IKEA Commission

Geometric forms and bold color command the wall in IKEA Commission, a mural by Brandon Gaia Marshall created for the former IKEA retail location in Memphis, Tennessee. The composition layers fragmented imagery—furniture silhouettes, architectural elements, vintage microphones, and abstracted human profiles—across the surface in a rhythm that moves left to right. Bright yellow and cobalt blue dominate, punctuated by red, orange, and black shapes that create visual momentum across the wood panel support.

The work draws heavily from Cubism and Pop Art vocabularies, fragmenting recognizable objects into overlapping planes and sharp angles. Yellow and blue geometric forms anchor furniture shapes throughout, while silhouetted profiles in cobalt blue emerge against the yellow field. Red and orange bursts frame the composition at both edges, suggesting energy or emphasis. Text fragments and numeric dates surface across the mural, lending it the layered, collage-like quality of Pop Art.

The mural's shallow depth and constructed planes create visual depth without illusionism. Each element—microphone, chair, building profile, human head—maintains distinct graphic clarity while participating in an overall interlocking system. The acrylic medium on wood panel allows crisp edges and flat color application, reinforcing the geometric sensibility throughout.