Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Person: Simon Rodia
Homage to Mike Mattio, Master Plumber
Isaiah Zagar,
2000
* images, names, and a quote referencing William Blake,
Paul Cezanne,
Ornette Coleman,
Charles Darwin,
Miles Davis,
Eric Dolphy,
Donatello,
El Greco,
Duke Ellington,
Ella Fitzgerald,
Paul Gauguin,
Stan Getz,
Wassily Kandinsky,
Brenda Kunda,
Laocoon,
Laozi,
Mike Mattio,
Katie McNamara,
Henry Chapman Mercer,
Thelonius Monk,
Henry Moore,
Edvard Munch,
Simon Rodia,
Henri Rousseau,
Clarence Schmidt,
Rebecca Sloan,
Paolo Uccello,
Vincent van Gogh
and
Johannes Vermeer
* big
standing person,
wearing a hat
and carrying a plunger and wrench,
right side up and upside down faces,
crouching person,
names and other words,
a Darwin finch
* The list of referenced people was compiled by looking at pictures, watching the video, and web searches. There may be more.
* inscription:
(2 excerpts from the intermingled text; the second is a Laozi quote):
Rembembering
the bath tub
the warm water
the big people
their hands
their faces
everyone giggling
There was something formlessly fashioned that existed before Heaven & Earth
without sound without substance
dependent on nothing
unchanging all pervading unfailing
* Reed St. wall.
South side of Bainbridge West of 5th.
* 39.940935,-75.151450 [map] [nearby]
* On the Lombard-South tour
* Exhibits: Mosaic
* See also:
+ facebook video about this piece
+phillymagicgardens.org
+wikipedia.org's William Blake page
+wikipedia.org's Paul Cezanne page
+wikipedia.org's Ornette Coleman page
+wikipedia.org's Charles Darwin page
+wikipedia.org's Miles Davis page
+wikipedia.org's Eric Dolphy page
+wikipedia.org's Donatello page
+wikipedia.org's El Greco page
+wikipedia.org's Duke Ellington page
+wikipedia.org's Ella Fitzgerald page
+wikipedia.org's Paul Gauguin page
+wikipedia.org's Stan Getz page
+wikipedia.org's Wassily Kandinsky page
+wikipedia.org's Laocoon page
+ wikipedia.org's Laozi page
+wikipedia.org's Henry Chapman Mercer page
+wikipedia.org's Thelonius Monk page
+wikipedia.org's Henry Moore page
+wikipedia.org's Edvard Munch page
+wikipedia.org's Henri Rousseau page
+wikipedia.org's Clarence Schmidt page
+wikipedia.org's
Paolo Uccello page
+wikipedia.org's Vincent van Gogh page
+wikipedia.org's
Johannes Vermeer page
