MARIO AYALA MUCHO MUCHO AMOR (BUMPER STICKER), 2024
Los Angeles-based artist Mario Ayala creates hyperrealistic paintings that mimic cars, food trucks, towing signs and bumper stickers, to irreverently pair non-artistic formats with highly skilled painterly technique. For this public art project, he enlarged a painting featuring a portrait of the deceased Puerto Rican astrologer and TV sensation Walter Mercado. Depicted in a radiant aura from a realm beyond, Mercado evokes a sense of calm amidst a chaotic traffic jam – a fitting anticipation of Miami’s annual Art Week congestion.
Location: NE 2nd Ave. & NE 40th St, Miami, FL 33137