Hi, My friend said that she lives out of town and always likes to see the mural. She said we should take it to the mayor and they should put it on the new school. She is interested working to help preserve it. Her email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yours, Sharon At 09:54 AM 7/2/02 -0400, you wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >About Sidney Goodman: > >http://www.artchive.com/artchive/G/goodman.html > >Thanks, > >John Ellingsworth >Project Leader >Virtual Curriculum > >- ----- Original Message ----- >From: "R a y R o r k e" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Anthony West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 9:34 AM >Subject: Re: [UC] I contain multitudes > > > > Anthony West wrote: > > >rrorke wrote: > > > >> speaking of murals, does anyone know the fate of one of my > > > >> favorites (on 40th). it's the one with the boy that says I am > > > >> large I contain > > > multitudes. > > > >> I saw recently that they're building something right next to > > > >> it, and as I caught the last glimpse of the mural through the > > > >> girders I wondered if it was being re-painted elsewhere or > > > >> what... > > > > > >James wrote: > > > > I have heard that the mural is to be repainted on the new > > > > building. However, I am not sure of the source or his quality. > > > > > >Goodness, I hope that's true! There's been much talk of preserving > > >stuff around here of late, but nothing discussed on this list > > >this year more deserves preservation -- perhaps "recreation" is a > > >better word -- than this stirring, haunting work of art. > > > > > >Moviegoers may recall the (Oscar-winning, I believe) Bruce > > >Springsteen title song for the film "Philadelphia" (the AIDS > > >story). In the video for this song, Springsteen lopes mournfully > > >along a number of Philadelphia streets while the camera captures > > >scenes behind him. "I am large -- I contain multitudes" is > > >lovingly featured in this video. Indeed, it may be the most > > >widely noticed University City artwork ever as a result. > > > > > >For me it's the intimate scale and the personal memories that > > >matter. For 20 years I've made a point of driving out-of-town > > >visitors past that mural to show it off. It moves me and my wife > > >every time we pass. Now it moves my 9-year-old son as well, > > >although he does not know the layer of literary allusion that > > >underlies it. It derives much of its power from its shabby > > >surroundings, caught in a transient and transitory vacant lot > > >between university and ghetto, not really owned by either. A > > >metaphor for us, maybe. > > > > > >Part of the beauty of Philadelphia's huge stock of murals is that > > >they're functional and impermanent works -- open, living art that > > >is called into being only when what really should be there -- a > > >building -- disappears. So it's a sign of health and new life > > >when a vacant lot is no longer vacant and no longer needs a > > >mural. But in this case, this mural has earned a life of its own. > > >I hope it finds it. > > > > > >-- Tony West > > > > > > dude. what you wrote. beautiful. > > > > I called the mural arts program 215.685.0750 and was told that > > there were no plans to repaint the mural elsewhere. that there had > > been talk of redoing it in mosaics, but that fell through. so the > > mural will remain obscured. tis sad. > > > > "Boy with Raised Arms" (1992) by Sidney Goodman. 40th + Powelton. > > > > maybe we could raise a posse to get the mural repainted somewhere? > > enlist the support of neighborhood groups to launch a campaign to > > save the mural? sound like a plan? > > > > mural arts program 1729 Mt Vernon St Phila PA 19130. Jane Golden, > > director. > > > > ---- > > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, > > see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> > >iQA/AwUBPSGwsAbexkNIm1OFEQIsOQCfZOycCaS9VvXE8HykEjMo9+urBZgAnjvX >3j5WvXGxuv37Ir+/XQE3MeHx >=mpS6 >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >---- >You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see ><http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
