Madonna mural quickly pops up in downtown Bay City

[Voguerista 6,673]

For some reason, I can't save the photos of this new mural, but, you can view it at the link. It's awesome (imo)...

Madonna mural quickly pops up in downtown Bay City

BAY CITY, MI - In less than 24 hours, a mural of Madonna was approved and completed on the City Market wall along Adams Street.

The muralist, Jules Muck, also known as Muck Rock, was in Flint painting a mural for the Flint Public Art Project when she said she learned that Madonna’s hometown was Bay City.

Muck completed the wall-sized Madonna mural within three hours. She said it was her sixth or seventh mural she completed in a matter of days in Michigan.

“I paint Madonna a lot. I like to paint her, she’s a great character, and it was fun to do the 80′s Madonna,” Muck said. “I just thought it would be good for her to be younger since she was a youngster there.”

The plan for the mural was birthed after the director of the Flint Public Art Project, Joe Schipani, reached out to Saginaw City Councilwoman Jamie Forbes to share that Muck was in Saginaw painting another mural at White’s Bar after completing her work in Flint.

Schipani relayed that Muck wanted to paint Madonna in Bay City, so Forbes reached out to a few people and within an hour the location was picked and approved.

“To me, it’s just an illustration of how many folks in this region are connected and how those relationships can result in some really neat things,” Forbes said.

Madonna was born Madonna Louise Ciccone on Aug. 16, 1958 at the former Mercy Hospital, 100 15th St., where the Bradley House now stands, per MLive-Bay City Times records. Her grandparents' home on the city’s West Side was near a now-closed petroleum plant.

City Market General Manager Margie Brown said it was amazing to watch how fast Muck worked and is excited it’s a part of the market.

“From an artistic standpoint, I think it’s wonderful to have something from this woman’s caliber on our building,” Brown said. “It’s definitely something that people will come to see if they hear about it and it could also help bring people in the door that have maybe never set foot in here before.”

Muck was born overseas but is now based out of California and is currently on a tour throughout the country.

Muck said she was thrilled to paint in Bay City where it’s not over saturated with murals as people really appreciate the artwork. She also said she hopes this will open the door for more mural work to come to the area.

“The people that were there were so nice and fun. Everybody was terrific," she said. "There was a lot of support and it was just a really easy, fun mural to do. There was no nitpicking and everybody was grateful that it was happening.”

[Fighter 25,721]

That's neat 

[Thecutefox 201]

horrible 

[cosmic.carlo 1,238]

I saw this on Facebook and went to the Instagram account who posted it, it's by @dollarshot

IT IS SO AMAZING! BREATH-TAKING! I hope more of these pop up soon! Madonna's legacy and legend have to be made known!

[R3B3LH3ART 67]

Murals, while nice, are temporary. We need a monument.. like think about the bust of James Dean at the Griffith Observatory, but make it Madonna. I so would donate money to fund something like this.

[V*C 967]

but it's a nice gesture for sure!!

[Guest DeeperDeeper]

Is there ever going to be a Madonna Museum? 

[milingo83 2,188]

Definitely appreciable gesture, but the final result ...

[Blue Jean 2,896]

Yeah it’s hideous 😂

[EgoRod 1,053]

"Muck completed the wall-sized Madonna mural within three hours."

No surprise here

 

[Fateseeker 656]

the good intention was there... bit like a cake fail. 

[Hydrangeas Up Your Ass 292]

Thanks I hate it.

 

Edited October 13, 2020 by Hydrangeas Up Your Ass

[EgoRod 1,053]

15 hours ago, R3B3LH3ART said:

Murals, while nice, are temporary. We need a monument.. like think about the bust of James Dean at the Griffith Observatory, but make it Madonna. I so would donate money to fund something like this.

 

Hopefully they hire the same artist that did the Cristiano Ronaldo one

[R3B3LH3ART 67]

On 10/13/2020 at 10:54 AM, EgoRod said:

Hopefully they hire the same artist that did the Cristiano Ronaldo one

THAT AWFUL LOL

they'll end up making the biblical madonna nnn

[TonyMontana 3,517]

That reminds me (or not lol) that i must finish my Madonna drawing from the quarantine !

[musicinferno 911]

Cute. It's better than nothing. 

 

I still can't believe I grew up in Michigan and never went to her hometown.