Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like the idealized life murals. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > On 19 Jun 2020, at 12:36, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > Greetings to all. As mentioned last week I stumbled upon a plethora of > folk art at the dam end of the city lake. Traditionally this is in East > Austin which was heavily hispanic and somewhat African American. In recent > years it has heavily gentrified as musicians and artists could find > inexpensive housing which led to younger adults to want to live next to the > cool kids. So it was a surprising to find this extensive collection and > this is maybe 10% on what is essentially two walls and supports for high > tension wires coming off the hydro electric plant. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Azteca.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Aztec+Sun.jpg.html > > This one is representative of portraits honoring Tejanos who made a > difference in citizens lives in the 60's: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Raul+Salinas.jpg.html > > This is an older bit of art celebrating life in the home country: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Respecto.jpg.html > > Then we find many murals of idealized life: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/idealized+scene.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/idealized+suburbia.jpg.html > > Last, as we move away from the walls we find different art. The first is a > celebration of a child who died from cancer but the parents wanted to offer > some hope. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Winnie.jpg.html > > This last one is newer with the addition of a little bit of cultural > appropriation. Some of the recent protests reached this far from the > downtown and the work on the left is understandable and not out of the > spirit of tejano protest: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Please.jpg.html > > So the appellation used is taken from one of the panels discussing how they > felt about themselves. As an outsider to the Anglo community of the > sixties but American citizens they used this nomenclature to say they were > full blown texans as well as chicano. For our non US readers many > residents of Texas consider themselves Texans first and foremost while > admitting that they might be US citizens as well. As an example it was > only maybe 15 years ago that Texas allowed its power grid to be connected > to the larger US grid. > > All the best until next time. > > > -- > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > -- > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information