I feel Art should "invade" our enterprise walls, so as to remind us that there are other issues beyond the working routine, sometimes deprived of any strokes of creativity and which are, surprisingly enough, unknown to many and looked down by many others within the Aviation milieu.
Notwithstanding the fact that I may partly understand why there is not much space for "canvases" of unprecise colours in a world of precison, others in so called underdeveloped countries like Cape Verde have managed to incorporate both within the same "space".
I have seen it at ASA in the form of colourful paintings hanging from the airport walls depicting characters of the everyday Cape Verdian life, or even the ceramic life size sculpted characters sitting proudly outside the Terminal building.
The richness of the simplicity portrayed in the Cape Verdian art and handicrafted forms of art is touching and astonishingly creative ... as simple and creative are the people, who excel their talent in a wider variety of expressions, taking advantage of inexpensive materials, when it comes to panting and sculpure, though "impregnating" them of inner significance and national pride.
Dear Iolanda,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you — although in Europe we are surrounded by so much beauty and culture, it always amazes me how quickly we can forget what richness surounds us, as immersed with we are in our daily routines.
I would support your radical "invasion" of art into the workplace !
Alex