Crystal Palace Dream
The iconic red British phone booth continues to be preserved in significant numbers, particularly in the city center, catering to tourists. In Crystal Palace Park, a singular phone booth stands out, offering artists a space to dream and express their aspirations.
Power of eye
Inspired by the lovely dinosaurs sculptures in the park, the stone dinosaurs were the master piece by a sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, theses dinosaurs created a great public reaction during 1850s, and now they were renovated to be the educational as well as inspiration art pieces to the public. I was impressed during my first visit to these sculptures mainly from an artistic angle, therefore I would like to depict them into my art as well.
The Protective Smile
Inspired by the sphinxes which stood in front of the former Crystal Palace ( Used to host the Great Exhibition in 1850s, destroyed by fire in 1936) and facing the Italian Terrace. There were 12 in total and now remained 2 currently stayed in the park.
They remind me of the ruin of Angkor Wat, the 7 snake-head serpent, named Naga. The guardian of water, and represent the fertility.
Little Paris
The Crystal Palace Transmitting Station plays the role as a broadcasting and telecommunication site for the area, it was built and operated by John Logie Baird at the current site from 1933. When I saw it at the first time, it reminds me of the TV transmitter in Dalat, Vietnam, a tiny TV transmitter is good enough to offer the imagination of a Little Paris, or to some Hong Kong people, the Tokyo Tower.
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Acrylic on glass
56 x 162cm
2024, London