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Alejandro Gonzalez

Professor Batty

English 101

May 18, 2017

An Abstract View Of Americas Great Leaders

Freedom of speech does not always have to be verbal but, could also be displayed as

street art such as the mural I have chosen which is a very colorful, abstract painting of the great

American treasure known as Mount Rushmore painted by an underground Jamaican street artist

that goes by the name as Kobra which is known for doing very abstract portraits using many

colors and shapes. This mural is displayed in the city of Los Angeles which is a great place to

show off this mural that signifies the independence of this great country by displaying our great

Presidents, there is also the close attention to the detail of every feature it has, the

attention of shading in this painting which makes a very masterful in an artistic way, and the

other great thing is why the street artist Kobra chose this particular landmark to celebrate Fourth

of July.

This mural does shows off the most american mountain ever made in our history of these

United States of America. These were great men who were our presidents throughout the

hundreds and hundreds of years who also lead us to historical times and to our great

achievements and now they are displayed as an abstract art piece that is very patriotic. In an
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wikipedia profile it says He is notable for painting murals, usually depicting portraits with a

technique which shows he is quite talented. All of the Presidents still have their wonderful

features and the mountain is still its original piece. The way it is being presented makes you

think of America and all the Presidents that help and shape our beautiful country that we live in

today and it is being done in a very unique way. To conclude this paragraph, the mural does its

job by representing our home country pride by using a historic mountain, Mount Rushmore and

doing it justice and executing just perfect that everyone can agree this is patriotic.

The way this mural was drawn in Los Angeles is in a street wall that has literally the most

detail to color and shading and great attention to it. This is an abstract painting, so this has

perfect lines all around it and in the mountain. There is also an massive amount of shapes

all over and inside the painting. Just with your first sight of this painting you can obviously see

the mind bending pattern of colors and how they were painted on too this canvas. The variety of

colors is enormous just a crazy amount of colors inside the mountain and out the painting. In an

article from My Modern Met it says Kobra who is highly known for doing this type of art

using wild colors and photo realism. The conclusion of this paragraph is that the point is made

the painting perfectly uses colors and detailed shading and is being shown off in a great way for

the city.

The great american landmark known as Mount Rushmore was the absolute best

choice for a mural for Independence day and that is why it was chosen for this painting and too

be display. This mural was presented just in time for the great day of Independence day just a

couple days before it, it was display in Los Angeles and everyone agreed this choice was the
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best. It was such a unique choice and much pride was shown and the display was huge everyone

can see it from far away and just feel the american pride it displays. An article name Lost At E

Minor says the artist wanted to do this for the special day that we celebrate America. The best

Presidents are on here George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and

Abraham Lincoln and they left a huge impact, so they were perfect too be sculpted and now

shown in a new reimagination in a way only a talented artist from the streets can pull of. I

conclude this paragraph that this mural came together for the pride of Independence day and

allow the Mount Rushmore to be redesign for the joy of art and for patriotic pride.

Although there may be some people that may disagree with the template being displayed

in this mural as very abstract, colorful, and very street like way. I counter that argument with it

shows so much pride for our country and you can not argue against and what i mean about it is

that the mural that Kobra made shows the mountain still the same just more artistic view for the

street culture. You can even argue every color could signify something more bigger more

unifying for the people of Los Angeles. So, that is my argument it is still the same good patriotic

mountain that is a staple in our great country.

To conclude this essay all about this mural that features the legendary Mount Rushmore

that the amazing street artist that goes by Kobra did the most amazing job on painting this

magnificent, colorful, and very patriotic mural in the great city of Los Angeles on a great day

Independence Day. You can just take a look for yourself and gaze at it and have your own
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opinion and have over one hundred words to describe this art masterpiece. This painting will

stay up for the future years to display our nations greats and marvelous mountain. With my

personal thoughts i do believe this is a work of art and done in a original way and makes me feel

patriotic and makes me feel proud to be an American.

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Works Cited

By: Anonymous, Eduardo Kobra, Wikipedia, October 28, 2016

By: Denimu, LAs giant Mount Rushmore street mural, Lost At E Minor, July 12, 2012

By: Eugene Kim, L.As Giant Mount Rushmore Street Mural, My Modern Met , July 9, 2012
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Kobra: Mount Rushmore Mural