It is always gratifying to find pieces by artists I am familiar with when I am on my travels, especially if they are from the West Country, so to come across this large mural in Camden Town by Dave Bain was rather special. Camden High Street and the area around it is curious in that it hosts the full range of art from high-end murals to tagging and everything in between.
This mural is full of colour and is a wonderful representation of the vibrancy of the area, with a punk character, musician and generally cool people having a good time. I think the days when Camden Town was a special place have long since gone, and it is now a honey pot for tourists with all the customary trappings, and references to its cool history. Maybe I am being a little harsh, but it is not how I remember it as a kid. Starbucks I am sure are rightly proud of this fine Mural.
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I like the technique the Artist used to connect the “characters” into a story framework (at least in my head).
Perhaps a kind of “jig-saw puzzle effect” is what I think my brain is responding to; trying to find the pieces that “fit” together. And likewise, delighting in the bits that don’t go together.
This draws my concentration into the piece to find more than at first I thought I was seeing and sensing the story — like analyzing the panels of a comic book.
PS: I should have said; I enjoy the ambiguity, it’s fewer words.
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Fine full-length and short analyses.
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