Mural Week summary

Mural Week 2021 ended on Friday and the last of the murals seem to have been finished over the weekend. There were seven planned murals and a few unplanned. The curator, the person who found the other muralists, was Cameron Moberg who did this glass of beer on the side of Fenwick Farms. He considers it a collaborative effort and signed it with his signature and that of a mysterious companion from San Francisco MNSTR Squad. 

The only mural done in the original RenArtWlk alley was by Moosy, who has developed a lot of skill since his contribution to the 2020 RenArtWlk.

The largest mural of the week was painted by Ian Ross. Here is what it looks for someone stopped at the stoplight at the intersection of US 231 and SR 114.

Another large mural, this one very visible for someone driving south on US 231, is Grizzly_Bear_Designs' octopus on the wall of Anders Water Conditioning.

Neverxtinct, an artist from Nashville, Tenneesee, painted this large mural on the northwest wall of Rule's Auto Care building. I talked to him and his friend Jack on Friday night as they were packing up for their six-hour trip back to Nashville. They hope to come back to Rensselaer in the future and paint more.

Rule's Auto Care had three of the seven planned murals. Alex Ann Allen painted another large mural on the southeast of the buildinging.

The final mural on the building was a Bronco-with-Flowers mural painted by Chicago artist Kristine Campbell.

Not planned at the beginnng but prompted by Cameron Moberg is a large mural in the cluster of murals on the alley next to Printco that was done by Ryan and Lindsey Preston. 

The mural that makes me smile is a small mural by Jackdoesart247. He came to Rensselaer to help his friend Neverxtinct work on the Love-Blooms mural but had some extra time and did this small mural. (Do you see the boat of the fisherman?)

Cameron Moberg's mysterious companion did this small monster mural. During the 2019 Mural Week there were several monsters painted on windows and manhole covers and all are now gone, destroyed or painted over. It is good to have a monster back in the alley.

There is one other painting done during the week that is almost impossible to see because it is on a roof on a uneven wall wedged between two buildings. It was done by Moosy after he finished his mural. With some effort I could make out what was in the talk balloon: "NFTs are dead."

I had to ask what that meant. NFTs are non-fungible tokens and are digital rights to a work that otherwise can be reproduced. The concept makes no sense to me, but you can read about it by searching for "non fungible tokens".

Previous posts about Mural Week:

The Start

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

For all the murals and a few extras see the unofficial guide at Art Walk Rensselaer.