ART THAT PEOPLE STEP ON            

Online exhibition location: artthatpeoplestepon.com

The artist Dr. Thiru has developed a collection of photos of what he calls “Art That People Step On.” Because many of the images are hard to understand, he has named them “Unintelligiblistic Art”. Like most people, the artist has walked at least a few thousand miles until this point in time in his life. Also like most people, he did not pay much attention to patterns of art that he used to step on or walk over. ​ 

Dr. Thiru initially started looking for patterns in nature and on paved surfaces, walls, and in other manmade objects that looked like the Hindu symbol for “OM”, which is a symbol that has religious and spiritual significance for Hindus. He initially only found two patterns that looked somewhat like OM but eventually found a pattern that looks more like OM.​ 

The quest for the symbol OM resulted in the development of “Art That People Step On.” ​ 

At the end of the year 2016, Dr. Thiru started noticing other patterns in spills, leaks, stains, smudges, splatter, spit and weathered, eroded and repaired portions of sidewalks and other paved and semi-paved areas that people generally step on without paying much attention. To his curious mind and eyes, some of the patterns looked like works of art. Soon he started noticing more and more ‘works of art’ as he walked on paved, semi-paved and unpaved surfaces. Using the camera in his smart phone, he started taking pictures of the artistic patterns that he observed in such areas. For obvious reasons, he calls his growing collection of photos “Art That People Step On.” ​

This exhibition is child friendly