Look Up Portsmouth
I've told you in my previous uploads about 'Look Up Portsmouth', an event held in my city for local and not so local artists. This is the nearest artwork to where I like, less than 5 minutes walk away, and I captured it while the artist, Cristina, was at work and also the finished result. I'm impressed by anyone who can paint this large, although I'm a bit disappointed with this, when I compare it to some of the amazing other murals in the city! But I suppose each to their own. (It's almost a bit Monty Pythonish!)
Cristina Reyes is interested in expanding the collective subconscious and opening up new ways of seeing the world. Looking for an alternative to analytical interpretations, she searches for a mythological understanding of reality. Reyes looks into otherness and what is hidden or forgotten allowing symbols from the unconscious to emerge. She celebrates deformity by morphing shapes into unexpected forms, generating opportunities for new existence. What results is often playful and surreal, with a unique sense of humour and absurdity. Through this metamorphosis, the transfigured forms become talisman-like pieces capable of holding otherworldly powers. (From her website)
Look Up Portsmouth
I've told you in my previous uploads about 'Look Up Portsmouth', an event held in my city for local and not so local artists. This is the nearest artwork to where I like, less than 5 minutes walk away, and I captured it while the artist, Cristina, was at work and also the finished result. I'm impressed by anyone who can paint this large, although I'm a bit disappointed with this, when I compare it to some of the amazing other murals in the city! But I suppose each to their own. (It's almost a bit Monty Pythonish!)
Cristina Reyes is interested in expanding the collective subconscious and opening up new ways of seeing the world. Looking for an alternative to analytical interpretations, she searches for a mythological understanding of reality. Reyes looks into otherness and what is hidden or forgotten allowing symbols from the unconscious to emerge. She celebrates deformity by morphing shapes into unexpected forms, generating opportunities for new existence. What results is often playful and surreal, with a unique sense of humour and absurdity. Through this metamorphosis, the transfigured forms become talisman-like pieces capable of holding otherworldly powers. (From her website)