Going To The Olympics Frank Romero Analysis

In the painting, "Going To The Olympics" made in 1984 by Frank Romero, there are different things going on all at once. This mural was made in Los Angeles. I was made by a freeway. A couple years ago it was painted over and this lead to Frank Romero taking this situation to court. This mural represents Los Angeles in a way, so for the city to paint over it is very unfortunate. Romero did end up having a case because he did indeed bring up a valid point. He had brought up one of the laws that says he must receive a notice that gives him 30 days to relocate the mural. Frank Romero's ideas on his mural are a good perspective about Los Angeles. These ideas are made by the different types of colors used in the mural which seem to be bright colors referring that the artist has a positive feeling and positive point of view about life in Los Angeles. The use of different paintings in one, such as palm trees, wrestlers and cars create the thoughts of the artist perspective of living in Los Angeles because it shows the idea of what it might it seem like life in Los Angeles for anyone who's passing by and sees the mural, giving themselves an idea of how and what is living life in …show more content…
He's trying to set a good example to people that aren't from here and are visiting, they might believe that Los Angeles is a bad city to come to visit and that it’s one of the worst cities to ever visit. Gangs are mainly the cause of the destruction and the image that Los Angeles and they need to stop cause Frank isn't doing anything bad, he’s trying to make Los Angeles a beautiful place. Romero’s mural was not gang related painting, it wasn’t graffiti, he wasn’t marking territory or anything along those lines. All that mural did was improve the image that Los Angeles has. This mural did not cause any sort of negativity in the area, in fact it did the