City
Object number2021.149.1 a-d
Artist
Michael J. Changnon
(1944 - 2002)
Date1990
MediumPaint on plywood
Credit LineDonated in memory of Michael J. Changnon by his wife Susan J. Changnon
DescriptionAbstract mural painted on plywood. It is comprised of four panels. Overall, the mural depicts a view of a city, with elongated streets and buildings. Center of the mural depicts abstract faces, with multiple eyes in the center, and two buses in the lower half, which appear to form the mouth and teeth of the faces. On the left and right sides of the mural, the buildings and roads are depicted as bending or curving upwards, almost like they are bending around the center of the mural. Buildings are multi-colored. The buses in the lower center section are read with white windows in the center, with stick-figure bus passengers on the buses. Bus on the bottom of the mural appears to be empty except for the driver. Mural tends to have darker colors on both sides, and brighter colors in the center. Back of each panel is painted white.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 84 × 48 × 0.375 in. (213.4 × 121.9 × 1 cm)Height x Width x Depth (b): 84 × 48 × 0.375 in. (213.4 × 121.9 × 1 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (c): 84 × 48 × 0.375 in. (213.4 × 121.9 × 1 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (d): 84 × 36 × 0.375 in. (213.4 × 91.4 × 1 cm)
Signed(d) "MC 90" handpainted in blue in lower right corner, on the bottom of "road".
Inscriptions(a) Sticker in top left corner reads: "JESTER'S COURT / TATTOOS & MORE / 328 Butler St. Etna, Pa (412) 784-TAT2".
Historical NotesFrom 1990-1998 this mural was on the front of Metropol nightclub located at 1600 Smallman Street. It was part of the Times Project. Other murals were erected on the Wholey warehouse located near the 16th Street Bridge. It was an artisic attempt to brighten the rundown street.
Related institution
The Times Project
Related institution
Jester's Court
Subjects
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