Going To The Olympics Frank Romero Analysis

In Frank Romero's mural "Going to the Olympics, 1984" the artist depicts life in LA through a number of images and symbols. What I see are: cars, hearts over the cars, palm trees, men wrestling, a blimp with the words "a goodyear", a horse, and a stamp. The palm trees in my opinion represent the weather in LA. The men and the horse represent the Olympics. The stamp can represent the souvenirs in LA. The blimp represents life in LA.

In Frank Romero's mural " Going to the Olympics, 1984" the artist paints hearts above the cars. Based on this image I believe Romero feels proud and happy about LA's car culture. His choice of colors and shapes creates a happy and cheerful mood of life in Los Angeles. For example, the hearts create a cheerful mood, while the bright colors, like red, blue, green create a happy mood. Some may say, Romero feels differently about LA's car culture. They may say he took a sarcastic
approach to the painting when he decided to create hearts above the cars. However, if this were true what message would he be trying to send by creating hearts above the cars? Moreover, Romero uses bright colors on the cars creating a happy mood.
Frank Romero’s artwork “Going to the Olympics, 1984” was vandalized and painted over by the city. After Romero's mural was painted over in 2007, Glenna Boltuch Avila's "L.A. Freeway Kids" and Willie Herrón III's "Luchas del Mundo" were going to be painted over as well.The fact that these works were going to be erased made the debate about the value of the Los Angeles murals louder. "Going to the Olympics," is part of MCLA's mission to have as many murals from the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival, a Los Angeles civic program timed with the 1984 Olympics, to be restored in time for the 30th Anniversary of the games in 2014. MCLA credits private donors, for making this next restoration possible. Now Frank Romero’s mural overlooking the freeway is the next major work mural being restored by the mural conservancy of Los Angeles.
Frank Romero’s artwork “Going to the Olympics” was painted over by Caltrans. I agree with the artist’s response to the destruction of his artwork to most extent. No one deserves their artwork to be destroyed to no extent. The Feeling of one’s hard work being destroyed is indescribable. The caltrans should have asked romero or warned him at least that they were going to paint over his artwork. They had no right to destroy his artwork. Frank Romero was right to sue the caltrans for painting over his work because it was not their property nor did they have the right to destroy it. Some may say Romero had no right to sue caltrans because they had good reason to paint over his drawing. Well, they didn't warn him or give him any notice and even if they did have a good reason to paint over his artwork they had no right to do so. I agree with Frank romero’s reaction to the most extent.
Frank Romero’s artwork “Going to the Olympics” was painted over by caltrans.
The city of Los Angeles response to the destruction of mural artwork is filled with upset and distraught emotions. The people of Los Angeles enjoyed looking at the murals painted in L.A. Donna Williams remembers how those images transformed her commute. "It was always a pleasure to come to certain parts of the freeway and see the murals that you loved. Some you liked, some you didn’t like so much. They were there. And like all art, it was evocative," Donna said. Art advocates in L.A hold hope that these murals will boost civic pride again someday. I agree with the city of Los Angeles response to the destruction of mural artwork to the most extent because I understand how art can boost energy in a city and pride as well. Some may say they don't agree with the city of Los Angeles response because art doesn’t boost civic pride. However I say they are wrong because I am part of the city of Los Angeles and I believe it does boost civic pride and even provides energy in the city as
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A moral ethical response to taggers’ destruction of the artistic murals in Los Angeles would be to feel anger towards the taggers and want justice for the artist of the mural and the mural itself. The murals should be there to start with because they boost civic pride and bring positive energy to the city of Los Angeles. These murals are very worth protecting and restoring because they represent L.A and it’s culture. The best way to save our city’s artwork is to relocate them to safer places where there is surveillance. Taggers should be responsible for the expense of the restoration of the murals.