A Gallery by Daniel Randle Judith Baca was born September 20, 1946 in to a Mexican American family....
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A Gallery by Daniel Randle The World as a Canvas
A Gallery by Daniel Randle Judith Baca was born September 20, 1946 in to a Mexican American family. She grew up in Watts California and attended California
Judith Baca was born September 20, 1946 in to a Mexican
American family. She grew up in Watts California and attended
California State University, Northridge where she earned her
masters degree in art. She first got a job at her former high
school but was fired for participating in protest marches. She then
went on to get a job for the US Army Corps of Engineers to fix up a
part of San Fernando to look better. The Mural on the concrete wall
was the result of her project. It was painted by over 400 people
over the course of a couple summers and was finished in 1984. I
thought the piece fit very well in the gallery because the style is
very similar to all of the other sidewalk paintings.
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Kurt Wenner is an international sidewalk mural painter who is
known for his incredible portrayals of 3D scenes. In fact he is
credited with creating 3D sidewalk art. He got his first commission
at age 17 and has worked for many companies/people since including
NASA! This piece is just one of his incredible sidewalk murals and
was created sometime in 2007. I chose it because it follows my
theme nicely and it is incredible!
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Here is another sidewalk mural by Kurt Wenner that is
absolutely huge! No date provided or location for that matter
Somewhere in Europe! These sidewalk paintings arent very well
documented. I picked this painting because along with matching the
rest of my gallery it is breathtaking. One man made that. I dont
understand it How?????
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Christo was born in Bulgaria June 13 of 1935 and Jean-Claude
was born June 13 1935. They met each other in Paris in 1958 and
began producing environmental works of arts with each other. It
didnt take long for the couple to get noticed and become very
popular. This work here is called The Gates and was created in
2005. The couple spent around $21,000,000 dollars on the project
they had 7,503 vinyl gates installed throughout Central Park in New
York. These gates were installed February 12 and were disassembled
February 27. I chose this peace because the artists created a
massive piece of art on the face of New York City. Nothing had ever
been done quite like this before.
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Julian Beever is a sidewalk artist that has made a name for
himself with his incredible optical illusion sidewalk paintings. He
is based in England but travels all around the world to paint his
murals. He first designs his works on paper and then transfers the
piece to the sidewalk to do this he positions a camera that he can
go look in to from time to time to make sure the piece is going as
he wants. The piece to the left is just one of his many pieces it
is called Taking the Plunge. The website does not give a date for
the pieces creation. I chose this piece it fits with my theme of
making art out of the environment around, and because no matter how
long I look at this piece I cannot make my mind believe that he is
not diving off of the diving board. Fantastic!
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This is another sidewalk painting by Julian Beever that is
called Meeting Mr. Frog. Once again there is no date given on the
painting. These paintings just perplex me. I dont understand how
these artists do this. I chose this piece to go with my gallery for
the obvious reason that is it is art made on the environment. No
cloth/paper canvas here.