A controversial community art ‘installation’ has been praised by arts organisation Creative Scotland. Drylaw’s ‘Love My Docs‘, which is situated behind The Ferry Boat in Drylaw Shopping Centre, has been recognised as an iconic image of the coronavirus era.
Creative Scotland’s Ruaridh Afton-Waters said: “The Drylaw artwork is an important piece of modern sculpture, symbolising a working class community’s fight against this all-powerful invisible enemy that is Coronavirus.
“What makes this piece so special is that it encourages local people to add their own pieces of art – and hundreds of community artists have stepped forward to embrace the challenge. Their imaginative contributions have built into an incredibly important statemement of empowerment.
“They are saying: ‘you won’t defeat us, coronavirus. You can shut our museums and art galleries, you can even shut our Ferry Boat – but you’ll never destroy our spirit of creativity.’
“It is brutal, it is primitive, but most of all ‘Love My Docs’ is truly, deeply moving.”
Moving, indeed – and some Drylaw residents are hoping the artwork will be moving on sometime soon!
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