Baba Museum artwork to be removed amid outcry

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Baba Museum artwork to be removed amid outcry
Phuket Gazette


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.

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-- Phuket Gazette 2016-04-25

[djjamie]

Lovely modern art. Maybe not appropriate and in contrast to historic buildings though.

Good luck to the artist and hope to see his works unveiled elsewhere in more appropriate locations.

[jdean]

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!

[Old Croc]

Perhaps it could be reproduced on the walls of a kindergarten somewhere.