Art and about
Posted by Joelle
September 17, 2008
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A couple of weekends ago, the husband and I set out to visit an art show with a difference. This was the fantastic street artist Slinkachu, who leaves tiny people getting on with their tiny lives around the city. There’s an exhibition at Cosh gallery in Soho, but on launch weekend the real excitement was in getting out and finding four tiny scenes set up on a treasure hunt around London.
These fellows above were protesting at the pagoda in China Town. Here’s the long shot that shows their tiny size.
Other tiny people that day were making tiny roadworks, having tiny picnics and cordoning off a tiny crime scene around a severed fingertip. There’s something real and human about these little people, I find them so arresting. I love the fact that this is street art that could be so easily missed. I think my favourites have to be his inner city snails. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to find one by chance, slithering across the pavement?
It’s your last chance to catch the show at Cosh this week as it finishes on Saturday. (Cosh is at 69 Berwick Street, Soho, London, W1F 8SZ T. 020 7287 7758).
You could also check out Slinkachu’s brand new book or see more pics on his blog.
3 comments Categories: adventure, art, london
September 21st, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Do you think that the snails feel proud or violated at being turned into art?
September 21st, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Are the snails alive, or are fake snails put into empty shells?
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:57 am
They’re live snails, decorated, and sent on their way. It does say they paints and glue are non toxic. I don’t think anyone checked how they feel about it though.