I do not want to hurt anybody's feelings but it is not a very good mural.
"The design and execution would be okay as a practice effort in a private area during the artist's/artists' training period, but a long-term work of public art on a downtown thoroughfare demands greater professionalism than this," I said.
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In downtown Utica, New York, on September 2nd, 2016, in a pedestrian alley off the west side of Genesee Street, north of Lafayette Street.
Per Google Streetview, the mural was painted in July or August 2011:
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Library of Congress classification ideas:
ND2605 Mural painting and decoration, American.
N8835 Public art—United States.
N8217.G44 Geometry in art.
N8256 Umbrellas in art.
N8217.G52 Glassware in art.
N8217.B48 Beverages in art.
ML85 Music in art.
NA4120 Building, Brick—United States—Pictorial works.
TH2243 Brick walls—Pictorial works.
TA432 Bricks—Painting—Pictorial works.
NA9053.S7 Alleys—United States—Pictorial works.
QC495.2 Orange (Color)—Pictorial works.
F129.U8 Utica (N.Y.)—Pictorial works.
I do not want to hurt anybody's feelings but it is not a very good mural.
"The design and execution would be okay as a practice effort in a private area during the artist's/artists' training period, but a long-term work of public art on a downtown thoroughfare demands greater professionalism than this," I said.
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In downtown Utica, New York, on September 2nd, 2016, in a pedestrian alley off the west side of Genesee Street, north of Lafayette Street.
Per Google Streetview, the mural was painted in July or August 2011:
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Library of Congress classification ideas:
ND2605 Mural painting and decoration, American.
N8835 Public art—United States.
N8217.G44 Geometry in art.
N8256 Umbrellas in art.
N8217.G52 Glassware in art.
N8217.B48 Beverages in art.
ML85 Music in art.
NA4120 Building, Brick—United States—Pictorial works.
TH2243 Brick walls—Pictorial works.
TA432 Bricks—Painting—Pictorial works.
NA9053.S7 Alleys—United States—Pictorial works.
QC495.2 Orange (Color)—Pictorial works.
F129.U8 Utica (N.Y.)—Pictorial works.