X Marks the Milky Way Mural located at 1130 S Wabash. Completed in May 2016
images by Shirley Nannini
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Before beginning the mural at 1130 S Michigan at Draper & Kramer: DK Living
1130 S Wabash Mural Site
X Marks the Milky Way Mural located at 1130 S Wabash. Completed in May 2016
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Preparatory Study for X Marks the Milky Way Mural
The mural concept draws from treasure maps that represent a quest to find something valuable and unexpected. Maps offer direction to somewhere else through the discovery of a treasure. The title of the work plays on ‘X Marks the Spot’ to indicate where something unknown and special might be found. The imagined treasure map layers subjects from aquatic and cosmic realms. The dotted light blue lines on the edge of the mural reference the lines on a treasure map. The artwork asks the viewer to consider questions like what is that, how does it work, what do we value as treasure or even what adventure can you see?
Big Walls 2016 Wabash Arts Corridor issue
Press Release
Check out more process photos by Sandy Steinbrecher.