Local artists have painted a massive mural inside the Fuze Box, a Central Avenue hotspot."Everything was their canvas so they went to town," said Mike Vinci, General Manager of the Fuze Box. Last month, sculptor and painter Samson Contompasis approached the club about the project, and they thought it was a great idea, Vinci said.
Contompasis and nine other artists spent two weeks at the club, working nights to complete the floor-to-ceiling scenes to the bar-room, stage and loft. Today, winged bottles dance and weave through familiar building-scapes, including the Alfred E. Smith Building, Lark Street's rowhouses, and the long-abandoned downtown refrigeration plant, for a look that is both industrial and whimsical. Here and there, larger figures--a snowy owl, a photograph of a woman, large guns--appear in the landscape, providing texture. The project culminated in an art show at the club on October 1, with smaller pieces done by the artists exhibited on the freshly-painted walls, and sold.
The show was so well-attended that club extended it, participating in Lark Street's First Friday and remaining open through the weekend. News of the show traveled fast, and mostly by word of mouth, and the club was filled through the art appreciators through the Monday. "People just love it," Vinci said.
The club, which has been open for seven years, has done art shows in the past and and hopes to do more, Vinci said. They also plan to continue participating in the First Friday monthly arts crawl.
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