julian laverdiere

are most of his works tributs/memorials?
what is his inspiration?
who does he make his art for?

have you ever been told that artists are dumb or so stoned they have no idea what is going on? i have and i dont like that stereotype and i dont think its true at all. most artists works have complex meaning behind them. julian's art is the same way. he really knows his stuff. he is concerned with imagination, curiosity, and motovation and is inspired by what happens in the past. he takes important events in history that arent really documented and put his imagination to work to show what happened. he makes his works for people to understand what happened and to motivat or encourage them to think about what happened. i really like how he depicted the first attempted trans-atlantic telegraph cable crossing. the f.a.t.a.t.c.c. was one of the monumental events of the communications age, but nobody really knows about it. it actually ended up failing. jullian actually built his sculpture to show the tragedy of this event and make you see what happened, but also to get you to think about how it changed history. he wanted to resurrect the memory of the people who dared to make this invention. in a sense his sculptures are tributes but its not consided one; it is just to make you think and get involved.


would the f.a.t.a.t.c.c. be more justified in some other site?
would it be as effective if it were just a painting?