Code,400003
Subject,"Michaelangelo Lovelace, muralist"
Date,10/31/2005
Interviewer,Alex Degutis
Abstract,"2005 interview of Cleveland artist Michaelangelo Lovelace. Mr. Lovelace grew up in the inner city of Cleveland; dropped out of school; took menial jobs and then discovered his artistic talent. Cleveland and its people are the subjects of his paintings. He painted ""Born Again,"" a mural located at East 36th Avenue and Cedar near the projects.  In this interview, Mr. Lovelace describes his troubled youth and his recollection of various districts of the inner city of Cleveland."
Special Notes,"arts and culture, hodge school, urban murals"
minutes:,
1,introduction and background; becoming an artist
2,
3,"[2:50] ""the inner city of cleveland is my home… but I like to let my audience travel to another place they've never been to"""
4,struggling financially as an artist in cleveland
5,
6,"Born Again, Mister Lovelace's mural at 36th and cedar"
7,concept and history
8,"""public art… can give a sense of identity to a community"""
9,current state of the mural
10,"""if you have a dream, you can make it come true - even in cleveland"""
11,"art and identity formation, art and commerce"
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14,"""I always approach my art as if I'm writing in my diary"""
15,
16,representing the urban and the human
17,
18,"the impermanence of public art: ""everything fades in time…"""
19,
20,the influence of older neighborhood murals on mister lovelace's own art
21,
22,cleveland housing projects where the artist lived as a youth
23,the site of Born Again
24,the Hodge School (living space/work space for local artists)
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27,gallery shows in cleveland and elsewhere
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29,audience response to representations of cleveland
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31,a portrait of the artist as a troubled young man
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34,unpublished autobiography and other future plans
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37,memories of euclid avenue
38,a shopping district and a redlight district
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40,"possible interview subjects, end"
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