# @gettymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CiDk_l1uVpp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34228002-gettymuseum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-09-03T19:13:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

## Caption

"Muralism is one of the oldest art forms. We can look back in history and we can see a continuation of the form through different periods."—judy_baca.

Murals transform ordinary walls into brilliantly painted artworks, filling our streets with the symbols and stories of our communities. But how can we keep them alive? 

Los Angeles muralist Judy Baca and Getty experts answer this question and many others. Tap the link in bio to find out more. 

🏷 #GettyMuseum #ArtHistory #PublicArt #Murals #SoCal #LosAngeles #SocialPractice #LAMurals

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1. Judy Baca painting "The Great Wall of Los Angeles" mural. Photo: Courtesy of the SPARC Archives, SPARCinLA.org

2. "The Great Wall of Los Angeles" (in progress), Judith F. Baca Photo: Courtesy of the SPARC Archives, SPARCinLA.org

3. Judy Baca painting Hitting the Wall. Photo: Courtesy of the SPARC Archives, SPARCinLA.org

4. Hitting the Wall: Women and the Marathon, 1984, Judith F. Baca. Acrylic on cast concrete, 20 x 100 ft. Mural sponsored by the Olympic Organizing Committee for the 1984 LA Olympics. Located on the Harbor Freeway (I-110) North at Fourth Street exit. © 1984 Judith F. Baca

5. Evening view of América Tropical Photo: Stacey Rain Strickler. Courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Trust

6. Palazzo Ricci, Rome. Surviving frescoes by Polidoro and Maturino. Photo: Julian Brooks

7. Palazzo Milesi, Rome. Surviving frescoes by Polidoro and Maturino. Photo: Julian Brooks

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publicart, gettymuseum, murals, arthistory, lamurals, socialpractice, socal, losangeles

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