{"id":8443,"date":"2026-09-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=8443"},"modified":"2026-09-22T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T17:00:00","slug":"emmy-star-browns-vivid-murals-channel-youthfulness-and-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=8443","title":{"rendered":"Emmy Star Brown\u2019s Vivid Murals Channel Youthfulness and Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brown-4.jpeg\" alt=\"Emmy Star Brown\u2019s Vivid Murals Channel Youthfulness and Play\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vibrant, amorphous shapes intersect with squiggles and occasional geometric lettering in the murals of Chicago-based artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emmystarbrown.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emmy Star Brown<\/a>. She describes her studio practice as a space where her inner child emerges, paring down her expressions to formal qualities of line, shape, and contrast. In her large-scale installations on urban buildings, which draw on her background in visual communications and advertising, both interior and exterior surfaces transform into energetic, edge-to-edge romps of color.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown\u2019s work is currently on view alongside that of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/danym-kwon\">Danym Kwon<\/a> in <em>The Peace of Wild Things <\/em>at <a href=\"https:\/\/joymachine.art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joy Machine<\/a>. See more on the artist\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/emmystarbrown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1055\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brown-2.jpg\" alt=\"a colorful, abstract mural on a wall by Emmy Star Brown\" class=\"wp-image-477949\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brown-7.jpg\" alt=\"a colorful, abstract mural on a wall by Emmy Star Brown\" class=\"wp-image-477946\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brown-6.jpg\" alt=\"a colorful, abstract mural on a wall by Emmy Star Brown\" class=\"wp-image-477945\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brown-3.jpeg\" alt=\"a colorful, abstract mural on an interior wall by Emmy Star Brown\" class=\"wp-image-477950\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brown-1.jpg\" alt=\"a colorful, abstract mural on a pair of garage doors by Emmy Star Brown, with the words &quot;sustain&quot; and &quot;preserve&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-477948\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brown-8.jpg\" alt=\"a colorful, abstract mural by Emmy Star Brown on the underside of a high-rise building&apos;s raised platform\" class=\"wp-image-477947\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/brown-5.jpg\" alt=\"artist Emmy Star Brown is seated at the base of a colorful abstract mural as she puts on finishing touches\" class=\"wp-image-477952\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\">Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2026\/09\/emmy-star-brown-murals\/\">Emmy Star Brown\u2019s Vivid Murals Channel Youthfulness and Play<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/\">Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vibrant, amorphous shapes intersect with squiggles and occasional geometric lettering in the murals of Chicago-based artist Emmy Star Brown. 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