The Wreck of Air Somalia - Acrylic on Canvas 120cm x 90cm
A metaphor for the failed nation state of Somalia. The quiet wreck of the national carrier lying broken and decaying in some lonely field, watched over by some drugged-up goat herder with an AK-47. I wanted the airliner to appear like it just rolled out to the field, dropped and died. After doing this painting i did a Google search and found a pic of an aircraft for sale in Russia that once belonged to the failed Air Somalia. It's paint job almost identical to mine.
After two and a half years it was time to leave Bangalore. I found myself torn between two emotions: "i hate this place'" and "i really fucking hate this place".
This is my salute to the dysfunctional city and people of Bangalore. A painting of those shitty old blue and white city buses, with the psychotic driver and rows of oppressed citizens inside. A bus ride that goes nowhere fast.
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