Olive St. Retaining Wall

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The Fantastic Aerosol Brothers are an Indianapolis-based duo who found their calling as muralists after years of working in relative obscurity. Though both are trained in fine art and commercial design, graffiti remains the driving force behind their creativity. As their work continues to take on new shapes and sizes, the goal is always to draw on the foundations of graffiti style and use that language to draw others in. Based largely on lettering, characters and colorful design, the FAB mural style is clever, dynamic and always well-executed.

The transition from the 'underground' world of graffiti into public artists has been a long time coming. Every artist has to worry about their integrity, but graffiti artists face immense pressure to resist press coverage and remain as obscure as possible. Anonymity is key to graffiti, but one eventually finds that you have to give up some of that privacy in exchange for a larger forum and a new chance to affect people. Once the work reaches a tipping point, you can't hide it anymore; you have to seek newer, bigger problems to solve.