Friday, August 19, 2011
THE SHRINES OF PHILLIPA BERRY
Phillipa Berry is a Melbourne based artist whose passionate admiration for personalities who exist primarily on the fringes of cinema and rock & roll - along with a healthy worship of Mexican masked wrestling - manifests itself in the amazing shrines which she creates in honour of those who have entertained, influenced and intrigued her. Many of the people she pays tribute to in her shrines are names which have either been long-forgotten by the mainstream, or were never acknowledged by them in the first place. As Berry says, “The world doesn’t need another shrine to Elvis...”
Below is a cool little documentary on Phillipa and her work, as well as her amazing collection of memorabilia...
Below is a cool little documentary on Phillipa and her work, as well as her amazing collection of memorabilia...
The Astonishing and Fantastical Shrines of Phillipa Berry! from SundayDriversPress on Vimeo.
