Man Who Fell to Earth — artwork #10024 by Manik Raj Nakra · Austin, United States
graffiti mural mythology icarus contemporary-austin jones-center
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Manik Raj Nakra, born in 1982 in Olympia, Washington and based in Austin, is a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, drawing, woodblock printing, collage and ceramic stucco. A 2004 BA graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, he has built a twenty-year practice drawing on traditional Indian iconography, Mughal painting, colonial relics and ancient mythologies. His work deploys a …
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Added 20/04/2026
Monumental mural installed in December 2023 on the façade of The Contemporary Austin — Jones Center in the heart of Congress Avenue. The fourth commission in the museum's façade series, following Deborah Roberts, Daniel Johnston and Jenny Holzer, the work draws on the Greek myth of Icarus to unfold a dense bestiary — leopard, snakes, birds — woven into a landscape of trees and clouds where Indian iconography, Mughal motifs and Roman architecture collide.
The artwork L'Homme tombé sur Terre is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Austin in United States, more precisely here: 700 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701.
This graffiti is also tagged as: mural, mythology, icarus, contemporary-austin, jones-center.
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