“United We Flow” | A Commissioned, Public Exterior Mural by Jason Brammer
Above is a partial view of Jason’s original mural design, “United We Flow”, commissioned by the city of Chicago in the Rogers Park neighborhood. His design was one of 12 designs chosen out of over 200 proposals as part of the 49th Ward Underpass Mural Vote in 2010.
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Location: Fargo CTA Underpass at Fargo & Ashland, Chicago, IL (Roger’s Park).
Date Completed: September/ October 2011.
Details: This mural is painted on an exterior wall that is approximately 80 feet wide by 12 feet high. The piece was created with acrylic paints applied by a combination of airbrushing, spraying, and traditional paint brush techniques. The idea for this mural was to create a hyper-realistic work of art integrating pre-existing structural elements from the environment, causing the viewer to question what is painted and what is real. The wall opens up and looks out onto a clear, vibrant waterscape, framed out by painted yellow beams that mirror the real yellow beams under the CTA tracks. Beyond the horizon line, networks of shiny, colorful molecules float over the water and flow through the window into the “real” space, hovering against the distressed, gnarled wall of the underpass. The oversized molecules and cords in the foreground cast airbrushed shadows to give a sense of photo-realism.
All photographs were taken by Brad Meese.
