It’s good to see art when you’re walking.
At least I think it is.
Recently in Essex we had one of those art trails, you know the kind of thing. In this case people (possibly artists) decorated octopus models, and placed them around the county. The scheme was called Octopus Ahoy and it had some connection with the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s sailing from Harwich.
The octopi were were all over the place. The ones I saw were at Colchester Station, in Liverpool Street in London, and this one by the Walls in Manningtree. Mondrian would be thrilled, right?
And then later the octopi were auctioned off for charity, generally bought by businesses, and I gather they raised a substantial amount of money, which can't be bad.
I was walking in Harwich the other day and I saw this pair that currently live outside a pub called The Pier. (Google Maps photo).
But walking further around the sea wall I found this bad boy octopus made out of rubbish. Somehow it was more telling and appealing and (and I always hesitate to use the word) ‘authentic’ than any of the fancier, artier ones.
Walking further around Harwich revealed other examples of marine art. This one possibly by Banksy (seems we're not really sure, but at least it's safe under Perspex).
And there was also this fishy mural. Not too arty. Not aiming too high. I liked it.
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