Los Angeles is a well-known city; several murals are painted throughout the freeways. What's better than art, to be able to get distracted while being stuck in traffic? Los Angeles residents have taken much love and passion for their automobiles, especially with all the freeways it has. Many murals either had to be restored or taken down, many muralists were angry that the city didn't "take care" of the murals as much as they should've. Murals have a historical meaning behind it, for example, Frank Romero's mural "Going to the Olympics" in the Hollywood freeway. The historical event behind Frank Romero's mural was the 1984 Olympics that were hosted in Los Angeles.
In an article named "Muralist Frank Romero sues Caltrans for painting over freeway work" written by Mike Boehm, he discusses how Frank Romero wanted to sue the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) because of the tagging that was over his painting. "Romero used a combination of bright and pastel colors and a cartoon-like style to depict five cars driving in a row against a backdrop of palm trees; a valentine heart hovered above each vehicle." As you can see in the mural, it has …show more content…
"Going to the Olympics," is the next major work mural being restored by the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles." It's a good idea to restore this painting since he's a well-known artist and brought a lot of attention to the Los Angeles County, but is it really worth paying for it to get renewed? "Today we were finally able to begin the process officially. The restoration will take approximately 10 weeks." Better late than never, but the process of restoration had to be delayed because of the weather, later in the article it said it was going to be able to be restored by 2014, its 30th anniversary since the mural was painted by Frank
In an article named "Muralist Frank Romero sues Caltrans for painting over freeway work" written by Mike Boehm, he discusses how Frank Romero wanted to sue the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) because of the tagging that was over his painting. "Romero used a combination of bright and pastel colors and a cartoon-like style to depict five cars driving in a row against a backdrop of palm trees; a valentine heart hovered above each vehicle." As you can see in the mural, it has …show more content…
"Going to the Olympics," is the next major work mural being restored by the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles." It's a good idea to restore this painting since he's a well-known artist and brought a lot of attention to the Los Angeles County, but is it really worth paying for it to get renewed? "Today we were finally able to begin the process officially. The restoration will take approximately 10 weeks." Better late than never, but the process of restoration had to be delayed because of the weather, later in the article it said it was going to be able to be restored by 2014, its 30th anniversary since the mural was painted by Frank