Nov 28,2014 – Asheville photos are used here, but – this is really a photo essay about the humanization of any city or dwelling space via public street art. I was a thinkin’ “We humanize our cities via the art we display in public space, not via the indoor art museums– the art displayed in the cities inspirational space — it is the city’s gallery of life.” Lascaux Caves are in southwestern France are located near the village of Montignac. They are famous for the Paleolithic cave paintings. These paintings are estimated to be 17,300 years old. Over 17,000 years ago they defined humanization of their public gathering places (caves) – sort of like a prehistoric city’s street art.
Art in a cave: was it a city, public place??? – The Upper Paleolithic (or Upper Palaeolithic, Late Stone Age) is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe, Africa and Asia. Very broadly, it dates to between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago, roughly coinciding with the appearance of behavioral modernity and before the advent of agriculture.“Art of several media combined to create one – wood work, wheelwright, oil paint, wood carve, color pallet, wagon designer – where’s the horse?”“We love our dogs and want you to enjoy bath time with them”“We build outside cave walls to tell stories of our beloved animals” 17,000 years from now, humans will spend hours interrupting the meaning of the writing’s on this wall.What where those dwellers 17,000 years ago saying on this inside out cave wall?- Did they not have iPads with cameras? “We have inside out caves on rails”
The city left a mystery “17,000 years from now they will try to find long buried seeds to try and bring this vine back to life”Giant tool to press the cloths of local dwellers – where did the giants live?17,000 years from now archeologists will search for the green giant – they will say they found records of Jolly ones that lived in gardens?The art of the meal. 17,000 years from now they will search not only for vines but for a plant that has such a beautiful flower
The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a gallery of human leavings. The Asheville gallery is a beauty because as Plato said “This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.” In Asheville they are artists, they laugh in their Cafe’ and they welcome all.
Study a rose and you see details in it’s petals – Study a city’s gallery of street art and see details of it’s life.
Leave a Reply