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Crown Our Prince
Hiero Veiga's portrait captures three different “looks” of Prince. He uses vibrant colors, natural forms of floral patterns, and intricate details to emphasize the uniqueness of the artist’s identity and persona. Scale immediately impacts where viewers choose to stand as they view this piece; because of its size, we will take a step back, in hopes to “take in” all the mural’s qualities. All three of the depictions of Prince are far larger than life size, with the image of Prince standing with a guitar taking up more than half of the entire piece. The image of Prince that appears closet to the viewers because it is brought to the foreground of the mural (also known as overlapping), gives a sense of personal connection to the musician, and allows us to make eye contact and absorb every detail of his purple top, jewelry, strands of hair, etc. Veiga is once again paying attention to form in the context of detailing, as the ends of each strand of hair and the feathers of his pink scarf are very delicate. Veiga also chose to make the image of Prince that is most iconic or identifiable as the primary subject, so cars driving from multiple blocks away, or those walking on high floors of a building, are still able to easily understand who the mural is dedicated to—those that are standing below it, of course, get the full experience. Veiga also made the stylistic choice of having the largest depiction of Prince looking straight on to the audience with a fierce gaze, amplifying the emotional power; however, the smaller Prince images have their heads slightly turned sideways or showing his side profile, which creates a more sensitive or realistic version of his day to day persona. Though he is posing in the far-right image, we can see his facial hair is fuller, and his hair is styled more freely, which exudes a feeling of rawness or humanization to the mural. -
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Kobra has kept his signature kaleidoscopic effect for this mural as he does for all his murals. The triptych composition creates a visual timeline to depict Bob Dylan in the three stages of his career over the five story 150 feet long piece. The size of it transforms Bob Dylan from a private figure to a public icon for anyone that passes by downtown Minneapolis. It’s meant to ensure everyone can see this piece. The kaleidoscope effect uses bold geometric patterns like the lines and diamonds we see on this piece. These intersecting lines from the background look like patchwork. Additionally, Kobra used bright and vibrant colors to contrast monochrome portraits to emphasize the tension between individuality and cultural diversity. The guitar being in the middle is to display the transition in Bob Dylan's Career, however Kobra thoughtfully adds a monotone line through the middle of it. He does this to display the guitar as a part of Bob Dylan for his entire career, not just part of it.