Argumentative Essay On Rob Millard-Mendez

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The impression we have on Rob Millard-Mendez is that he Cares about environmental issues like global warming, pollution and climate change. We feel that Millard-Mendez is a straightforward person very serious and adventurous for the way he created the sculpture with reclaimed objects-- a person who can read between the lines. We always feel that Millard-Mendez is very clever for the way he created his art pieces. For example, Millard-Mendez created different types of boats but each boats had their own story behind the way they were created. We feel that every art piece that Rob Millard-Mendez created had either and story or an important message behind it. We feel that was the common denominator for each piece, no sculpture was left behind without …show more content…
We think that Millard-Mendez would be very well spoken and knowledgeable to what is going on around him in the world. We think that Mendez would be a person who wants his audience to ask question concerning his art pieces and for the audience to try and figure out what is going on for themselves. The major concerns Millard- Mendez mentions is global warming and environmental issues. Rob Millard-Mendez stated ”every piece of wood in the sculpture is recycled/re-purposed. The hull of the boat is made from 100+ year old poplar that was salvaged from a partially burned, razed building in downtown Evansville. The painted wood on the base and tower of the piece was rescued from the curb on trash day. Even the thick blue plastic ‘water’ on the base of the piece was made out of worn-out storage totes pulled from the trash.” Mendez created his sculpture “The plan B boat” to show his audience that he is not only concern about global warming and environmental issues but is also going to display that in the way he created his artifact. Mendez does not just talk about his concerns he shows it through his work. Rob Millard-Mendez grew up in small town in Indiana around mills and machine he seen first hand on how the coal mining was one of the reasons for the concerns in climate change, global warming and also

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