The line between fine art and illustrative decoration can be difficult to discern. Some murals may seem more like public service ads or sentiment-inducing eye candy. Read Lauren Silverman's "
On Philly's Walls, Murals Painted With Brotherly Love" on NPR's site and view the photos of Philadelphia murals. Is the funding and planning process involved in making a public mural devised to "sanitize" fine art? What do you think?
Ann Northrup is a well-known and respected area painter and teacher who has completed a number of murals in Philadelphia. Below is a picture of her mural "A Taste of Summer," shown in Silverman's article. This picture, however, is a view of the mural while in was still in progress, posted by mural painter Kim Senior in February of 2009 on her "
Art Murals Paint" blog.
Ann Northrup, early version of "A Taste of Summer."
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