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Daniel Anguilu: Art IS Activism, pt. 3

For anyone familiar with Anguilu, tall temple-like structures and birds are a prevalent force. Today, we're going to touch briefly on both.

Temples are often associated with religious places and places of worship. Churches and Buddhist temples come immediately to my mind. But, temples can also be a sanctuary, a place for solitude. For Anguilu, temples aren't necessarily connected to religion. Anguilu says, "The temples in my work are a symbol of my search and respect toward spirituality. I believe in temples, not churches. A temple can be anything. I like the concept of places where people can gather and share ideas, or even a place where one can meditate at your own will."

If we think of temples as being meeting places, as Anguilu suggests, then this falls straight in line with his work as being a driving force for activism in the community. (The suggestions of meeting places takes me back to my university days when students would meet at places and discuss issues and what could be done at the campus-level.) The imagery of the temple-like structures in Anguilu's work reach up towards the sky, often surpassing in height all other visual aspects of the work. It suggests a "sky's the limit" attitude towards what we can do as a community when we work together. Which brings me to birds.

Birds have always elicited feelings of freedom, being able to soar to great heights. The eagle is even a symbol of freedom in our own country. But, what is rarely brought up is that idea of a "birds-eye view." With such great height comes the ability to see the bigger picture. This is something that can be lacking at times, but it can be achieved if everyone works in communion with each other. This is what I believe is the real message in a lot of Anguilu's work. 

What do you think?

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New work by Houston artist Daniel Anguilu at The Glassell School, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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The walls of Meridian are being completely taken over by Houston's street artists. Stay tuned for an in depth review and feature editorial in the coming months documenting the project. We'll also be featuring interviews with some of the artists and will continue updating you guys on the progress of the project.

The two artists featured here are Daniel Anguilu and Isaias Crow.

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