The Nature Of Anthropocene Art

[ewx]

I've been reading The Nature Of Paleolithic Art lately, and this image, seen while out on my lunch break, reminds me of a practice used in cave paintings: the artist identified a natural formation (a rock, say, or a stalactite) which recalled some part of (usually) an animal, and elaborated upon that. Spray painting with a stencil, very possibly used here for the silhouette, is also an ancient technique - they put their hands on a wall and sprayed ochre from their mouths, creating outline handprints.
The combination of ancient techniques with both the physical realization and iconography of modern communication technology is a nice contrast.

Comments

[ceb.livejournal.com]

That's lovely! Where is it?

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Back of Eden Street (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Eden+Street+Backway,+Cambridge,+Cambridgeshire+CB1+1AP). I semi-reliably forget the most efficient route to the Eden Street bike stands and end up going via Portland Place instead, and a good thing too.