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Writers of art theory mention four basic roles of art in society, which include keeping a historical record,
giving form to intangibles, revealing the hidden, and showing the world in a new way. This structure gives
viewers of art a framework with which to begin understanding the artist's message.
Public murals are painted as "art for the people." Many folks would never walk into a gallery so a work of art placed for everyone to see can impact a person deeply. Murals also can tell the average person's story in a way that most everyone can begin to understand. Public art murals also add interest and value to communities like no other art form can. Dying communities can come alive with hope and pride in their neighborhood through public murals. There is also an economic advantage that is surprising to see as people come to see the art and begin investing in their community as a result of beautiful mural art.
Murals are important in that they bring art into the public sphere. Due to the size, cost, and work involved in creating a mural, muralists must often be commissioned by a sponsor. Often it is the local government or a business, but many murals have been paid for with grants of patronage. For artists, their work gets a wide audience who otherwise might not set foot in an art gallery. A city benefits by the beauty of a work of art.
Murals can be a relatively effective tool of social emancipation or achieving a political goal. Murals have sometimes been created against the law, or have been commissioned by local bars and coffeeshops. Often, the visual effects are an enticement to attract public attention to social issues. State-sponsored public art expressions, particularly murals, are often used by totalitarian regimes as a tool of propaganda. However, despite the propagandist character of that works, some of them still have an artistic value.
Murals can have a dramatic impact whether consciously or subconsciously on the attitudes of passers by, when they are added to areas where people live and work. It can also be argued that the presence of large, public murals can add aesthetic improvement to the daily lives of residents or that of employees at a corporate venue.
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Public murals are painted as "art for the people." Many folks would never walk into a gallery so a work of art placed for everyone to see can impact a person deeply. Murals also can tell the average person's story in a way that most everyone can begin to understand. Public art murals also add interest and value to communities like no other art form can. Dying communities can come alive with hope and pride in their neighborhood through public murals. There is also an economic advantage that is surprising to see as people come to see the art and begin investing in their community as a result of beautiful mural art.
Murals are important in that they bring art into the public sphere. Due to the size, cost, and work involved in creating a mural, muralists must often be commissioned by a sponsor. Often it is the local government or a business, but many murals have been paid for with grants of patronage. For artists, their work gets a wide audience who otherwise might not set foot in an art gallery. A city benefits by the beauty of a work of art.
Murals can be a relatively effective tool of social emancipation or achieving a political goal. Murals have sometimes been created against the law, or have been commissioned by local bars and coffeeshops. Often, the visual effects are an enticement to attract public attention to social issues. State-sponsored public art expressions, particularly murals, are often used by totalitarian regimes as a tool of propaganda. However, despite the propagandist character of that works, some of them still have an artistic value.
Murals can have a dramatic impact whether consciously or subconsciously on the attitudes of passers by, when they are added to areas where people live and work. It can also be argued that the presence of large, public murals can add aesthetic improvement to the daily lives of residents or that of employees at a corporate venue.
About the Honey Bee Hive
The Good of the Hive is an artistic initiative founded by Matthew Willey on a
personal commitment to hand-paint 50,000 honeybees in murals around the world.
Matt says, "The Good of the Hive Initiative begins with the struggle of the honeybees, but it also views the hive as a metaphor for communities of people. Honeybees within the hive "think" collectively; their immune system is collective: the health of the individual is based on the health of the collective. Whether that community is an actual honeybee hive or a community of human artists, kids in a school, military veterans, women with cancer, marginalized people or the American people as a whole, the health and success of the individual relies heavily on the connections within the group and consequently between the groups within the greater society. When we connect, we thrive." This is the message of The Good of the Hive Initiative... Full Article Here
Matt says, "The Good of the Hive Initiative begins with the struggle of the honeybees, but it also views the hive as a metaphor for communities of people. Honeybees within the hive "think" collectively; their immune system is collective: the health of the individual is based on the health of the collective. Whether that community is an actual honeybee hive or a community of human artists, kids in a school, military veterans, women with cancer, marginalized people or the American people as a whole, the health and success of the individual relies heavily on the connections within the group and consequently between the groups within the greater society. When we connect, we thrive." This is the message of The Good of the Hive Initiative... Full Article Here