Mashhad Murals: Lost Identity Amid Commissions and Occasions

A city's walls are not merely surfaces for covering cement, brick and visual pollution. In many cities around the world, murals have become part of the city's visual identity and cultural narrative. Large-scale works seen by residents, pilgrims and tourists can help shape the image visitors form of the city.

The walls of a city are not just surfaces to cover cement, bricks and visual pollution; In many cities of the world, mural painting has become a part of the visual identity and cultural narrative of the city. Works that are in large dimensions and exposed to citizens, pilgrims and tourists, can form a part of the image that the audience forms of that city in their mind.