This website is cool to look at because it shows how culture plays a huge part in creating art. Growing up in a place you are able to get the ins and outs of the space around you, but once you go away like Romare did in his travels, you can look at your environment growing up in a completely different way. You realize things you may have never realized before.
I also think its interesting to read how he made "The Block" and with what materials he used. Looking at it from a distance you wouldnt be able to really tell there are different materials. But once you notice the different textures used you see the collages and drawings and ripped up colored paper. The colors really make this work stand out and brings out the rich culture of Harlem. The different shapes also make certain parts stand out, yet all the 8 pannels come together and fit perfectly to form a block looking street. He exaggerated the size and colors of certain things to make them stand out more to the eye. By looking at "The Block" everyone will see different things in a different way. It is meant to carry your eye from inside the apartments to outside gatherings.
This artist was cool to look at because he really took the culture around him and made it his own and how he viewed it by making it into this artwork piece.
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