Filippo Minelli’s ‘Contradiction’ series plays with contradictions in today’s society. His work tells of how large corporations have intervened nature and the human world, therefore Minelli intervenes with public space to comment on our relationship with the earths ecosystem. We have intruded the natural world therefore Minelli intrudes the public space to make his own work, travelling great lengths. The pure genius of these pieces stops the public and even the high art circles from viewing it as merely graffiti and rather a display of public art. It gains its power from its clever location use, letting man laugh at its own wrong doings. His work draws attention to the fact that the countries who do the research and the book work are the ones who gain, whereas the countries doing the manual labour, creating these products for us are in fact the ones who suffer. Its our gain and their loss. The fact that he does these pieces in a public space, with a simple cheap can of spray paint is a economical statement itself. It is the gesture and location choice which creates the meaning. A simple concept which is visually strong.Minelli's work definatly makes me consider the locations I would like to work in. I love the contrast of the statement against the location yet you can not say that it is out of context since as it is these areas which power these sites, allowing us to fufill our desires.
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