Summary Heavenly Toaster - 1173 Words

Heavenly Toaster Luis Tapia Heavenly Toaster is the one that caught my eye from the all the other art that I got to see when I went to the Denver museum. I don’t know what it was if it actually was because he had to do with the Virgin Mary or the bright colors and something different and unique that I had never seen before. When I First saw it from the corner of my eye I was like who would do a piece on a toaster not knowing exactly what it was. But once I got closed and read the note card that Luis Tapia had right next to his piece gave me a good understanding of why he chose this piece and why he did it. The card stating that it combined the Hispanic tradition and mischievous sense of humor. Coming for a Hispanic background I can relate to Luis Tapia when he stated that people seeing religious images on highways embankments, walls of buildings, potato chips, and tortillas or in this case freshly toasted bread. The way he had his piece displayed represents in some way how the Hispanic cultur e displays there’s religious pieces in a pedestal. The colors of his piece are bright and every colorful that when you first see the piece it makes you want to go see it before any other piece. Seeing the details that were in carving the Virgin Mary and Jesus in a small piece like a toaster front and back is very time consuming but also very artistic because seeing the picture is very detailed orientated and is known of what was carved. After seeing his art piece and getting a little