Frank Romero's 'Going To The Olympics'

In Frank Romero's mural "Going to the Olympics, 1984" shows the city of Los Angeles with the feel of love towards the cars and at times it may get tough but that is the way of life. I think this mural is about how L.A. is the city of dreams. The feel of the mural is love for the cars because on top of the cars are hearts which symbolizes how much we love our cars. The cars if you notice are not the same, which means they are not from the same years and come from different parts. The Goodyear blimp shows that they're in Los Angeles and they are supported.

Today there are world known graffiti artists, Aryz, Kaws, and D Face are just a few. Any artist wants to be recognized and have their work appreciated. That is why public property is so appealing to the graffiti artist. A train car moving throughout the city with your mural on it will be seen by hundreds, even if its up for a small period of time. Most graffiti artists take time to create a piece. It takes a lot of planning and effort to make a great piece of art. Graffiti artists are all about techniques, you need to be able to show you are an expert in your medium. It’s also important for a graffiti artist to find an imaginative spot for a mural, so it’s obvious that it’s hard work. To make graffiti a piece of art it must have purpose and inflict emotion on its audience, which is why the forcefulness of the urban environment is as much as part of the artwork as the graffiti itself. Taggers have no real reason to create graffiti. Nor is what they do visually pleasing.

If you were to go open a dictionary and look up the definition of art, you would see that it has art as “The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination…” (“Art” 2017) and “Works produced by human creative skill and imagination.” (“Art” 2017). From these definitions, graffiti is art, yet in most cases, it’s considered vandalism because it is done without permission of the property. When graffiti is done in a designated place or with the permission of the property owner, then it can truly be considered art. But even if these circumstances are not met, if the graffiti goes beyond a simple tag, it is art.

Films, television, song lyrics, the visual arts, and literature have all at some point capitalized on the car as a central image of what it means to be an American. Cars represent freedom, most of all. Cultivated during the 1950s, imagery of fun-loving Americans cruising down Route 66 or their local main street on a Friday night sent the signal that with a car, one could be anyone, and do anything. Jake in "Love in L.A." traveled to the City of Angels, the city of promise and Hollywood fantasy also the end point of Route 66.

In the article “Born to Run” by Adam Summers, who is an assistant professor of bioengineering and ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Irvine, the author states that throughout time bipedalism has evolved to benefit endurance running. Summers also claims that bipedalism modern humans have differs from the one our early ancestors had. The author relies on the research by Dennis M. Bramble and Daniel E. Lieberman that have improved the understanding of human bipedalism and its evolution. According to Summers, the corrections made by Bramble and Lieberman’s research helped to draw a more accurate picture of an early human.

However, even though graffiti is portrayed as art by many people, some people think that all kinds of graffiti is vandalism. They think that it is a dirty way to destroy a city, and a bad influence to young adults and children growing up. In the article “Vandals hit 18 statues in Grant Park with graffiti” by Carlos Sadovi, public buildings had been covered and nearly destroyed with tags by young teenages. When Sandovi says, “People, especially children, like to go up to the statues and pose with them for pictures and touch them. He said this is the first time they have been vandalized here.” In this case, the children of the city will have to suffer through. People can also argue that the graffiti is a bad influence for the children. However, even though some young teenages decided to vandalize a building, doesn't make graffiti vandalism. There are graffiti artists that even make their paints out of wheat, so that if they

The colors in this mural reflect many different emotions. They may be Stephenson’s feelings towards the subject or our own. Beige neutral colors deliver a calm and relaxing feel. The red on the trains and the rooftop, give out an energetic, powerful impression. The vibrant color of turquoise symbolizes friendship and peace. The orange and yellow sunrise give out warmth and joy that spreads into a pink hue of harmony, symbolizing a bright new day, and a bright new future. All these colors Stephenson used represent simpler times of the southwest before the chaotic takeover of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway also known as AT&SF.

The most significant number of outdoor mural art in the United States is just minutes away from downtown San Diego, but if you’ve visited the city, you’ve probably driven over it without even knowing it. San Diego’s Chicano Park is hidden below the San Diego-Coronado Bridge. More than 70 vibrantly colored murals adorn the support pylons of the freeway overpass. The walls pay tribute to the history of the surrounding Mexican-American and immigrant community called Barrio Logan. In the 1960s, the community was further separated by the formation of the 5 Freeway and the high on-ramps of the San Diego-Coronado Bridge. City leaders didn’t include tenants in the preparation of these projects that destroyed more than 5,000 houses and local businesses.

The article says "...painted over in solid coats of Caltrans gray and judging by the paint, it looks like it was an official wipe-out. Located alongside the 101, they were important enough be conserved, but evidently the constant tagging made it too costly to consider restoring them yet again."because of all the graffiti artists have done they had to cover it up the article says "End is Near for some LA Freeway murals due to Graffiti" the news is sad for artists and people who enjoy seeing the pieces of art while on

Frank Romero might feel inspired in how theres different cars in our city's car culture. Since theres hearts on top of each car it must mean that he likes or love how the cars are design. The artist chose happy colors and colors that go with the Olympics. He puts red meaning of love,blue and green as color of happiness. He has all type of colors in the heart.

The police had no right to get rid of this legally painted mural and the officer that shot michael brown had no right to even draw his weapon. This is similar to the mural of Biggie Smalls in New York, that mural is of a famous rapper that was a known criminal and drug dealer that was killed in gang violence, and if that were ever removed there would be huge riots throughout the surrounding neighborhoods. In this case the mural was of a student that was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Also, the police felt uncomfortable with the mural of him being there because they felt it would lead to them being disrespected, but them removing it will probably lead to more issue than if they had kept it. The police had an irrational fear and the had oppressed the people that wanted the painting to

in the mural "Going to the Olympics, 1984" by Frank Romero what i see on the first image is cars, palm trees, hearts, people fighting, an iron, and an Olympic stamp. each image on this mural has a meaning. The meaning of the cars and the hearts above the cars show that since we are in Los Angeles people in this City love their cars. they cannot do much without their cars, the cars are in a ow because in the freeway their is always traffic, their is always a car behind another. The palm trees also symbolizes Los Angeles because when driving by the freeway you are able to see plenty of palm trees throughout the way. the mural shows an image of to people wrestling because it represents the Olympics. their is another image which is the Olympic

In Frank Romero painting "Going to the Olympics, 1984." Im going to be telling you guys what kind of mood his painting was and how it "transformed" over time. In my opinion on Frank Romero's painting means that we love our cars and our cars mean a lot to us. I say this because our cars get us to places we like to go. In his painting he drew some cars and painted a heart on top of each car. In the other image it basically shows his painting didn't mean anything to other people because years later they tagged on his painting. Also in the other image they covered his painting with another layer of cement.

In Frank Romero's mural "Going to the Olympics," there are many objects and symbols that in my opinion are used to represent life here in Los Angeles. For example, the cars and palm trees painted by Romero are made to depict the type of environment found in Los Angeles, especially downtown. In LA, you would find a lot of traffic especially, on freeways and when large events such as the Olympics were taking place.The Iron located in the top left corner of the mural is made to represent a common prop used in Hollywood movies. In these movies, an iron would often be used to symbolize a spaceship. There are also wrestlers painted at the top of the mural. These wrestlers are used to depict the wrestlers who competed at the olympics in 1984. The

In Frank Romero's painting, "Going to the Olympics" he colors the cars the color of the Olympic rings and I think Romero places a blimp, a horse, two men wrestling, an iron and a stamp above the cars because of the possible activities that occur in the tournament. I think he placed those images above the cars because that can represent what the people in the cars are thinking and wondering if they are going to happen at the Olympics. They seem as if they are on the freeway on their way to the Olympics. The placement of the hearts can be the love between the Olympics, Los Angeles, and their cars. The palm trees represent Los Angeles.