Urban Murals
By.C.A.
Murals in barrios across the United States are good examples of the power of social art and an important part of society’s cultural heritage.
Even though murals have been around since man kind was created, the Latino community has remained most active in the mural painting renaissance that came as a result of the civil rights struggles of the past.
These murals are an important form of social and political expression. Today there are well over one hundred thousand public murals throughout the nation.
Public murals can be a good way of gauging the concerns of any community. For example if a certain ethnic group is experiencing discriminated, best believe people will find a way of publicizing their concerns through murals and art.
America’s muralists are from a variety of cultural backgrounds, and are by no means only Mexican American.
Today we are finding murals created by other ethnic groups, such as Asian, African American and even Anglos.
Even businesses and the government have sponsored murals as advertisements or as part of city beautification and cultural outreach programs, not only in the Hispanic community but in an increasing number of urban areas throughout the United States.
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“Website photography is the mural painting of modern times.”
