Jackie Felix Mural
$10,000
- This painting will be at the Buffalo History Museum starting in September, for up to a year, as part of Hallwall's fiftieth Anniversary exhibit.
- Please note: This painting contains content most suitable for mature, non-prudish viewers. People sensitive to depictions of the human body may want to avoid viewing the images.
- Its original purpose was as a "bar wall" at Hallwall's TriMain location. Painted by Jackie Felix in 1996.
- As originally installed, it was close to the floor, with a drink rail attached to it approximately in the middle of the panel. The first of the photos is a depiction of the original installation at Hallwalls.
- As far as we can tell, we have the entire provenance/history of the painting.
- Burchfield Penney page on Jackie Felix
- Jackie Felix, journal entry, 7/24/96: "[The mural's] real purpose is to say something about the room and about Hallwalls as a place of art and integrity and depth.…Hallwalls is the perfect place to give free rein to all those ideas and concepts and points I like to make in a piece. So I should go in tomorrow and cut loose. The freer I make myself, the better it will end up."
- Seven panels, see photos for closeup of each panel.
- Dimensions: Overall, approximately 306 inches wide (25 feet), 79 inches high.
- The four panels on the left are 79 inches high, the three on the right are 74 inches high.
- 1 - 35.5w x 79h
- 2 - 47.5w x 79h
- 3 - 48w x 79h
- 4 - 48w x 79h
- 5 - 48w x 74h
- 6 - 48w x 74h
- 7 - 31.5w x 74h
- Painted onto drywall.
- Cleats on back for hanging.
- Overall condition is pretty good, considering it's on drywall. There's a cutout for an outlet or switch on panel 1, and a hole an inch or so in diameter on panel 4. The edges show some wear.
