Artspace 304 has added a prominent mural to Carbondale.
CEO and executive director Chuck Benya says the new mural is entitled: The World Through Bucky’s Eyes. Drivers traveling on South University Avenue behind the Civic Center can see the image of eyeglasses that almost covers the wall. Graphs and drawings from Bucky’s notebooks fill the lenses, as the glasses float in a mix of geometric shapes and deep space.
Mural artist Maddie Deiters completed the painting at Artspace 304 in honor of one of Carbondale’s most distinguished citizens: Buckminster Fuller.
The Southern Illinois Mural Project -- or SIMP -- is an Artspace 304 program with the goal of engaging local artists to showcase the history of our region via large-scale, public visual storytelling.
SIMP has helped underwrite more than 20 murals throughout southern Illinois over the past three years.
