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Baba Museum artwork to be removed amid outcry
Phuket Gazette

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The 'Three-Eyed Kid' was painted on the wall of Phuket Baba Museum by the artist Alex Face. Photo: Chutharat Plerin

PHUKET: A controversial mural painted on the wall of Phuket Baba Museum will be removed by the artist following public outcry.


Painted on one of the city’s most historic buildings, the ‘Three-Eyed Kid’ garnered mixed public opinions since its unveiling on April 10.

Through social media, residents criticized the artwork’s placement on a wall outside the Baba Museum, formerly the site of Standard Chartered Bank, the first international bank in Phuket and a marker of the island’s period of industrialization.

Criticism of the project was also leveled at municipality support for the project through an engagement organization called So Phuket.

Full story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Baba-Museum-artwork-be-removed-amid-outcry/63755?desktopversion#ad-image-0

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-- Phuket Gazette 2016-04-25

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I walk by this almost every day and actually watched the artist painting it for a little while. There have been more people looking, stopping and taking photos than anything else I have observed in Phuket Town, many more people than ever stopped at the Baba Museum!

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