Murals —The Power of Public Art
These days,/murals in public places/are becoming popular/all over the world. Murals are paintings on walls. You may wonder/why people create them. Let’s look at some murals around the world/and the stories behind them.
In Toronto,/Canada,/there is a project/called “StART.” The project was launched/to reduce the amount of graffiti/and increase the beauty of the city. In this project,/citizens can submit designs. Once the city gives permission,/those people may paint their murals/on places/such as bridges/and the walls of buildings. In this way,/creative and colorful street art/has replaced graffiti.
The StART project makes city streets/more beautiful and peaceful. It also empowers local artists/and encourages people/to walk around the city.
There are also public art projects/in Australia. Some projects are aided/by the government. One of them took place/in the Bagot community. Bagot is an area/where Aboriginal people/were once forced to live and work. The community members/would like to tell their history/through murals.
In this project,/local indigenous people/painted murals on houses and fences/with professional artists. The murals celebrate the indigenous people’s culture/and their personal stories. With these murals,/young members of Bagot/seem to learn more/about the community’s history/and feel a sense of pride.
Today,/the murals are open/to the public. They can be viewed/through walking tours/or on the Internet. Taking a closer look at the murals,/viewers can appreciate the life and culture/of the indigenous people.
Murals can be seen in Berlin,/Germany,/as well. They have a unique origin. They were painted/on the Berlin Wall.
The Berlin Wall divided the city/into the West and the East/from 1961 to 1989. The wall was a symbol/of the Cold War. In 1989,/a few days after the fall of the wall,/118 artists from 21 countries/started painting murals/on the east side of the wall. The next year,/1.3 kilometers of the wall/was officially opened/as the East Side Gallery.
The artists included their individual messages/and statements/in their murals. They must have been an expression/of people’s happiness/over the end of the German division. It seems/that they remind people/of the sad history/of creating a border/inside one country.
There are also mural art projects/in Japan. One of them is the project/in Tennozu Isle,/Tokyo.
The reclaimed island/at the edge of Tokyo Bay/has many warehouses. In the project,/artists painted murals/on the walls/of the warehouses and other large buildings. The artworks express the integration/of traditional Japanese culture/and modern art/in the waterfront area. As a result,/Tennozu Isle seems to have turned/into an artistic spot/with murals.
As we have seen,/mural art projects are created/from a variety of backgrounds/for different purposes. One feature in common/is the power of public art. Murals make communities beautiful,/express their cultures and histories,/and attract people. Murals are art museums/for everyone.
These days,/murals in public places/are becoming popular/all over the world. Murals are paintings on walls. You may wonder/why people create them. Let’s look at some murals around the world/and the stories behind them.
In Toronto,/Canada,/there is a project/called “StART.” The project was launched/to reduce the amount of graffiti/and increase the beauty of the city. In this project,/citizens can submit designs. Once the city gives permission,/those people may paint their murals/on places/such as bridges/and the walls of buildings. In this way,/creative and colorful street art/has replaced graffiti.
The StART project makes city streets/more beautiful and peaceful. It also empowers local artists/and encourages people/to walk around the city.
There are also public art projects/in Australia. Some projects are aided/by the government. One of them took place/in the Bagot community. Bagot is an area/where Aboriginal people/were once forced to live and work. The community members/would like to tell their history/through murals.
In this project,/local indigenous people/painted murals on houses and fences/with professional artists. The murals celebrate the indigenous people’s culture/and their personal stories. With these murals,/young members of Bagot/seem to learn more/about the community’s history/and feel a sense of pride.
Today,/the murals are open/to the public. They can be viewed/through walking tours/or on the Internet. Taking a closer look at the murals,/viewers can appreciate the life and culture/of the indigenous people.
Murals can be seen in Berlin,/Germany,/as well. They have a unique origin. They were painted/on the Berlin Wall.
The Berlin Wall divided the city/into the West and the East/from 1961 to 1989. The wall was a symbol/of the Cold War. In 1989,/a few days after the fall of the wall,/118 artists from 21 countries/started painting murals/on the east side of the wall. The next year,/1.3 kilometers of the wall/was officially opened/as the East Side Gallery.
The artists included their individual messages/and statements/in their murals. They must have been an expression/of people’s happiness/over the end of the German division. It seems/that they remind people/of the sad history/of creating a border/inside one country.
There are also mural art projects/in Japan. One of them is the project/in Tennozu Isle,/Tokyo.
The reclaimed island/at the edge of Tokyo Bay/has many warehouses. In the project,/artists painted murals/on the walls/of the warehouses and other large buildings. The artworks express the integration/of traditional Japanese culture/and modern art/in the waterfront area. As a result,/Tennozu Isle seems to have turned/into an artistic spot/with murals.
As we have seen,/mural art projects are created/from a variety of backgrounds/for different purposes. One feature in common/is the power of public art. Murals make communities beautiful,/express their cultures and histories,/and attract people. Murals are art museums/for everyone.