Going To The Olympics, 1984 By Frank Romero

In the artwork "Going to the Olympics , 1984" by Frank Romero, i see that is has a lot of meanings to it. it has a lot of little pictures in the big picture. The biggest thing that stands out are the cars. The cars mean there is a lot of traffic out here in Los Angeles. As you can tell the cars have the same colors as the olympics logo. There are also some big hearts on top of each car. It might mean that there is love all around the air. It could also mean thats he really loves join to the olympics. In the top middle of the picture there is a blimp. The blimp could stand for the nice view that Los Angeles has. The meaning of the palm trees could be the nice sunny weather we get out here. The two guys fighting at the very top could be what he would like to do if he was in the olympics.

He paints the cars the color of the olympic rings that being green, red, yellow, and blue and besides that these colors are vibrant and make the artwork pop. The mood the picture gives is uplifting and aftonishing because of the vibrant color the mural has. The colors is what makes it portrayed as a happy image because of the use of bright color and the lack of dull colors. Romero puts these cars so close to eachother to represent the traffic here in Los Angeles.

In 1984 people saw Romero's artwork and were amazed by it and cared for it until 2001 were they began to care less for it. People began to care less for it in 2001 which led to tagging and damage on his mural. Drivers began to notice tagging on his artwork but they did nothing about it, because they weren't damaging there cars or property. Since no one said a word about his work being damaged the city stopped caring for it. Romero then complained to the city about it, they said they would fix but they never and they just painted over it. The people became immune to taggers since to harm was being done to