The Runners was an outdoor mural by then-26-year-old architect James McQuiston, located on the east side of the annex to the Barnes and Thornburg Building at 7 E. Washington Street in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The mural occupied the east wall of this five-story commercial building. The mural was the result of a 1975 contest sponsored by the Urban Walls Task force of the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee and the Indianapolis Department of Parks and Recreation. It was dedicated on ... view more »
The Runners was an outdoor mural by then-26-year-old architect James McQuiston, located on the east side of the annex to the Barnes and Thornburg Building at 7 E. Washington Street in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The mural occupied the east wall of this five-story commercial building. The mural was the result of a 1975 contest sponsored by the Urban Walls Task force of the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee and the Indianapolis Department of Parks and Recreation. It was dedicated on November 20, 1975, and was one of the first contemporary-style public artworks to have been installed in the city.
The mural depicts a stylized assortment of human figures in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors, all running upward in a single direction and trailing off into the distance. Some are only seen in silhouette. It was meant as an expression of humor, motion, and color. The scene was depicted as if through windows in an abstract fashion, to recall what might have been the view from the interior of the adjacent structure that had been destroyed in a fire in 1974.
The mural was removed in September 2020 when the building owner made necessary repairs.
Full information available here:Â https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Runners_(Urban_Wall)
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