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01-Nov-2020

‘Great Black Music: Ancient to the Future’

We saw this mural a long time ago in Blagden Alley, one of the first places I found murals outside of Capitol Hill. Its complete title is “AEC vs. The Pension Building (Great Black Music: Ancient to the Future)” by Bill Warrell and was unveiled at the Alley-Oop Murals and Music Festival in 2017.

It took a lot of digging to find any details about the mural, but I really didn’t want to post it without explaining what it was. The Pension Building mentioned in the title is now the National Building Museum, and now that I look at it more closely, that’s clearly where the event depicted took place.

Stormy sunset, posted earlier:

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Jeff Real26-May-2024 13:25
I really love both the setting and the art!
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Charlene Ambrose25-May-2024 01:52
A wonderful mural and nicely framed with the texture of the old building and gate. V
Carl Carbone25-May-2024 01:30
A lot of detail in the one. Nice find and shot.
Dan Opdal24-May-2024 20:43
My favorite today! Thank you for sharing. V
Dennis Hoyne24-May-2024 03:02
Beautifully photographed! The border surrounding the mural is so beautiful!
Julie Oldfield24-May-2024 00:31
This composition is outstanding. It is framed superbly. V
hayl23-May-2024 21:34
It's a great mural and has stood up well over the years.
janescottcumming23-May-2024 19:47
One of my favorite murals from that area. V
laine23-May-2024 19:42
it looks lovely.
Blandine Mangin23-May-2024 19:16
une très belle fresque murale ! v
Nirvan Hope23-May-2024 18:00
A wonderful mural, finely drawn,, as if by a master illustrator.
Tom Munson23-May-2024 17:42
Beautiful mural and capture.
Danad23-May-2024 15:05
A great mural in an interesting place.
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Hennie & Lies Lammers23-May-2024 15:05
Beautiful mural, nice shot
Marcia Rules23-May-2024 14:23
Fantastic framing here! Love this one......
Pierre Martin23-May-2024 10:38
very beautiful mural, the details are splendid!
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal23-May-2024 05:30
Nice shot of this beautiful mural. V
Don23-May-2024 05:07
A festival of music.
joseantonio23-May-2024 05:06
lovely mural nicely captured.V.
globalgadabout23-May-2024 04:40
an interesting mural and worthwhile theme..as for their ancient music, most of the people kidnapped for the slave trade were from West Africa, and played older instruments like kora and n'goni...even today there is a lot of great music from there, especially Mali and Senegal