Press and media
SRIL ART in the press
Coverage of Shae Petersen's work by 12 outlets, from local television and the Salt Lake Tribune to Bloomberg Law. Headline, date and a link to the original in every case.
Coverage
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Bloomberg Law
Utah Muralist Wins Copyright Ruling, But Fails to Prove Intent
A federal court in the Southern District of New York found an apparel company had infringed copyright in the "Godlike" mural. Petersen v. Diesel Power Gear LLC.
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Spray Planet
Spray Planet's (More Than) 11 Questions with SRIL
A long interview about method, from 25ft walls down to studio canvas.
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BuzzFeed
I Accidentally Became A Meme: Success Kid
The Success Kid mural, painted in 2014 in Reddit's downtown Salt Lake City office before the company left the space, appears in the documentary, credited to srilart. Syndicated by Yahoo Entertainment.
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Artists of Utah's 15 Bytes
The Writing on the Wall: South Salt Lake's Artistic Makeover
Places "Godlike" in the history of South Salt Lake public art, and records the bright purple, pink and red proposal that prompted the earth-tone rule.
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Salt Lake City Weekly
Aerosol Atlas
Written from the boom lift while Atlas was still going up: 1,400 cans of paint in 45 colors, over two weeks.
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Salt Lake City Weekly
Monumental Statement
On the scale of the work, and on making a living as an aerosol artist.
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The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah artist told he must change his strip club mural design, and that all murals must be painted with 'neutral earth-tone' colors
The second of two Tribune reports on the South Salt Lake mural code dispute.
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The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah artist wants to paint a panther mural on the side of a South Salt Lake strip club, but officials say it violates code
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KUTV 2News
Is it a sign, or art? You decide.
Local television coverage of the same dispute, with the Lagoon tiger mural for context.
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Deseret News Archived copy
In case you missed it: BYU fans honor Jamaal Williams with giant artwork
The banner unfurled in the stadium when Williams broke the BYU rushing record was made by SRIL ART.
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Utah Stories
Sril Art
Subtitled "Taking graffiti to another level, Utah artist thinks on grand scale."
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TwistedSifter
SRIL Completes Epic 100 Ft Mural in Salt Lake City
The "Godlike" wall, painted without stencils or tape.
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Fox 13 News
SLC business bothered by graffiti turns to former tagger to create massive mural
A Salt Lake City business, tagged repeatedly, hired a former graffiti artist to paint the whole 100ft wall.
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Salt Lake City Weekly
Artist Shae Petersen
The feature the live site quotes: Petersen "straddles the line between graffiti artist and street artist."
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Strange Music
'He Does Things His Own Way': SM Exclusive Interview With Tech N9ne Mural Artist Sril
On the Tech N9ne mural in Denver, Colorado.
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Also on record
The mural most of this coverage is about
"Godlike" is a 100ft wall in Salt Lake City, painted in 2015 for a business that had been tagged repeatedly. Fox 13, TwistedSifter and, seven years later, Bloomberg Law all wrote about it.
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