Real Prosperity In Barbering

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Real Prosperity In Barbering

Sharp as a scissors - Daddy ow

A painting of a hair clipper and crew cut on the wall of Prosperity Barber Salon, Eastern Main Road, Trinidad and Tobago while inside, Sharp trims a boy's head as his father ignores his antics.

Sharp runs this barbering salon and says he's been in business since 1995. Prosperity Barber Salon is famous because politicians, media personalities and celebrities come in frequently to get their hair trimmed. Clients he says include Patrick, namely, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.

So what is so special about this place? The name of cause, Prosperity. And as for Patrick, Sharp keeps to his profession with some small talk as the Security Service keeps an eye through those unusual dark oval windows. Who knows what is discussed behind closed doors besides being # one.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Dear Bookman

The books, graphitti and street culture you've documented looks vital and engaging to me. If you have books of more of this we would love to distribute them in the USA.

Check us out and get back to me, Marshall Weber, Booklyn, (an artists run organization) mweber@booklyn.org

thanks; 10:22 AM

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Richard Bolai lives and works from Trinidad, West Indies. He is a bookbinder,Graphic designer and the author of thebookmann, which from 2004, has written and photographed independently aspects of Trinidad and Tobago's art culture.

In 2008, he began a series of self studies called Feinin which incorporated digital superpositions of artists who have left a mark in art history by using the internet as the core of reference. He also produced parodies relating to anthropological studies of Trinidad and Tobago, for example, folklore or observations of the society via class and stereotypes

The work then expanded by actually creating dimensional replicas, capturing a map over the subjects to explore the underling subconscious in the form of art. This aided the ability to analyze art by producing art parodies to understand the meaning behind it. No money was spent or assistance in producing these compositions from common items found in his home, a chair, a mirror, or old tyre.

The artists lists includes, da Vinci's Last Supper, Koons's dog, Hirst's spin paintings, Andres Serrano's piss Christ to Monet to name a few, over one hundred artists' have been completed, producing one in every 24 hour cycle.

It should be noted that with the feinin studies, you should see that actual work that is been parodied via the link. It makes no sense otherwise.

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