Dominican-born, Miami-based artist Evoca1 has been chosen to paint the final mural in FORM and CBH Group’s PUBLIC Silo Trail, taking place this August in Pingrup, Western Australia.
Evoca1, whose name refers to the Spanish word evocar (meaning to evoke), is celebrated internationally for his photorealistic style and his creation of art that has a social conscience. One of America’s leading street artists and last year created Western Australia’s Boy on the Red Bike in metropolitan Perth for the Paint Subi mural project.
Evoca1, Imperishable Relics, mural in Mercado, Vienna, Austria
‘The inspiration in this regional community is abundant, especially reading about the people themselves, who so proudly continue generations of resilience in farming,’ says the artist. ‘This PUBLIC Silo Trail will surely leave a large footprint in the history and future of such communities and it is truly exciting to be a part of it.’
The mural, which Evoca1 will begin painting on Wednesday 22 August at the CBH Group silos on Jolley Road in Pinrgrup, is expected to take two weeks with an end date of Tuesday 4 September.
It is the sixth mural in a series of artworks which have been painted over the past three years on grain silos in Northam, Ravensthorpe, Merredin, Albany and Newdegate and on public walls and transformer boxes throughout Katanning.
Pingrup Silos
FORM’s Executive Director Lynda Dorrington said the PUBLIC Silo Trail was about taking art out of galleries and making it more accessible. ‘This is art that tells a story about a people or a place, whether it’s the budding cycle of Ravensthorpe’s wildflowers or the beautiful species of seadragon found only off the coast in Albany,’ Dorrington said. ‘It’s trail that invites people to explore their state, by putting art in unexpected places, and using creativity to celebrate the agricultural assets that form the backbone of our economy.’
The design for the mural will be kept under wraps to allow residents of Pingrup, passers-by and followers of the PUBLIC Silo Trail the magic of discovery as they watch the mural unfold
