K•GUY
PC NOT PC
After hearing the recent news story (under reported in my opinion but maybe that's due to the looming, London Mayoral elections) that some of our Police force still have archaic and bigoted views, ( story here www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/17/police-officer-accused-... ) I felt incensed enough to get up and do a new street piece especially for PC Alex MacFarlane and to any other sympathetic members of the constabulary.
To be honest putting this piece together was a pretty uncomfortable experience but after a lot of thought and questioning I decided to hit it hard, I could have watered it down but then that's just not my style. To give the work some credence I combined actual images of the Al Jolson statue & the (1927) Jazz Singer poster + some obvious inclusions to make it work and sit comfortably with me.
Here's the finished result, placed a stones throw from Beckton Sewage works, London E16 (ironic I feel as this kind of thing stinks in this day and age).
PC NOT PC
After hearing the recent news story (under reported in my opinion but maybe that's due to the looming, London Mayoral elections) that some of our Police force still have archaic and bigoted views, ( story here www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/17/police-officer-accused-... ) I felt incensed enough to get up and do a new street piece especially for PC Alex MacFarlane and to any other sympathetic members of the constabulary.
To be honest putting this piece together was a pretty uncomfortable experience but after a lot of thought and questioning I decided to hit it hard, I could have watered it down but then that's just not my style. To give the work some credence I combined actual images of the Al Jolson statue & the (1927) Jazz Singer poster + some obvious inclusions to make it work and sit comfortably with me.
Here's the finished result, placed a stones throw from Beckton Sewage works, London E16 (ironic I feel as this kind of thing stinks in this day and age).