Friday 17 May 2019

Hands Meet,

in the work Building Bridges, 


the piece features six sets of reaching arms with hands clasped over a waterway, meant to represent people and cultures coming together over differences, photographs, David M. Benett,

 th piece is constructed with white resin,

 in an interview with the Associated Press, Quinn explained, “Humanity has never grown by creating barriers. It always grows when it opens up its borders and it welcomes new cultures. Venice is a testament to that… It has been a driving force of European growth always.” 

 the location of the towering white appendages at a former shipyard provided viewers with multiple vantage points, and at night Building Bridges was illuminated from below, a photo gallery on Quinn’s website shows the artist at work on his large-scale sculptures, and you can follow along with his new projects on Instagram,

above a rendering by Halcyon Art International, how strange that the artist mentions and I quote, 'Humanity has never grown by creating barriers. It always grows when it opens up its borders and it welcomes new cultures', well here in the UK he has gotten his wish,

 as from next Monday in leaked documents, it is revealed that the Home Office have told Border Force staff that "there will no longer be a requirement for any passenger,of any nationality, to complete a landing card." now when will other countries follow our lead? in some third world countries I suspect never!


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