[Leica] Friday Follies

[Nathan Wajsman]

I like the idealized life murals.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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> On 19 Jun 2020, at 12:36, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Greetings to all.  As mentioned last week I stumbled upon a plethora of
> folk art at the dam end of the city lake.  Traditionally this is in East
> Austin which was heavily hispanic and somewhat African American.  In recent
> years it has heavily gentrified as musicians and artists could find
> inexpensive housing which led to younger adults to want to live next to the
> cool kids.  So it was a surprising to find this extensive collection and
> this is maybe 10% on what is essentially two walls and supports for high
> tension wires coming off the hydro electric plant.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Azteca.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Aztec+Sun.jpg.html
> 
> This one is representative of portraits honoring Tejanos who made a
> difference in citizens lives in the 60's:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Raul+Salinas.jpg.html
> 
> This is an older bit of art celebrating life in the home country:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Respecto.jpg.html
> 
> Then we find many murals of idealized life:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/idealized+scene.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/idealized+suburbia.jpg.html
> 
> Last, as we move away from the walls we find different art.  The first is a
> celebration of a child who died from cancer but the parents wanted to offer
> some hope.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Winnie.jpg.html
> 
> This last one is newer with the addition of a little bit of cultural
> appropriation.  Some of the recent protests reached this far from the
> downtown and the work on the left is understandable and not out of the
> spirit of tejano protest:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Please.jpg.html
> 
> So the appellation used is taken from one of the panels discussing how they
> felt about themselves.  As an outsider to the Anglo community of the
> sixties but American citizens they used this nomenclature to say they were
> full blown texans as well as chicano.  For our non US readers many
> residents of Texas consider themselves Texans first and foremost while
> admitting that they might be US citizens as well.  As an example it was
> only maybe 15 years ago that Texas allowed its power grid to be connected
> to the larger US grid.
> 
> All the best until next time.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Don
> don.dory at gmail.com
> -- 
> Don
> don.dory at gmail.com
> 
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