A Little Late, But Let Me Get This Straight...
We are spending a bunch of money on an out-of-town artist to come to El Paso and make images from Loteria on our transit stations out of old car parts?
Look, I love art as much as the next guy. I don't have an artistic bone in my body, unless you count the ability to tell someone to go to hell, in which case, I'm Picasso.
I'd never be the type to say what is and isn't art. But I can say what is and isn't insulting. And this Alameda corridor art project is a slap in the face. As it is there is a problem with blight on Alameda. Its the part of town full run-down car dealerships and parts stores. Its something many are trying to overcome.
And someone that it was a good idea to send money to someone out-of-town to make art out of old car parts in the area of town trying to overcome a stigma? If I didn't know better, I'd think someone was TRYING to perpetuate a stigma rather than have a worthwhile art project.
BTW, I feel I should note that I think Loteria is a distinct cultural icon. So someone isn't creating new art, its just copying something someone else did.
Frankly the idea making an eye out of a wheele and windshield wipers in the part of town that is blighted with run-down car and parts stores is a slap in the face. I guarantee you that putting something like that in the hoity-toity Westside would not fly.
Lets face it, transit gets used the most in the valley, so why can't we make it a priority to make sure its done right. Not with some left-over car parts because symbols are important.
Oh, and here's a wacky idea...why not spend all that feria on LOCAL artists. We have a ton of local artists in town that could come up with some great concepts and then we don't have to export our dollars.
Look, I love art as much as the next guy. I don't have an artistic bone in my body, unless you count the ability to tell someone to go to hell, in which case, I'm Picasso.
I'd never be the type to say what is and isn't art. But I can say what is and isn't insulting. And this Alameda corridor art project is a slap in the face. As it is there is a problem with blight on Alameda. Its the part of town full run-down car dealerships and parts stores. Its something many are trying to overcome.
And someone that it was a good idea to send money to someone out-of-town to make art out of old car parts in the area of town trying to overcome a stigma? If I didn't know better, I'd think someone was TRYING to perpetuate a stigma rather than have a worthwhile art project.
BTW, I feel I should note that I think Loteria is a distinct cultural icon. So someone isn't creating new art, its just copying something someone else did.
Frankly the idea making an eye out of a wheele and windshield wipers in the part of town that is blighted with run-down car and parts stores is a slap in the face. I guarantee you that putting something like that in the hoity-toity Westside would not fly.
Lets face it, transit gets used the most in the valley, so why can't we make it a priority to make sure its done right. Not with some left-over car parts because symbols are important.
Oh, and here's a wacky idea...why not spend all that feria on LOCAL artists. We have a ton of local artists in town that could come up with some great concepts and then we don't have to export our dollars.
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