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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Art imitating life - Adele Todd - Paradise

Man's ingenuity to do ill, show the art of it

The newspaper clipping showing a device to kidnap and restrain victims would have never been considered as art until the front page came across Adele Todd. A year after the newspaper article, Ms. Todd in 2003 collaborated with South African, Lisa Brice in a show titled Paradise at former Caribbean Contemporary Arts gallery, CCA7 in Trinidad, West Indies. The themes were to show how the Caribbean island had changed by the sudden increase in crime. Ms. Todd approached the subject by reconstructing the Kidnap Box. (shown below)

Recently, an unknown crime to Trinidad, it had escalated into an alarming rate. She created two confining constructions based on the actual plywood boxes seized by the Trinidad police. The idea of being restrained in such a device she said, was discomforting and frightening.

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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.

thebookmann archives is a source of information for art academics and students alike. A major contributor to thebookmann is Adele Todd

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