By NICOLE VALICEK
BABY Guerrilla is an artist that likes to grab your attention and make you think and her latest piece does just that.
The Footscray artist was commissioned by the Substation in Newport to create an artwork for the opening of the Big West Festival.
“Hanging Around” by Baby Guerrilla is her latest large scale art work that sits on the north of The Substation.
The artists said the work is designed to interact and complement the building’s natural structure in a surreal and unexpected way.
“It’s supposed to be a whimsical piece and quite engaging,” she said.
Hanging at four storeys high the meaning behind the piece is as Baby Guerrilla puts it like any art work; hard to summarise in a sentence, but it is designed to engage and enhance the environment.
“It’s designed to appear as though its defying gravity. I try to create a sense of wonder and the sense that anything is possible in my work.
“This is a message that can be carried though into any walk of life. I believe art and inspiration can have a ripple effect in our society to change it for the better.”
Baby Guerrilla started her artistic life as an oil painter before moving into large scale public art commissions.
The artist has created a number of large scale pieces, including one that was 16 metres horizontally in Maddern Square Footscray.
She described the process of creating a large scale work of art such as this as a long process with the emotions of creating the piece likened to a roller coaster.
“I’ve learnt a lot in this piece that’s going to really help me.”
She said the Big West Festival was a good opportunity for the community to engage with art and for bringing artists and the public together.
