“Girls Unchained” Mural — downtown Tucson
Girls Unchained Mural painted by Lady Pink, Claw, Miss 17 and Dona, downtown Tucson
This crazy quilt mural caught my eye on the AccessTucson building downtown. The collaborative mural was painted by four women (Lady Pink, Claw, Miss 17 and Doña) creating an intensely textured visual experience. Since the building is for sale, I’m concerned that this is going to be another disappearing mural. It seems like most times when a building goes up for sale or has new owners, the mural gets painted over. That would be sad because as you get closer to the mural you can see all kinds of interesting details. Like if you look closely you can the names of famous women just to the left of the woman’s head.
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References:
Pick of the Week
By Joan Schuman, Tucson Weekly, January 15, 2004
‘GIRLS UNCHAINED’ : Mural sends a message
Tucson Citizen, January 21, 2004
Feminist Calendar : Girls Unchained
Feminist Majority Foundation, January 19, 2004
Monday Mural : a blog hop, come join the fun
12 Replies to ““Girls Unchained” Mural — downtown Tucson”
Fantabulous mural. One could spend a day getting lost in its beauty. My favorite bit is that lippy octopus mermaid lady in the last image. She speaks to the sea creature in me.
I agree with you about the mural. Lol, I’m not surprised that you love the sea creature. I love following your adventures on the high seas.
(for others who want to see, go to Lisa Dorenfest: one ocean at a time to see her latest adventure)
Very colourful and imaginitive with the quilt motif. Like the 50’s lady–Hi Mom!
I agree it’s very imaginative — not many do a quilt on a wall. I like the retro lady too.
I think I like the middle pic best…like the paisley and hibiscus. And I am sooo excited…I am in Atlanta for the week and have found a mural! It is at SunTrust Park (baseball), so tonight I will snap some pics!
Yay! I can’t wait to see the mural. There’s a Monday Mural blog hop group (see the link at the bottom of my refs) but I don’t think anyone is in Atlanta. You could pop it in there too if you wanted.
That’s interesting that you like the middle one the best. I think it looks the most like a crazy quilt with the stitches and feeling of fabric. that was actually the first part of the wall that caught my eye because of the feel of textiles.
…I looks like a neat ‘crazy quilt.’
I thought so too. Thanks for visiting and commenting! I appreciate it.
Such a whimsical mural, I too hope it survives the ownership changes.
Me too! (hope it survives the ownership changes). I was looking for one mural painted in 2016 for today’s post but it had been destroyed when the new owners took over. So sad.
It’s a fabulous mural, love all the little details and the quilt like way they painted it.
Thanks for participating.
I agree with you. I love the details too. I usually don’t see a mural with so many elements around here.