Angels Come in Various Sizes mural by Herakut, Branded Arts Building, Culver City, United States
Angels come in
various sizes
Herakut (Hera and Akut) · “Angels come in various sizes.”, April 2011 · Branded Arts Building, 8810 Washington Blvd, Culver City, Los Angeles County
Photo: photographer unknown, as first published on Street Art Utopia in July 2011. The date the photo was taken is not known
A boy in an orange T-shirt and a round helmet crouches on a skateboard, and long wings open behind him across the windows of a white building. Above him Herakut wrote “Angels come in various sizes.” They painted it in April 2011 on the Branded Arts Building at 8810 Washington Boulevard in Culver City, on the same building as a girl with peacock-feather eyes. The complex was gone by 2015; a Culver City guide dates the demolition to fall 2013.
4 things to know
- A title on the wallThe line painted above the boy, “Angels come in various sizes.”, is also the title the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles gives the work, credited to “Herakut x Branded Arts”, 2011. MCLA / Google Arts
- Painted in a few April daysBloggers caught Herakut painting the wall on 27 and 28 April 2011, and Arrested Motion showed it finished on 28 April. The duo were in town for their show “Outside/In” at LeBasse Projects in Culver City. Platinum Cheese · MELROSEandFAIRFAX · Arrested Motion
- A real boy, a real skateboardArrested Motion’s photos from the painting days show a boy in a helmet crouching on a skateboard in the parking lot while Hera photographs him. The post notes the children seemed lighter in feel, “perhaps in no small part influenced by an in-person photo reference.” Arrested Motion
- The building is goneThe Branded Arts complex, where Warren Brand organised more than 30 murals, was gone by 28 February 2015, when a post said the buildings “have now been demolished”; a 2026 Culver City art guide dates the demolition to fall 2013. Art Nerd · Urban Iconic
Check-in guide
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- The Branded Arts Building, 8810 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232 (MCLA), at the corner of Washington and National (MELROSEandFAIRFAX). The Maps button points to Washington and National Boulevards, as mapped by OpenStreetMap; the exact building footprint is not mapped.
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- Nothing to see now: the buildings were gone by 28 February 2015 (Urban Iconic); the Art Nerd guide dates the demolition to fall 2013 (Art Nerd). The newest dated photos of the wall we found are from 28 April 2011.
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- The other Herakut wall on the same building is in its own file: Eyes in the Feathers.
Sightings
- 201127 Apr
Painting under way
- 201128 Apr
In progress, two photos
- 201128 Apr
Finished walls, photos
- 201127 Jul
Our photo on SAU
- 201528 Feb
“Now been demolished”
Every stamp links to the dated source. Green stamps are dated photos of the finished walls; amber stamps are posts and photos of the painting in progress; the red stamp reports the buildings gone. A 2026 Culver City art guide (Art Nerd) dates the demolition to fall 2013; we found no dated source from 2013 itself.
On the record
’Round the Hood: Herakut in Culver City
“One of my favorite artist duos, Herakut, are painting a series of walls in Culver City and I was fortunate enough to catch them in the act.”
The post adds: “The walls are just down from the gallery so take the day and visit both the gallery show and the murals.” Its photos show both walls being painted.
New Herakut Street Art in Los Angeles
“Herakut is in process of painting a couple new beautiful murals in Culver City. At the corner of Washington and National.”
Two reader photos show the girl with the peacock feathers and the winged child under “Angels come in various sizes.”
Streets: Herakut (Los Angeles)
“With a little down time between the opening of Outside/In at LeBasse Projects and moving on to New Hampshire for the second part of their group show, Herakut worked their magic on a couple walls (arranged by the gallery and Warren Brand) in Los Angeles.”
Photos by Jeremy Asher Lynch show both murals on the same white corner building, and the artists at work.
Angels Come in Various Sizes – Herakut x Branded Arts
“Location: Branded Arts Building – 8810 Washington Blvd, Culver City CA 90232”
The record gives the date created as 2011 and says “Curated by Branded Arts”.
The Branded Arts Complex
“The Branded Arts Complex is gone now — demolished in the fall of 2013 — but its legacy is worth understanding because it shaped how Culver City thinks about public art.”
The guide gives the address as 8810 W. Washington Boulevard and lists Herakut among the artists Warren Brand brought in.
The facts
- Artist
- Herakut, the duo of Hera (Jasmin Siddiqui) and Akut (Falk Lehmann) from Germany (Vandalog). Named as the painters by Platinum Cheese, MELROSEandFAIRFAX and Arrested Motion; the MCLA record credits “Herakut x Branded Arts” (MCLA) Checked
- Words on the wall
- “Angels come in various sizes.” across the top of the building, with the Herakut signature in a circle on the right, as read from the photos Checked
- Painted
- April 2011: in progress on 27 and 28 April, finished in photos published on 28 April 2011 (Platinum Cheese, MELROSEandFAIRFAX, Arrested Motion); MCLA gives 2011 (MCLA) Checked
- Arranged by
- LeBasse Projects and Warren Brand (“arranged by the gallery and Warren Brand”, Arrested Motion); “Curated by Branded Arts” (MCLA) Checked
- Place
- Branded Arts Building, 8810 Washington Blvd, Culver City CA 90232 (MCLA), at Washington and National (MELROSEandFAIRFAX); a second record on Google Arts & Culture, by Karin Lindberg Freda, also places it in Culver City (Google Arts) Checked
- Photo
- Photographer unknown; first published on Street Art Utopia on 27 July 2011 without a credit Unconfirmed
- Status
- Gone by 28 February 2015 (Urban Iconic); the Art Nerd guide (2026) dates the demolition to fall 2013 (Art Nerd). Whether the painting was lost before the demolition is not known Reported
Related
- The other Herakut wall on the building: Eyes in the Feathers.
- The photo first appeared on Street Art Utopia in Street Art by Herakut – A Collection part 2 (27 July 2011), without a place or photographer.
- On World Art Utopia: Feeling Human: Herakut (12 Photos).
All sources (12)
This mural
- Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles on Google Arts & Culture: “Angels Come in Various Sizes – Herakut x Branded Arts”, undated record. Title, 2011, curated by Branded Arts, Branded Arts Building – 8810 Washington Blvd, Culver City CA 90232; photo of the finished wall.
- Google Arts & Culture: “Herakut, Karin Lindberg Freda”, undated. Photo of the same wall, physical location Culver City.
- Platinum Cheese: “’Round the Hood: Herakut in Culver City”, 27 April 2011, by Stephanie Chefas. Herakut painting a series of walls in Culver City, “just down from the gallery”; photos of both walls in progress.
- MELROSEandFAIRFAX: “New Herakut Street Art in Los Angeles”, 28 April 2011. Two murals in progress in Culver City “At the corner of Washington and National”; two photos.
- Arrested Motion: “Streets: Herakut (Los Angeles)”, 28 April 2011. Walls arranged by the gallery and Warren Brand, between the LeBasse Projects show and New Hampshire; photos by Jeremy Asher Lynch.
- Branded Arts: press listing “New Herakut Murals in Culver City”, dated 4/28/11, the commissioner’s list of press about the walls (it links to a Street Art News article we could not open).
- Vandalog: “Herakut Hits ‘The Wall Along Wilshire’”, 11 November 2011, by Ryan Gattis. Names Hera (Jasmin Siddiqui) and Akut (Falk Lehmann).
Our photo
- Street Art Utopia: “Street Art by Herakut – A Collection part 2”, 27 July 2011. First appearance of our photo; no place or photographer given.
- World Art Utopia: “Feeling Human: Herakut (12 Photos)”, the post this file belongs to.
The place
- Art Nerd: Culver City Art Guide, a 2026 guide. The Branded Arts Complex at 8810 W. Washington Boulevard, demolished in fall 2013; Herakut among its artists.
- Urban Iconic: “Branded Arts Building – Street Art in Culver City, CA”, 28 February 2015. The buildings “have now been demolished”.
- OpenStreetMap: Washington Boulevard at National Blvd, Culver City (road, way 990925872); Maps coordinates approximate (34.0276, -118.3873).
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