As his mural goes on display at Brixton underground station, Alayo Akinkugbe speaks with the artist who combines influences from West and East Africa and the Italian Renaissance
The mesmerising geometrical patterns on the clothing of the figures combine influences from West and East Africa, and the Italian Renaissance; an amalgamation which is unique to Perucchini’s style. He refers to wax-print fabrics, worn prolifically in West Africa, “as well as traditional Ethiopian clothing and the geometric decorations in the attire of Renaissance paintings.
” Influenced by Renaissance frescoes and altarpieces, Perucchini’s work is an unlikely apparition in the public space of the London underground, and it is this which makes it so incredibly striking. The golden tones, purple orb and concentric, halo-like circles in the background, give the overall effect of something saintly or sacred, a work of art which might be expected within a church or a museum, but is firmly outside of the visual language of a tube station.
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