Show's over!

The last two exhibits: Monday 19 October 2015

A pattern of thieving has developed since I installed the posters just over three weeks ago. I've been checking the site regularly and I've had some help from friends who've trekked down to the canal to see the exhibition and they have reported how many posters were left. The posters have been removed at the weekends and not during the week so I presume that the new owners have day jobs to go to.

I'm happy that the posters have been removed and I was surprised that they hadn't been defaced by the graffiti artists. I assumed, following the pattern from the last few weeks that the last two posters would have gone by the time I got back to the towpath at lunchtime today, Monday. Surprise, surprise there were still two remaining so I decided that I would take them home with me. Now the wooden doors are available for their next coat of paint and I'll look forward to seeing what they look like when I next visit the canal.

The disembodied head

Underneath, and in between, the Wansbeck Road on the left and the A12 on the right

As a general rule I dislike graffiti art but I think this piece is really clever. You can only see the face the right way up when the sun is shining on the water in the right direction. The movement of the water gives the face expression and brings it to life and for me that makes it slightly disturbing. More often than not though you don't see the reflection and all you see is this on the left.