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| Richard Bolai All Rights Reserved 2004-5 |
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| YUFE�s Of all of the wall signage that I have written about, this one is a head scratcher. I have to say first off that the people look like images straight out of magazines from the 1980�s. They also look like clowns because of the unusual amount of white in the faces, and most of all they look like clowns in a Camps-Campins painting or postcard. I feel much better getting that one out from the start. As layout goes, this image is more sophisticated than the others, but only just. The grass in the foreground does not help to make the sign any less odd. The unkempt grass seems to be mocking the work in the background, as if to threaten that it can soon be completely obscured. The comparison to Camps-Campins is also because of the bright colours used. This artist has some sense of colour. But the choice of images are questionable. Adele Todd 2005 |
| Wall painting, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies |
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| Public Art came into being as a reaction to the work that they experienced in art galleries and all around the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. This lead us to ask, �What is the Trinidad aesthetic?�
Public Art is a commentary on wall paintings, architecture, posters, typography and other kitsch based works in the environment that normally goes unnoticed, but thrives in plain sight. The text accompanying the images in Public Art is open to discussion and commentary and comments can be sent via contact menue above All rights reserved 2005 |