A mural is a large piece of artwork painted on a wall, perpetual surface, or celling. The word mural actually comes from the Latin word “murus,” which means wall. Murals date back to about 30,000 years ago and have continued to thrive and evolve in all cultures. There is so much beauty behind every artist’s mural and having their work displayed for the public to see everyday makes each individual piece so much more intriguing. Angie Kordic, journalist for Widewalls online magazine, states that murals hold great significance for mankind due to the fact that they depict life activities, everyday scenery and religious traditions around the time they were formed, giving the world a invaluable look at the diversity of our culture during different
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and 25th St, and Treat St and Harrison St. (Balmy Alley) in San Francisco, California around the 1970’s you would have just started seeing murals pop up. The murals by Balmy Alley started being painted as an expression of the outrage over human rights and misuse in Central America. A group of women who called themselves Mujeres Muralists, the women muralists, painted the first mural in this area depicting gender-equality, straying away from masculine murals (Drescher). Murals were added little by little over time, but in 1984 Ray Patlan brought three dozen mural activists to produce a cooperative project on garage doors and fences in the alley to produce a group mural (Drescher). The overall theme for Balmy Alley was Placa, which refers to tag in Spanish, or a mark made by taggers (Drescher). Most of the home owners whose home were on the back of Balmy Alley were mostly Latino and had concerns about having murals designed on their homes, but embraced the love for the artists works once the murals were being produced. Summer of 1985, twenty five hundred dollars was donated from the Zellerbach Foundation and 27 murals were painted. Balmy Alley in San Francisco was an exceedingly influential project that obtained more publicity than any other community mural in San Francisco’s history …show more content…
is a mural painted by Manuel Paul of Los Angeles’ Maricón Collective. The mural depicted two homosexual men on one side, two homosexual women on the other side, and a trans man standing between everyone with his chest scars stitched with rose thorns (Cost). The mural has many threats and disliking’s from the public and someone wrote this under the mural: “The majority of people who support this and encourage it are feminist, lesbians, and groups of people who have no connections to real street or gang low rider or cholo lifestyle.” Just three days after the mural was painted, on Wednesday June 17, 2015 it was covered in red and blue spray paint covering the faces and title of the work of art, “Por Vida,” meaning for life (Kost). Manuel Paul stated that his work was supposed to be a celebration, not only for the Latino community, but also for what he saw as a changing barrio. Paul stated, “I felt that acceptance was there, and we evolved as a Latino/Chicano culture to accept that we all know, live and work with someone who identifies homosexual/transgender, especially in San Francisco of all places.” The next day, gallery workers and volunteers worked hard all day to create a fresh image. Ani Rivera, the gallery’s director stated, “We will fix it. And we will fix it as many times as we need
and 25th St, and Treat St and Harrison St. (Balmy Alley) in San Francisco, California around the 1970’s you would have just started seeing murals pop up. The murals by Balmy Alley started being painted as an expression of the outrage over human rights and misuse in Central America. A group of women who called themselves Mujeres Muralists, the women muralists, painted the first mural in this area depicting gender-equality, straying away from masculine murals (Drescher). Murals were added little by little over time, but in 1984 Ray Patlan brought three dozen mural activists to produce a cooperative project on garage doors and fences in the alley to produce a group mural (Drescher). The overall theme for Balmy Alley was Placa, which refers to tag in Spanish, or a mark made by taggers (Drescher). Most of the home owners whose home were on the back of Balmy Alley were mostly Latino and had concerns about having murals designed on their homes, but embraced the love for the artists works once the murals were being produced. Summer of 1985, twenty five hundred dollars was donated from the Zellerbach Foundation and 27 murals were painted. Balmy Alley in San Francisco was an exceedingly influential project that obtained more publicity than any other community mural in San Francisco’s history …show more content…
is a mural painted by Manuel Paul of Los Angeles’ Maricón Collective. The mural depicted two homosexual men on one side, two homosexual women on the other side, and a trans man standing between everyone with his chest scars stitched with rose thorns (Cost). The mural has many threats and disliking’s from the public and someone wrote this under the mural: “The majority of people who support this and encourage it are feminist, lesbians, and groups of people who have no connections to real street or gang low rider or cholo lifestyle.” Just three days after the mural was painted, on Wednesday June 17, 2015 it was covered in red and blue spray paint covering the faces and title of the work of art, “Por Vida,” meaning for life (Kost). Manuel Paul stated that his work was supposed to be a celebration, not only for the Latino community, but also for what he saw as a changing barrio. Paul stated, “I felt that acceptance was there, and we evolved as a Latino/Chicano culture to accept that we all know, live and work with someone who identifies homosexual/transgender, especially in San Francisco of all places.” The next day, gallery workers and volunteers worked hard all day to create a fresh image. Ani Rivera, the gallery’s director stated, “We will fix it. And we will fix it as many times as we need