies

At least this guy is original and paint his art by himself and doesn’t have a sweatshop of illegals painting for him!!!

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ali baba
5 years ago

ahhahahahahhahahahahah! esta horible! Sorry, but I am not a fan of his work but to each their own. ni modo…

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Anonymous
5 years ago

no matter who it is any “artist” that displays their signature so prominently is a douche, straight up. maimi beach is secondary to the lebo tag all the way on the upper left above the road, you see his signature before anything else.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

When the Roosevelt Theatre is finally occupied, hopefully this crap is removed. I want to see something like the old Richard Haas Fontainebleau mural.

Also, I’ve never seen a bird like that in Miami Beach.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

I have seen plenty of parrots around Miami Beach.

yohttp://c8.staticflickr.com/2/1029/1436653687_5c631974d5.jpgur comment here.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

Miami Beach/Miami is actually known for its feral Monk/Quaker parrot population…

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Anonymous
5 years ago

You mean an invasive species? Maybe Lebo should have included Lionfish and Australian pines in the mural as well.

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marc
5 years ago

Or the equally invasive Anonymous posters.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

I think you should ask yourself, “does this even affect me in the least?” Now we are just looking for things to complain about.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

Feral – “An animal living in the wild but descended from domesticated individuals. As with an introduced species, the introduction of feral animals or plants to non-native regions”. Congrats, you get an A

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