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Monday 22 October 2018

Monday Mural - Fragile world in constant expansion

As I'm in Sydney for a few days I thought it fit to post two murals I saw in Sydney on my last visit a couple of months ago.
Both murals are located in the suburb of Petersham in Sydney's Inner West,  also known as "Little Portugal" or "Little Lisbon". And as tiles (azulejos) and Portugal go hand in hand these pieces of art are just in the right suburb!

The first one is just down the road from Petersham train station on Trafalgar street.  Entitled "Fragile World in Constant Expansion", it was originally erected in 2003, and was saved from demolition in 2014 following a petition from the local community.
The mural was then moved to the new local and inaugurated in March 2016 during the Bairro Português - Petersham Food & Wine Fair that attracts 16 thousand people to the area.

The 30mt (98.4ft) by 3mt  (9.84ft) mural was created by Portuguese Australian artist Luis Geraldes, and it took 14 months to create and put together, using 8000 hand painted tiles.






The next mural from the same artist was just up the road in Audley Street at the Petersham Australian Post building.


If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you; 
just follow the Linky steps below.   Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters.  Looking forward to your mural finds this week.  Thanks.




47 comments:

  1. Good how the community came together to save this.

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  2. It is beautifully done and well worth preserving.

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  3. ...the world sure is fragile!

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    1. And becoming more and more fragile... thanks Tom.

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  4. perth seems to be a city rich in murals and frescoes of all kinds. It's always a nice surprise. Have a good week.

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    1. Thank you Kwarkito. These 2 murals are in Sydney, but both Perth an Sydney seem to have a great variety of murals.

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  5. I've seen these. They're great.

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  6. Such an ambitious project — all those tiles! They used to do things like that in the Renaissance, but all the kings with vast amounts of money are gone. Wonderful that it’s appreciated by “real” people.

    best... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  7. Sidney apaixonou a família quando aí estivemos.
    Que cidade fantástica!
    Bjs, boa semana

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    1. Sim e uma cidade bonita. Boa semana Pedro.

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    1. They certainly are very Portuguese, thanks Debbie.

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  9. Great the mural was saved.
    I´m still a tad sad we saw more or less but the deep garage in Sydney, selling our car.
    Good thing you show the better sides! :-)

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    1. Thanks Iris, you'll need to return and visit Sydney again after your Perth visit.

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  10. Now mural with accompanying text are for eternity.

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  11. Oh wow! And you're so lucky to have a Little Portugal!

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    1. This "Little Portugal" is in Sydney, not Perth Rob. But in Perth we have a couple of shops and Cafes that sell Portuguese goodies.

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  12. Lots of little details - very interesting!
    Have a wonderful week!

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  13. Yes, fabulous. You win this week!

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    1. Thanks Cloudia, glad you enjoyed them :)

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  14. These are wonderful, Sami.

    Reminds me of the Portuguese Azulejos. I must see if I can find something in my photograph collection.

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    1. Thanks Carole, I'm sure you'll find plenty there :)

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  15. Wow! they are both great murals. I'm glad they could move the first one when the building was destroyed. Good thing tile is durable.

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    1. Thanks Mary, I'm glad they could save the tiles and redo the mural.

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  16. Wow! 8000 tiles sure is a lot! There must have been much hand cramping! Very lovely piece! Hugs...RO

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    1. I think my hand would surely be cramping after making all those tiles :) Thanks RO

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  17. Tiles would be time consuming, but at least they can be moved.

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  18. So much time and work in this beautiful piece Sami, love the colours and the Picasso'ish feel to it.

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    1. It does look a bit Picasso like :) Thanks Grace

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  19. Well worth preserving.

    All the best Jan

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  20. Dearest Sami,
    Wow, a mural of thousands of tiles; what an enormous job.
    Our bathroom tiles just got in today (2 days work) and tomorrow they probably will lay the shower floor tiles. No mosaic though... just plain!
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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