May. 6, 2008 at 12:22am

From the Crucible of Frost Park: Battle Art is Born

                                 Possible Title : Does RR Stand Alone?
                                
                                 Availability : Check with artist for original or prints.

RR Anderson Self Portrait: The Lonely Warrior Statute

In an effort to draw out some kind of engagement in Tacoma, RR outdoes himself in self deprecation and personal humiliation in the piece.  Here, RR portrays himself as the lonely, near naked, slight warrior alone in Tacoma's notorious deserted Tollefson Plaza.

Exhibit II : The Early Era

Possible title : Death of the Jester

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In this piece, Andrea “LupinGoddess” Trenbeath Lowen produces the first fully formed Frost Park Battle art piece at a time in which Frost Park was a barren often rainy windswept plaza. 

Though decapitated, RR's isolation and loneliness have finally ended.  As in the movie Fight Club, the meaning is gained in the confrontation itself making the particular victor of a battle trivial.

Exhibit III : A Maturing Genre

Possible title : Mutant Chalk Attack

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Here, Stowe employs an old standby from improvisation theater which is to accept and "says yes" to other actor's movements and characters on stage.  Stowe's character portrayed is based on an old Halloween costume I had found in Stowe's remote archives. 

Stow combines it with his first Frost Park submission (an orange monkey) which gives the piece a lot of familiarity character strength.  Notice, the first use of color and action in this Frost Park piece.

Update: Stowe has drawn : Frost Park Battle Art Evolution: