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He's like Banksy -- but not as big...
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‘They’re Not Pets, Susan,’ says a stern father who has just shot a bumblebee, its wings sparkling in the evening sunlight; a lone office worker, less than an inch high, looks out over the river in his lunch break, ‘Dreaming of Packing it all In’; and a tiny couple share a ‘Last Kiss’ against the soft neon lights of the city at midnight. Mixing sharp humour with a delicious edge of melancholy, Little People in the City brings together the collected photographs of Slinkachu, a street-artist who for several years has been leaving little hand-painted people in the bustling city to fend for themselves, waiting to be discovered. . . ‘Oddly enough, even when you know they are just hand-painted figurines, you can’t help but feel that their plights convey something of our own fears about being lost and vulnerable in a big, bad city.’ The Times
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a really brilliant idea, and great "little" book. The idea is simple - take small people (1 inch high or so), paint them and put them somewhere, create a story around them, and take close up (macro) shots.
throw in some heartfelt life messages, and you have this book. It's a great alternative view on life, and life in London specifically.
Recommended.
throw in some heartfelt life messages, and you have this book. It's a great alternative view on life, and life in London specifically.
Recommended.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It's strange how something like this can be beautiful and hold so much emotion, but I guess that's the whole point of art.
Flick through and you're reminded that we're all little people at the end of the day. Slink captures that lost, vulnerable feeling we all get sometimes and then throws in the comic moments too.
I first saw "Dreams of packing it all in" when I was trapped in a big corporate and had just been prescribed the happy pills. It now takes pride of place on my self-employed office wall and reminds me of how things used to be.
And at this price, cannot we all afford some art in our lives?
Flick through and you're reminded that we're all little people at the end of the day. Slink captures that lost, vulnerable feeling we all get sometimes and then throws in the comic moments too.
I first saw "Dreams of packing it all in" when I was trapped in a big corporate and had just been prescribed the happy pills. It now takes pride of place on my self-employed office wall and reminds me of how things used to be.
And at this price, cannot we all afford some art in our lives?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was disappointed with the quality of the images presented in this book. They appear to be the same quality as one would expect to find in a newspaper, looking quite washed out. If you enjoy Slinkachu's work, you can obtain better images by printing them on your home printer. I saved my favourite image onto my computer as a desktop background, and it is much more clear, and I get to see it every day!
Too bad.
Too bad.
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Little people in the city
This book is amazing. There's not a lot to it but a great deal of thought has gone into it to produce the pictures. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Chocolate fanatic
great book
Amazing artist, great book. It combines innocence and subtlety with cheekiness of street art. Great fun to see people reaction as they turn the pages.
Published 4 months ago by Maria
Art Book Review
Excellent book, really interesting. The book is a fun way to look at our society from a completely different viewpoint. It exemplifies scale in a really unusual way. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Scrumpi
genius
Genius artist but yet again feel - damn, why didn't I think of that? Very clever. Great price. I'm going around in Hoxton (when able to) with my eyes glued to the ground in order... Read more
Published 12 months ago by SGGW
loved the images - loathed the foreword
Images are great. But after taking such care to model the figures so that they really do seem to be real little people, why include Will Self's pretentious twaddle at the start? Read more
Published 14 months ago by S. Palmer
Beautiful photos, very original
This is a very nice collection of photo art. Very original!
Each double page has the art photo on one page, and two more photos taken of the same scene but with increasing... Read more
Each double page has the art photo on one page, and two more photos taken of the same scene but with increasing... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Katarina
Great Little Book
Bought as a present for budding artist who loved it. Also made the rounds of the family and each person finding it fascinating (ages ranging from 3 to 70!).
Published 16 months ago by E. Murphy
Great gift
Bought this book as a Christmas gift and she LOVED it - unlike some other small-sized art books, it had a large amount of content and Slinkachu is of course amazing.
Published 16 months ago by Laura
Little People in the City: The Street Art of Slinkachu
I stumbled upon Slinkachu's artwork on the photo sharing site, Flikr. I thought the photography was ingenious and funny. I looked for the book and found it on UK Amazon. Read more
Published 17 months ago by B. Stokes
Great
This book is full of amazing and hilarious images and scenes. Perfect little gift for lovers of art, or with a ironic sense of humour from a brilliant artist. Read more
Published 19 months ago by alice217
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