Thursday, 3 February 2011

Gung Hay Fat Choy and homage to Basquiat's Red Kings


This is the first day of the Chinese New Year.  
Today is the start of the year of the Rabbit.
 Gung Hay Fat Choy!  

Flowering Chinese money plant
We set off fireworks at midnight in our back garden.  I took a video from the balcony of them.





Now, the Chinese believe that red and gold are auspicious colours and they feature largely in their celebrations.


With this in mind, today's 
Homage to Basquiat is Red Kings from 1981
This painting has both red and gold in it!  First let me show you the original....


Basquiat, Red Kings 1981
.....and my homage to this painting


My homage to Basquiat's Red Kings using household objects!



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8 comments:

  1. Anika3 February 2011 at 14:44

    Very cool! And what a great job you did...really fun!

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  2. R Montalban3 February 2011 at 15:01

    Happy New Year to you both, hope the year of the Rabbit is a really good year.

    Great way to start it, really loud fireworks (apparently to scare off demons and bad spirits of the past) and bright colours. Really happy and cheerful;-)

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  3. tiarastantrums3 February 2011 at 16:12

    Happy new Year !

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  4. Brooke3 February 2011 at 16:30

    Fun captures - HaPpY NeW yEaR!!!

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  5. Jen3 February 2011 at 17:07

    Happy New Year to you!

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  6. Gina Kleinworth3 February 2011 at 22:58

    Very interesting! That flower is so pretty.

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  7. Buckeroomama4 February 2011 at 14:57

    Happy CNY! :) We have not yet taken the kids to watch the CNY fireworks... it get VERY crowded. Maybe when they're older. :)

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  8. Jennifer5 February 2011 at 03:38

    These are great! I've never seen a money plant before. Very cool. Happy New Year!

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