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Against the wall

Wide-angle photo from below: Francis Sling leans, smiling, against the mural, a wave of pink, red and blue with a flying flamingo; above it pink and yellow metal leaves and a blue sky with white clouds.
The lens bends the wall into a wave that seems to break over Francis. That is truer than you might think: For the Love of God is not a straight wall, but one that runs around an entire sports court. Whoever stands in the middle is surrounded by it. Only someone with the hard work behind him can lean back this easily. In August 2024 Francis Sling put the first layer of blue and the lines of the branches on the wall at night, under the lamps. A few weeks later, at sunrise, about a third was done. By March 2025 the painting ran all the way around the court, and then came the layers: paint on paint, until it has relief. On the wall About Francis in the Bubble that whole series hangs together, from the empty wall to this photo. Beside him a flamingo flies, the pink bird you see standing in the salt pans of Curaçao. On this wall it does not stand still, it flies.

Francis Sling leans against his mural For the Love of God, by the flamingo, at Landhuis Rondeklip, Curaçao.

Photo: Otra Guide

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