In recent weeks, Abbie Laura Smith and I exchanged a few messages, discussing some posts about her paste ups that I had written. During the course of the conversation, I asked whether she would be pasting up any more, as I hadn’t seen any new ones for a while. She said yes… imminently, and true to her word she released a bunch more. This is the first in her recent series that I came across.
The art of wheatpaste work is a two part process, the first part is the creation itself, usually carried out at home or in a studio, and the second part is to find the right spot to paste it up. Abbie Laura Smith manages to do both very well. This piece features a couple of portraits constructed in part by script writing, perhaps quotes or thoughts, I haven’t yet tried to untangle the words. The portraits are set on a leaf, which looks like a Swiss cheese plant leaf to me, a common motif used by artists. There is a lot of emotion in this piece, and maybe one day I’ll get to know the backstory.
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So very cool..so a paste up is what like a vinyl print stuck with wheatpaste ?
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Yes it is either a print or an original artwork pasted up with wheat paste like a bill poster.
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Always great to find her work and this piece is particularly stunning . . .
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There is another one like it on one of the bollards, the one like a mushroom.
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Which I saw and another one that’s unfortunately not faired so well on one of the pillars towards the pump track and another that was still looking perfect late this morning in full colour . . .
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I still need to find one or two.
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The coloured one is also on the pillars before you get to the Curbside . . .
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I’ll go on a hunt.
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