The Public Art Commission has posted a Notice for a proposed Public Mural for Dave's Hot Chicken on Center Street near Lancaster Drive. The painting has apparently already been completed.
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| Proposed mural design |
It will be interesting to read the statement and Staff Report! The Notice mentions St. Longinus, and from here it looks like he's busting through the walls of the box, like he was hatching and breaking out of an eggshell.
The reference to St. Longinus, however, must be a Christian religious allusion to conversion.
The Notice also references "State Fair inspired shapes and colors." (How these relate to St. Longinus and Bernini is not clear, but perhaps the applicant will address that in a fuller statement for the Public Art Commission and Staff Report.)
The site is also in a wasteland of parking lots, big box stores, and malls. And apart from any proselytizing it might be subtly suggesting, just about any splash of color is welcome here.
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| On a parking lot and mall wasteland |
The Hearing will be next month, on June 14th.
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| Problem of tanks specifically and 3-D surfaces generally |
You might remember back in November Councilor Nishioka's motion for an adjustment to the mural code to accommodate certain kinds of non-flat surfaces off the building wall.
That has matured and there is at Council on Monday the First Reading for new ordinance language clarifying and allowing this.
Just generally more murals is better!
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