New public art in NoMi (and it doesn’t even make you cringe and clutch your purse)

A new mural is taking shape on the side of the 4th Street Saloon Building, and–unlike a lot of other public art in North Minneapolis–it doesn’t appear to be a cringe-inducing chaotic celebration of “urban dystopianism” with an overriding anarchistic graffiti motif, such as the “distorted faces” banners which were foisted upon West Broadway by Juxtaposition Arts or (worse case artistic scenario) the “tripping cows” mural on the side of the Kemps Ice Cream factory.

No, indeed, this mural appears to be something nice, something North Minneapolis can point to with pride. Johnny Northside Dot Com is excited to see how the mural will continue to take shape in the coming days and weeks.