Graffiti Paintings In Downtown Phoenix

Art as defined by Merriam-Webster is ”The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination”. From stone age cave paintings to the architecture of the Egyptian empire, and throughout all of history art has been an essential piece of different cultures around the world. We are immersed in a world full of art whether it’s portrayed through photos, paintings, writing, or music art is everywhere.

The oldest art is estimated to be roughly forty thousand years old graffiti paintings in Indonesia. Today graffiti has a negative connotation as destructive or negative in society due to the fact that it is art done without permission on someone else's property. However since the early 1960’s Graffiti art and murals have become much more widely accepted and recognized for their cultural and artistic value.

Here in downtown phoenix especially since the late 1980’s the art scene has become very predominant and important to the atmosphere of Downtown Phoenix. Painted in 2012 as part of a community project the Fibonacci Mural has peaked the interests of the community within Downtown Phoenix with a thought provoking and mind bending image that offers so much to the eye of the beholder.

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Painted in 2012 as part of a community counts project Thomas Breeze Marcus and six other local muralists worked to transform the wall into what it is today. For a total of three days they painted all the walls of the empty lot at Roosevelt and Second Street. Art can bring people together in unison or as a community and this mural did just that. Throughout the week while they were painting more than five dozen people came out to help paint and create what is seen there today. That alone shows how important art is to the community, culture, and atmosphere of Downtown