There are tons of public mosaics in philadelphia that are a part of the Magic Gardens tour. I can not wait to visit on Thursday and see all the beautiful art created by what are now strangers. Graffiti art is starting to catch everyone's eye all around the world. Today in class we watched the movie Exit Through the Gift Shop and it made me realize how much graffiti can mean to people.
I never thought of Mural art as a type of graffiti, but now I see the connection. A mural/graffiti artist I learned about this past semester is Zagar. Zagar is an artist who seems to be able to turn anything and everything into something new and fantastic. His art is the most fascinating to me right now, after hearing all about it from Rhoda who was the main artist for the Transition piece I helped work on. He was her main inspiration and I hope that after seeing his work, he can be mine too.
As i worked on the mural located on the outside of The E.O. Bull Center I thought I was making meaningful art, but actually all art is meaningful. You walk by graffiti/mural art everyday and never take in the appreciation of it and you really should. In the video seeing all the hard work people put into just putting a small piece you come to realize it all really does mean something.
When we visit the Magic Gardens on Thursday I hope to take in all the precious art people have created for me to see. I put in a over a month on the mosaic I worked on outside the E.O. Bull Center and hope people come to have the same appreciation too.
Bibliography sources
www.phillymagicgardens.org/about/general
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