Jersey is a picture of a barbershop shop in Jamaica. The artist, Hurvin Anderson, uses a three stage method when he makes his artworks – first he takes photos of something, next he makes a collage out of these images, and then he paints a picture based on it.
You can see this picture in Tate Liverpool until April 2013, in the exhibition called Thresholds. The artist has used bits of this picture in some of his other paintings too, look out and see if you can spot them!
Here are some things to think about when you write your story: why is the hairdresser’s deserted? Where has everyone gone? The multi-coloured posters on the wall are blank – could the images have run straight off them?
© Hurvin Anderson
Tuesday 15 January 2013
the was once in a city were no one new about untill this day when a man came after his family had been killed .so he was looking for somewere new to live that was paceful
Sunday 20 January 2013
im thinking that the world ended so there is nobody there and this family survived and they have to make that barber shop somewhere to survive the zombie apocalypis and they wish that they never had went to the barber shop cause it is where zombies made a home in a emploeys only area. once the family gets t live ther they zombies start to come out in a crowd…
Wednesday 23 January 2013
so there was an earthquake, so the people in that shop ran out of it but then they got hit by a falling building. None of them survived
but the shop was shook. it was the only place that survived there…
Wednesday 23 January 2013
there was a place that no one had found .it was dull dreary and boring until a man came along whipped it into shape and it is now the worlds most popular countrie,china
Wednesday 23 January 2013
there was a barbar shop and everything was going well until a murderer came and killed everyone
Wednesday 23 January 2013
an empty shop
Saturday 26 January 2013
It had been deserted, and obviously that was his fault. He’d been out, visiting his parents for a few years, and now… Was it all gone? There could have been a robbery, he thought, it can’t be my fault, anyway. But what if it is? There’s hair on the floor. What if in his dreams, he… No. No, no, no. That wasn’t possible. Nobody was there, and it was his own greying hairs on the floor. Nobody had come in the first place, he remembered. He was the only customer.
Tuesday 29 January 2013
a mad lion killer came in the shop and attacked people
Sunday 17 February 2013
the one with a big branch out cames the rainbow
Monday 18 February 2013
One day I sat down at a desk and typed on this.
Thursday 28 February 2013
My office, a bit messy I admit, but okay for me. Maybe I should tidy up…….Nah! I like it weather YOU like it or not.
Tuesday 12 March 2013
“Dad! Dad!” Said billy, with a flyer in his hands
“Yes my boy?”
“Look at this flyer, its a Barber shop called ‘Jersey’ Can i get my hair cut there?” asked Billy, Pointing to the picture, Dad shook Billy’s hair with his hand “Your hair DOES need cutting, Well okay” Dad smiled, Putting on his wellings and blue mackentosh while Billy did the same, It was such a rainy day! They arrived at a small building “Jersey”. Billy ran in the barber shop, It was completely empty! It was multi-coloured with squares and 2 chairs with 2 green hairdresser capes “Ah! My first customers! I built this place, My name is Hurvin Anderson and welcome to my Barber shop!” Billy smiled, Bouncing on the Chair as Hurvin flickered the cape and wrapped it gently round Billy’s neck “How shall you have your hair Boy? A comb-over? a Quiff maybe?” he asked, Billy replied “A Pompadour if you please mr Anderson!” Billy smiled. 30 mnutes later, Billy’s new hairstyle was complete! “Thank you sir” Said Billy’s Dad, giving him 20 Jamaian Dollars, “Keep the change!” placing them in Mr Andersons hand.
Thursday 14 March 2013
The owner of the barber shop went out of town and left his employees in charge. The thing about the employees was they are not just employees they are his kids so if they did any thing bad they could not get fired, well they could but he would not want to hear about it every night. So they threw a party, not just a regular party but a party in the barber shop, with 100 people! Did I mention they are also magicians? So them and their friends made the people and things off the posters come to life! So that was more people that joined the party in the barber shop.
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Then they hear a knock at the door the barbers eldest son answered the door and there was their dad standing at the door with his arms crossed.
TO BE CONTINUED!!!