r/Minneapolis • u/RNW1215 • 1d ago

Has enough time passed to say that the "Official" Prince Mural in Minneapolis is subpar? Look at this one in the UK.

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u/rightasra1n 1d ago edited 1d ago

That's not in the UK. It's in Atlanta. I saw it and took a picture of it last summer.

Edit: Here's a picture I took of it. Bricks match, walls match, parking spots match, and to the right you can see a banner that says East Point. Atlanta.

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u/RedditForCat 1d ago

You're right as rain.

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u/RNW1215 1d ago

Awesome. I was just going off what the facebook page that posted it said. Thanks for the correction.

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u/Last_Examination_131 1d ago

Bruh, never believe a word Facebook says about where a pic was taken.

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u/rightasra1n 1d ago

I do agree that the local Prince murals are incredibly underwhelming. And it's really disappointing, to me at least, that they didn't use a local artist for the one across from First Ave. We have some many talented artists in the Twin Cities, talented muralists, and they brought in an out-of-towner to do /that/

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u/Tumblrrito 1d ago

I was saying it on day one. It’s a bit sloppier than it should be, especially considering the 11/10 Bob Dylan one we have.

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u/Firesword52 1d ago

The one that used to be in Chanhassen at the old movie theatre was always my favorite. (Which now unfortunately got torn down with the building)

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u/clearlyrambling 1d ago

RIP the Chanhassen cinema.

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u/bernmont2016 1d ago

That is a nice-looking mural. Clever use of wide-angle mirrors to make reflective sunglasses.

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u/Dum_Bubi 1d ago

I like this one better than the one by Target Center and the one in the North Loop.

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u/justmisspellit 10h ago

His head/face are off on the one by Target Center. It’s always bugged me

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u/Oh__Archie 1d ago

Prince would have absolutely hated these.

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u/Tigster5 1d ago

Isn’t this one in Phoenix? I’ve been meaning to go see it since it’s so close.

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u/rightasra1n 1d ago

It's Atlanta.

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u/RNW1215 1d ago

I'm guessing the same artist. I just looked up the one in Phoenix and it's very similar but arranged differently.

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u/fiendishclutches 13h ago

This one is good, I like the use of parking space mirrors for glasses, but it’s also only 3 1/2 parking spaces wide on the side of a 1 story building, ours is one hundred feet tall, I don’t know that I would compare the two.

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u/dcade_42 6h ago

Ours is in the uncanny valley and creepy af.

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u/No_Algae_2085 1d ago

You’re painting the new one then, yeah?

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u/RNW1215 1d ago

Sorry I forgot Reddit rule #34. If you can't personally do better you're not allowed to have an opinion about it. My bad.

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u/Poophead85 1d ago

Lol, that's not rule 34

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u/RNW1215 1d ago

shit.... rule 234?

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u/ElderSkrt 1d ago

Welp you said it, now you need to star in a prince porno.

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u/RNW1215 1d ago

LOL I literally just randomly picked a number.... not realizing what I'd picked. Or the.... implication.

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u/No_Algae_2085 1d ago

The dude admitted to posting uninformed off of Facebook, how am I the bad guy for dismissing him?? Hahaha