South Korea grain silo now world’s largest mural

Sayeed Muhammad of DOT
A dreary grain silo that was transformed into an enormous colourful artwork in South Korea has been put on the list of the largest outdoor mural in the world, by Guinness World Records.
The painting depicting a young boy’s journey into adulthood covers the outside of giant storage containers in Incheon city, which west of capital Seoul, covering 23,688 square meters, reports AFP.
It was commissioned by the city’s government and port authority in a bid to improve the negative view of aged industrial facilities–an idea which originated from the community art projects of the 1920s that swept the US and its neighbouring Mexico.
Twenty-two artists used more than 850,000 litres of paint to tell the story which reflects the seasons and resembles 16 individual book covers, at a cost of US$487,000.
It topples the previous record holder by a significant margin – the Pueblo Levee Project in Pueblo, in the US state of Colorado, at 16,554 square meters.
The government and port officials also expect the mural to boost to tourism on Wolmi Island, one of the top tourist spots near Incheon.