Every city needs a Spider-Man! The Spider-Man was here under a bridge/walking path, up side down, clinging on to the bridge bottom. People came to see it and responded ” It is very cool!”. Then, for sure, that means you found the super hero’s mural on the low ceiling. This highly foreshortened image was a creation by Tulsa Artist James Gallagher, with his own labor, his own materials, and his own vision: to imagine a superhero in a place that was dark and exposed. Like Lascaux cave paintings in the dark, the spider-Man too stays on the ceiling until the sunlight hit the surface and some park strollers discover him. Understandably, the city painted over the mural, not only to kill the Spider-man but waste an excellent opportunity for the citizens to enjoy the art in hiding. (My take on this: It is not necessary to spend millions of dollars to create engaging public art + bureaucracy sucks!)
What a shame … wish that I could have seen it. ????
btw – money spent on (authorized) public are is all private money, no tax $$$. The difference in how “available to the public art” is treated is that approval issue. I know, it’s a creativity/spontaneity killer, but what a huge mess it would be if dangerous, racially offensive or violently offensive things had to be evaluated constantly and the evaluators would end up being judge and jury of our ethical norms.
Thanks, Sandy! Can not believe you still read my crappy thoughts.