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Artist Singh on his Peace Bomb in Grand Rapids
( Rex Larsen The Grand Rapids Press) Scott Harmsen | Kalamazoo Gazette |
In 2009 Artist Singh had a peace message.
Peace Messages are usually the essence of bringing together positive and loving expressions, making a difference at an individual and a collective level. But for Artist Singh the message was conceptualized within his art. His large sculpture projects the idea that our planet has tuned into a bomb and no bomb can be peaceful?
"Dear Mother Earth, I care for you." -Artist Singh
He reached out to a local Business man Greg Gilmore about his conceptualized idea. Greg loved it, sponsored the event and promised to pay almost all the expenses. Not forget there were other contributors as well. A local Kalamazoo company called "Meyers bros" helped to form the bomb. Grand Rapids crane company "Titan equipment" helped to lift this heavy bomb four stories high up in the air.
Artist SinGh spent 24 hours on the bomb standing and painting several pictures that later became a part of the I too have a dream project. " International Peace Bomb" was suspended the B.O.B. entertainment complex, on Ottawa at Fulton Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
This show generated huge conversation in West Michigan art community. Below are the responses by Artist Singh when critics asked him--why do something like this or is this art?
"Dear Mother Earth, I care for you." -Artist Singh
He reached out to a local Business man Greg Gilmore about his conceptualized idea. Greg loved it, sponsored the event and promised to pay almost all the expenses. Not forget there were other contributors as well. A local Kalamazoo company called "Meyers bros" helped to form the bomb. Grand Rapids crane company "Titan equipment" helped to lift this heavy bomb four stories high up in the air.
Artist SinGh spent 24 hours on the bomb standing and painting several pictures that later became a part of the I too have a dream project. " International Peace Bomb" was suspended the B.O.B. entertainment complex, on Ottawa at Fulton Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
This show generated huge conversation in West Michigan art community. Below are the responses by Artist Singh when critics asked him--why do something like this or is this art?
“I don’t want to be the same artist that you see next door who simply repeats used methods of the masters-- what good is that? it’s already used."
“some one asked me why do you do stunts while painting when you could paint in your studio. And my answer was why did a man go to the moon !”
