''Capax Infiniti'', or ''Capax Infiniti (Holding the Infinite)'',
is a 2014 mural by South African artist
Faith47
Faith47 / Faith XLVII (born Cape Town, 1979) is a South African interdisciplinary artist who has held solo exhibitions in Miami (2018), New York City (2015), , painted on the side of the Carlyle Building, located at 1114 Southwest Washington Street, in
downtown
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Portland, Oregon
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, in the United States.
Description
The mural depicts a slightly disheveled woman looking away from the viewer, and wringing her hands behind her back. The artist said of the work that "I want it to look like it’s been there for a long time. I enjoy working with things that are slightly ghostly. It’s like existing in two spaces at once."
History
The painting was funded by the Public Art Murals Program and private donors, and is administered by the
Regional Arts & Culture Council.
[ The project was facilitated by the nonprofit mural project Forest for the Trees.]The Oregonian
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Reception
Marta Yousif of the '' Daily Vanguard'' included ''Capax Infiniti'' in her 2019 list of "Top 10 Most Instagrammable Murals in Portland". ''Parade
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'' Kristin Luna said the mural was Oregon's best in her 2019 overview, "Murals Across America: The Very Best Street Art in Every State".
See also
* 2014 in art
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Events
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References
External links
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Art Dept: Capax Infinity
at ''Arstlandia''
{{Public art in Portland, Oregon
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