Every nation has a significant art contribution. An art form that exists in only two places in the world is that of truck art. The places -Pakistan and Mexico. The art consists of real paintings, varying from depictions of animals, to portraits of famous personalities. Every painting is hand painted, with intricate details, creating a hub of colour and wonderful tiny attractions and patterns all on a truck that roams the highways to the smaller streets of the cities.
The urban populations tend to enjoy the silly poetry written on the trucks/rikshaws as entertainment when stuck in traffic, some of us have become immune to it. However it still remains new to the newcomers. The outside world that is unfamiliar with this art form are in awe of the visual feast the trucks provide, along with the orchestra provided by the sputtering diesel in harmony to the clinking of the hanging truck chains. A positive coverage was given by the BBC News channel on the 18th of April 2010, here, have a look, perhaps this will show this art to you in a new light.
TRUCK ART PAKISTAN
The artists should be encouraged in more forms, perhaps to ask the Citizen Foundation to arrange for an annual competition where the winner receives a cash prize to further his skill?
SOURCES: Photo -http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/truck-montage.png
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