{"id":349,"date":"2008-08-25T08:58:17","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T12:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=349"},"modified":"2015-12-27T22:20:23","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T03:20:23","slug":"flag-mural-coverup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2008\/08\/flag-mural-coverup\/","title":{"rendered":"Flag Mural Coverup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Murals can be used for many purposes &#8212; in this case to cover up graffiti. And when the mural is well done, then graffiti &#8220;artists&#8221; won&#8217;t touch it out of respect for the art.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/flag600.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-350 aligncenter\" title=\"Scott LoBaido\\'s Flag Mural. Photo by Mary DiBiase Blaich for NYTimes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/flag600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/flag600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/flag600-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emily Brady recounts in her article, <a title=\"Graffiti Meet Old Glory, NY Times article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/08\/03\/nyregion\/thecity\/03flag.html?_r=2&amp;ref=thecity&amp;oref=slogin&amp;oref=slogin\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Graffiti Meet Old Glory<\/em><\/a>, how the mural painting of the American flag by artist, Scott LoBaido, on the Little League dugout in New Springfield, NY serves as a deterrent to future graffiti and instills national pride for onlookers.<\/p>\n<p>Here are several other examples where murals can serve to beautify and cover up the otherwise ugly vista. In <a title=\"Decorative Murals in Eugene, Oregon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kval.com\/news\/25466189.html\" target=\"_blank\">Eugene, Oregon, decorative murals<\/a> hide a vacant pit\/landscape where an old Sears building was demolished.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/kval_dt_pit_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-351 aligncenter\" title=\"Murals hide pit in Eugene Oregon. Photo KVAL.com\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/kval_dt_pit_lg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kval_dt_pit_lg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kval_dt_pit_lg.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And murals have begun to appear on security barricades in Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/gd8260693a-painter-decorates-a-4095.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-352 aligncenter\" title=\"Iraq Sadr City Wall Murals. Photo by Karim Kadim. UK Guardian\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/gd8260693a-painter-decorates-a-4095.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/gd8260693a-painter-decorates-a-4095.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/gd8260693a-painter-decorates-a-4095-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This link on the <a title=\"UK Guardian Gallery of Baghdad Murals\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/gallery\/2008\/aug\/07\/iraq?picture=336307477\" target=\"_blank\">UK Guardian<\/a> shows all the murals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murals can be used for many purposes &#8212; in this case to cover up graffiti. And when the mural is well done, then graffiti &#8220;artists&#8221; won&#8217;t touch it out of respect for the art. Emily Brady recounts in her article, Graffiti Meet Old Glory, how the mural painting of the American flag by artist, Scott LoBaido, on the Little League dugout in New Springfield, NY serves as a deterrent to future graffiti and instills national pride for onlookers. Here are several other examples where murals can serve to beautify and cover up the otherwise ugly vista. In Eugene, Oregon, decorative murals hide a vacant pit\/landscape where an old Sears building was demolished. And murals have begun to appear on security barricades in Baghdad. 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