What’s Old Is New
It’s a new year and time to start fresh but starting fresh means knowing some history so you’ll know the background and have a foundation when you start
With this in mind, I thought it was interesting to see these “x-ray murals” by Merge Invisible of the architectural footprints of razed buildings in Budapest, Hungary. This gives the viewer some frame of reference for what was there before. In the process of showing something old based on archived public records, they have created a whole new perspective that helps the viewer to appreciate what was there and even envision what the inhabitants’ interiors might look like – that’s their creative license part.
Other murals that show change from dull, old exteriors to new fairytale settings use the shape of the building to dictate their pictorial transformation by Ukrainian artist Daria Marchenko. She along with other artist collaborators paint fantastical fairytale murals on the exterior of buildings to captivate attention and remind the viewer that things are not as they always appear — things can change with childhood dreams. Her group is called Night Express and they operate at night as well.
With change in mind, I decided to check in with the Mural Mosaic after I first read about it to see how the collaborative mural of more than 204 or more individual paintings was coming along to make one collective image of St. Albert and another of a Flower Bouquet.
Turns out that these have been completed but others have begun to take shape including one of the American Flag, entitled “E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many One)” with 50 individual paintings of major US events. You can click here to see the progress as individual paintings are completed. The mural is due to be unveiled on President’s Day, February 17, 2012. Something to look forward to.
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I'm an artist, wife and mother of two boys. I started my illustration business, The Occasional Palette over 35 years ago, when my oldest son was an infant. Once my children were in school, I began painting decorative, faux finishes and murals through my second business, Casart, now over 30 years old. My third business, Casart Coverings, is a springboard from my second. Click on the link on the sidebar to see innovative, custom, designer wallcovering, removable and reusable wallpaper and coordinating decor.
