‘Homeless Artists’ share concerns with performance art
“I hear you,” said Arts and Culture Minister Yumna Maumoon.
12 May 2019, 9:00 AM
A group of Maldivian artists shared their concerns with the authorities last Thursday with an attention-grabbing piece of performance art.
Titled ‘Homeless Artists,’ complaints and pleas were painted on the body of a young man who stood outside the National Art Gallery in the capital Malé with a bag and tin can.
The performance symbolised “the plight of the sidelined artists community of the Maldives,” according to the Fine Arts Maldives association.
Local artists generally lack means or support and an exhibition at the National Art Gallery is one of the few venues available to showcase their work.
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