Painter tells stories behind Golden Gate Park statues
“'Portals of the Past’ is the only existing monument to people who died in the earthquake by people who were there,” says Minervini, who researched the mansion, which belonged to railroad man Alban Nelson Towne (his widow donated the portico). [...] Minervini got hooked on a theme, as artists will, and now there are six statues from the park in a poster series along Market Street. The florid Minervini paintings are part of a visual arts renaissance on Market Street that has nothing to do with the long-awaited Mid-Market arts district. Читать дальше...