Going To The Olympics 1984 Frank Romero Analysis

In the image of Frank Romero's, “Going to the Olympics, 1984," shows cars, hearts, sorcerers, horse, an air balloon saying "Good year," two men fighting or wrestling, and the colors are very bright and mixed together. The painting shows rainbow colors in the hearts which could symbolize gay pride in our society. The cars found in the mural signify the different designs and styles of the automobile industry throughout the decades. The two men that are fighting i would have to agree with what Frank Romero says,“I paint a lot of police brutality or injustices because that's just part of what I see around me,” there are plenty of brutality around us all we just pretend we don't notice them to not get injured and involved in any problem.

I think the image that Frank Romero painted describes exactly how he feels about Los Angeles. That this city isn't very safe by the two men found in the mural fighting. But yet again its a place anyone would dream to got to. The cars in the mural is just like styles of cars over decades and he might have painted it there, because it was on the freeway where cars always pass by. He was asked to do this mural and was also payed for, it was a very good idea to have painted it in an open area where everyone that passes sees it. The artist's choice of colors
Everyone passing by that mural on the freeway would look at it, it was that big. Many years later little tags would be done on his mural he didn't make it a big deal at first, because you couldn't notice it very much. Later on the tagging became bigger and more and that's how the destruction of his mural began. He was not happy about this he was furious how they told him to do this mural but yet they couldn't protect it. He wanted to sue them, he wasn't just some artist he was very known and popular; his piece of work costs a lot and he wasn't going down without a