« Good Fencing News! | Main | Miami, Florida to Lewiston, Maine, with Muhammad Ali »
Traveling Art Show
Graffiti on Sidetracked Boxcars & Railcars along Route 95
Did you ever notice the railcars parked on the sidetracks, lit by the morning sun, as you drive along Rt. 95 between Branch Avenue and Mineral Springs Avenue?
Graffiti Train
I did. And I finally found a free hour this long Memorial Day weekend to find a way over there with my camera and document some of this traveling art show.
BGA # 29
Since the very first graffiti artist pulled a burnt stick out of a stone-age fire and drew the charcoaled end across a cave wall graffiti has been part of our artistic culture. It was there during the high culture of the Greeks and the Romans, and it is of course still with us today.
BGA # 64
BGA # 51
I like to look at and examine the details of the graffiti as much as I like to consider the entire composition.
BGA # 27
I find many fascinating elements in the details that remind me of certain characteristics of modern art since 1900 as developed by artists from Braque and Picasso, through Pollack and Rothko, and on through Rauschenberg, Johns, and DeKooning.
BGA # 49
BGA # 19
But regardless of any art historical connotations, the pictures are simply fun to look at. Enjoy the Traveling Art Show.
BGA # 9
BGA # 17
BGA # 23
BGA # 56
BGA # 58
BGA # 99
BGA # 16
BGA # 50
John Twomey
Posted at May 28, 2005 08:46 PM