The newest piece of public art in downtown Bethesda is a building. A mural is being painted onto an office building at 4927 Auburn Avenue. The artist is Michael Owen. Here is a series of photos as the work progressed over the last week, in chronological order:
I know that art is subjective, but yikes this is bad! They turned a handsome brick building in to a chaotic mess of weird ideas. Falling joists, painted on the wall? This mural is neither cohesive or interesting to explore.
ReplyDeleteBecause that building was so beautiful before?
ReplyDeleteThe really bad thing here and everywhere are the overhead wires...
ReplyDeleteLooks like ugly graffiti from a 3rd world country or NYC and super tacky and speaks to an increase in crime
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