Lemba Art College
Published 20th of December, 2017
The Great Wall of Lemba
According to Wikipedia, this place is also known as the "Great Wall of Lempa". I am not going to get into that whole Lempa / Lemba thing, as it has already been done to death in last summer's enthralling Tremithousa / Tremithousa debate. The Cypriots are quite happy with multiple spellings of the same word, and so should we be.
My Favourite Piece
I love this piece because rather bizarrely it reminds me of my Grandad. Well, it reminds me of sitting in his back garden. A neighbour of his had a little weather station which had a man chopping an axe. When the wind blew he chopped harder. The silhouette of that man reminds me of this silhouette, so whenever I see it I can vividly picture sitting on my Grandad's lawn, listening to him successfully convince me that the onions growing in his back garden where in fact spring onions, and that they grew that big because of the fresh Norfolk air.
Final Wall Shot
Ok, so let's go inside.
The Date The College Was Built (?)
According to Wikipedia, the college was built in 1985, with the art added to it ever since. This date in the wall seems to slightly contradict that, so as I said previously, treat any info here with a pinch of salt until it has been verified.
On The Inside
If you thought the outside was crazy, it is nothing compared to what's going on in the inner courtyard!
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