Eyes in the Feathers mural by Herakut, Branded Arts Building, Culver City, United States
Eyes in the
feathers
Herakut (Hera and Akut) · girl with peacock-feather eyes under “ART?”, April 2011 · Branded Arts Building, Washington Blvd at National 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 girl in a blue dress sits cross-legged with her chin in her hand, and from her shoulder peacock feathers run along the wall, each one ending in a human eye. Herakut painted her in April 2011 on a white building at the corner of Washington and National in Culver City, under a word already on the wall: “ART?”. On the same building they painted a winged child under the line “Angels come in various sizes.” The building, part of the Branded Arts complex, was gone by 2015; a Culver City guide dates the demolition to fall 2013.
4 things to know
- 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, before moving on to New Hampshire. Platinum Cheese · MELROSEandFAIRFAX · Arrested Motion
- One of two wallsThe girl shares a white corner building with a second Herakut mural, a winged child under the words “Angels come in various sizes.” Photos from the same days show both on the one building. Arrested Motion · MELROSEandFAIRFAX
- Arranged by a gallery and a collectorArrested Motion says the walls were “arranged by the gallery and Warren Brand”. Brand ran the Branded Arts mural project on the buildings at 8810 Washington Boulevard. Arrested Motion · MCLA / Google Arts
- The building is goneA post of 28 February 2015 says the Branded Arts 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, at the corner of Washington and National (MCLA, 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 second Herakut wall on the same building is in its own file: Angels Come in Various Sizes.
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 Checked
- Words on the wall
- “ART?” in large letters above the girl, as read from the photos Checked
- Title
- No source gives a title. This file uses the heading of our post, “Eyes in the Feathers” Unconfirmed
- Painted
- April 2011: in progress on 27 and 28 April, finished in photos published on 28 April 2011 (Platinum Cheese, MELROSEandFAIRFAX, Arrested Motion) Checked
- Arranged by
- LeBasse Projects and Warren Brand (“arranged by the gallery and Warren Brand”, Arrested Motion) Reported
- Place
- Branded Arts Building, 8810 Washington Blvd, Culver City, at Washington and National (MCLA, MELROSEandFAIRFAX). The MCLA record names this address for the winged child; the 2011 photos show the girl on the same building 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 second Herakut wall on the building: Angels Come in Various Sizes.
- 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 (11)
This mural
- 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).
- Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles on Google Arts & Culture: “Angels Come in Various Sizes – Herakut x Branded Arts”, undated record. Branded Arts Building, 8810 Washington Blvd, 2011, curated by Branded Arts (for the second wall on the building).
- 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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