Viva La Revolucion exhibition

Wow what a treat this was, I am so pleased that I got to go to something such as this. There were so many things to see explore and read about, I greatly enjoyed all of it. I really liked how some were in a museum then you had to go drive around to find the graffiti that were on buildings and that you could listen to the details of them all from your phone. When I first walked in I was very pleased that you didn’t have to pay if you were under the age of 25, I like museums and all but not when I have to pay a ton of money to go visit them. I walked into one of the rooms and to my left their was a trash can that was moving and had musical beats coming from it, it scared me at first! This piece of artwork was created by David Ellis and his representation of the trash can to me had a very urban feel to it. Next was my favorite piece that I had seen all day, it was titled, Swimming Sisters of Switchback Sea by, Hermanas Nadadoras Del Mat Tornatras. This piece was astonishing! It had so much incorporated into it, including ladders, furniture, and many elements. She has people in cardboard and refers to them as the “forgotten people”. As stated in the definition of the piece, “the presence of nature is seen throughout this piece which she calls, the rebirth of nature. With the mixture of urban wreckage they spiral together to form what is the world and to those who are forgotten.” Truly an inspiring and beautiful piece. Next was my second favorite piece, this one called, Scratching the Surface by Rasgando La Superficie. When I was walking towards it I could clearly see that it was a women’s face with some shadowing but as I approached it more it didn’t look like anything, just some brick that had holes in it. How this artist made this piece was by removing layers of history by cutting into the brick with a chisel and a rotary hammer. What provided the contrast was plaster paint and the brick background. As I walked into the education space their was a piece of art work set on the side wall that was made out of what looked to be plastic and resembled many flowers squished together and you could see all the way through it. Light from the outside shined through it and just added to it’s brilliance. I also greatly enjoyed going into the Dzine room and looking at all the fabulous paintings and tricked out bicycle and carriage, the carriage truly was made for a prince. I also liked that you got a map and could go all around downtown San Diego to look at the different types of graffiti, how people manage to put such masterpieces on scratched and broken down walls is beyond me but never the less amazing.