Aberdeen Art and Sculpture

 Aberdeen might look like a sea of grey, with all the granite faced buildings, but it is alive with street art and sculptures. Many are socially aware, or representing Scottish or Aberdeen culture.

Here's a small sample

This one was on the side of the Police building!


You have to look carefully at this one


But this might help: from the other side.


There are unicorns everywhere - being the Scottish National Animal

(for the reasons behind it read here: https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/the-unicorn-scotlands-national-animal  )

The leopard is also well represented

Here in the gardens


And in the atrium of a new building, and most people would never know it was there



I have no idea about this one, but he looks familiar


There was a lot of poetry on the walls - they have a street poetry event 


And a number of these all appeared in the week I was there


These three panels were celebrating women who made a change (sorry about the resolution , but if you zoom in you made be able to read their names




And this one next to it was about the persecution of witches - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen_witch_trials_of_1596



And some very big murals - this depicts the artist's barber (and dog)




And this one was on a 'Heroes' wall



The Art Gallery was interesting because it focused almost exclusively on Aberdeen artists.

There were lots of interesting pieces, but this one really caught my eye.
I've got the full view then some close ups.

It represents a massive flood coming down a farming valley, with the residents and animals attempting to flee.








Their visiting exhibition had an amazing collection of automata - so many buttons to push!

And you could even make your own!



My favourite was Ron Fuller

To find one my favourites look up Ron Fuller Sheepshearing man









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