An article on LUAP on Camden New Journal - Banged-up pink bear heads up police station exhibition
An article on LUAP on Camden New Journal
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Another artist involved in the project Luap, whose real name is Paul Robinson, created the pink bear that has just returned from a trip to Mongolia where it was photographed alongside the country’s well-known eagle hunters.
It has been pictured behind bars symbolising the confines of the cell’s former use and also the restrictions mental health conditions can place on people.
The cell has been painted pink, with pink fur introduced on the old bed.
Luap said: “The pink element represents the brain and the inside of the brain, where people want to be safe, which mixes with the hardness and light of the cell, and obviously the bars will represent things that hold people back, in a cell that is built to confine them. With the pink it suddenly becomes a lot more joyful.
“I did start thinking about being in these environments and cells and was it helping rehabilitate people and their lives. I think it’s maybe something the police need to look at and how does it help change the direction of people’s lives.”
