We haven’t been through The Junction in a few days so we don’t know how long this has been up, but this mural on the east side of the California/Erskine 7-Eleven caught our eye this evening, so we pulled over for a quick through-the-windshield pic. It bears both the Coca-Cola and 7-Eleven logos, so we’re pretty sure it’s official, though probably not part of the major Seattle World Cup mural project. (Seen other signs of World Cup mania-to-come in West Seattle? Let us know – thank you!)
That got painted Tuesday morning. I walked past there around 8am and there were several CocaCola (bottlers) vehicles parked at the 7-11, but no sign of a mural then.
Thanks! I suspected it had to have been either today or yesterday, as I went past that spot twice on Sunday, to and from the Farmers’ Market, and I’m sure it would have caught my eye.
Art?
Not a painting.
I spoke to the ‘muralist’ Tuesday morning.
He was finishing applying this peel-back, shrink wrap to the wall with a torch.
He told me this process is similar to car wraps. Purely corporate.
OK, maybe not a painting, but still a mural per the dictionary.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mural
Otherwise, art is in the eyes of the beholder.
it is hard to get excited for this World Cup in our home city when FIFA awarded the first time ever “peace prize” to a convicted felon. And since that prize what has he done? Started a war which is crippling the world’s economy.
I love murals and public art. Can’t say I’m crazy about a huge corporate ad masquerading as art.
I wonder what our international visitors will think of American Coke that’s sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup instead of real sugar like most of the world drinks?
Perhaps they will stumble onto stores selling the imported, glass-bottled Real Thing.
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