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Work gets started on giant Bob Dylan mural

Work began Thursday on a giant mural of Bob Dylan planned for downtown Minneapolis by Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra and his team.

August 28, 2015 at 7:03PM
The work has begun and will will continue over the next two weeks as Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra and his team of five artists -- three from Brazil and two from Minnesota -- attack the blank wall using boom lifts and air compressors to create a three-paneled image of musician Bob Dylan.
The work has begun and will will continue over the next two weeks as Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra and his team of five artists -- three from Brazil and two from Minnesota -- attack the blank wall using boom lifts and air compressors to create a three-paneled image of musician Bob Dylan. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Work began Thursday on a giant mural of Bob Dylan planned for downtown Minneapolis.

Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra has a team of five artists on the job, three from Brazil and two from Minnesota.

The 60-foot tall, 150-wide portrait of the Minnesota native will fill a whitewashed wall at the corner of 5th Street and Hennepin Avenue S.

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