Guido Van Helten (Australia) just finished his most recent mural for Unexpected Festival curated by Charlotte Dutoit from Justkids, this massive set of murals is located in Forth Smith, Arkansas – USA
Here the legends of the old west resonate from its history as a border town with the former Indian Territory now Oklahoma. Suggesting the characters from traditional notions of the American Wild West mythology, I was interested with this work to explore the idea of the American hero and character. Here represented is Ed a Native American from the Apache Tribe, Kristina a young African American woman who runs her own business and Gene Beckham a former employee who worked at this grain elevator for 70 years immediately after returning from the Second World War, retiring last year.