“Singer” was commissioned by Art on the Atlanta BeltLine – the city of Atlanta’s largest temporary public art exhibition along the Atlanta BeltLine corridor. The mural was part of a Singer series the artist has been working on for years, and was painted on the side of a tunnel in the southwest part of the Atlanta Beltline.
One of the artist's neighbors, who had been a part of that series, came into her studio and sang hymns his mother had sung to him as a child. He brought an energy into the studio that was soulful and healing, and she wanted to bring that energy out onto the street. Friends at Pendery/Pepper Productions audiotaped him singing, and they put together a video with progress shots of the mural, and featured audio of him singing a cappella.
At the unveiling of the mural, there was a gathering under the tunnel to sing some of the hymns that had been sung during the photoshoot to create the piece. Mr Phillip Banks, the model for the piece, came and sang as part of the group.
“Singer” was commissioned by Art on the Atlanta BeltLine – the city of Atlanta’s largest temporary public art exhibition along the Atlanta BeltLine corridor. The mural was part of a Singer series the artist has been working on for years, and was painted on the side of a tunnel in the southwest part of the Atlanta Beltline.
One of the artist's neighbors, who had been a part of that series, came into her studio and sang hymns his mother had sung to him as a child. He brought an energy into the studio that was soulful and healing, and she wanted to bring that energy out onto the street. Friends at Pendery/Pepper Productions audiotaped him singing, and they put together a video with progress shots of the mural, and featured audio of him singing a cappella.
At the unveiling of the mural, there was a gathering under the tunnel to sing some of the hymns that had been sung during the photoshoot to create the piece. Mr Phillip Banks, the model for the piece, came and sang as part of the group.