The Water Carriers
Fintan Magee, the Melbourne-based artist, created a new mural titled “The Water Carriers” in Sydney, Australia. He used acrylic paint and two mirrors to create it, his inspiration was an image of Syrian refugee children that he took from a discarded newspaper clipping.
“The work shows seven Syrian refugee children, at first they appear as regular children but as you step deeper into the space the mirrors we installed distort the image and you discover that the line of children stretches infinitely. The children wait to fill empty water vessels which is a symbol for the healing component. The work comments on the scale of the current refugee crisis and echo’s a cynical view on how history repeats itself. ”
– StreetArtNews.com
~ By Fintan Magee ~ Sydney, Australia – Photo: fintanmagee.com
~ By Fintan Magee ~ Sydney, Australia – Photo: fintanmagee.com
~ By Fintan Magee ~ Sydney, Australia – Photo: fintanmagee.com
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Wow..this is awesome…think I’ll share it on my facebook page!
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I am glad you like it, feel free to share it anytime! 🙂
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..already shared it! :^)
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Thanks for sharing this piece. The interactivity invokes a powerful statement on this crisis and its growing scale. (R)
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Thank you for your comment!
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Hi.Where can I see this amazing piece?
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Hi Jaz, unfortunately I could not find the exact address of this piece, not even Fintan Magee himself didn’t publish the exact location 😦
Sorry about that! Have a nice day!
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That is original and so powerful
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