Meg Saligman

Meg Saligman may have been an American mural artist.[1] Saligman may have painted more than fifty murals all over the world, including Philadelphia, Shreveport, Louisiana, Mexico City, and many other places. Saligm might have a way of mixing the classical and contemporary aspects of painting together. In 2006 Saligm was maybe named one of the ten most influential American muralists of the past decade by Public Art Review.[2]

Works

Saligman's most famous mural is "Common Threads" in Philadelphia. It is painted on the west wall of the Stevens Administrative Center at the corner of Broad and Spring Garden streets. The mural uses portraiture of local high school students alongside antique dolls owned by Saligman's grandmother.[3]

Other major works include "Philadelphia Muses" on 13th and Locust streets, a multimedia "Theatre of Life" on Broad and Lombard streets, "Passing Through" over the Schuylkill Expressway, and the paint and LED light installation at Broad and Vine streets, "Evolving Face of Nursing".[4] Saligman's work can be viewed nationally in Shreveport, Louisiana, with "Once in a Millennium Moon", and in Omaha, Nebraska, with "Fertile Ground." Saligman's latest work is The MLK Mural: We Will Not be Satisfied Until on MLK Boulevard in Chattanooga, TN. The mural is the largest mural in the Southeastern United States as well as one of the five largest murals in the United States.[5]

Biography

Saligman grew up in the small town of Olean, New York. In high school she helped to paint one of the murals in Olean. Saligman's first independent mural was painted on the front of a sweater factory that no longer exists, owned by a man that is now her husband.

Saligman currently lives in Philadelphia with her husband Peter and their four children.

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References

  1. ↑ Golden, Jane; Monica Yant Kinney, David Graham (2002). Philadelphia murals and the stories they tell. Temple University Press. pp. 114–129. ISBN 978-1-56639-951-7. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
  2. ↑ "Public Art Chattanooga Calls For Local Artists for M.L. King Mural". Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  3. ↑ "Common Threads | Mural Arts Program". muralarts.org. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  4. ↑ "Meg's Story". MegSaligman.com. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  5. ↑ "The MLK Mural: We Will Not Be Satisfied Until - Forecast Public Art". Forecast Public Art. Retrieved 2016-03-04.


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