01.Splendid
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- Mural soon after completion in September 2014
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- rendering of braided sculptural element added in mural design
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- visitor considering mural elements
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- “a mural that extends beyond the wall, as it attunes to the space in which it sits, radiating energy outward to the rest of the city and its occupants. “
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- 2014 mural by Shinique Smith
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- visitor responds to design and color
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- visitors document
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- visitor response continues
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- visitor response continues
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- visitor response continues
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- “I used a detail from my 2013 painting ‘Seven Moons,’ because its circular composition and color palette and the geometry of the building felt as if they belonged together. “
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- more visitors
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- intermission
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- “Seven Moons,” 2013 by Shinique Smith. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston via the David Castillo Gallery, Miami)
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- Artists painting from lifts
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- Artists and equipment for mural in progress
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- Overall Murals artists tracing outline from tiny holes in paper
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- Artist Shinique Smith seated in front of her 2008 work “Especially In The Afternoon.” (Courtesy Keith Bedford/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
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- rendering of a coffee cup lid, evoking design of African mask
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- rendering of fabric patterns
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- enlarged detail of ‘Seven Moons’
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- “This particular work draws inspiration from various sources such as, alchemy, astrology, music and the mythology and art of indigenous cultures.”
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- Kairos dancers on lawn in front of mural
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- Kairos dancers
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- parasol match to mural
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- artist and parasols in front of mural
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- frames from video of dancers in front of mural
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- Band at Block Party
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- Band at Block Party
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- Band at Dewey Square Park Block Party
