A new billboard installation by a New York artist has been unveiled at a popular Glasgow venue.<\/p>\n
Lloyd Foster’s artwork is the latest addition to The Billboard Project series at SWG3<\/a>.<\/p>\n The installation showcases a three-photo collage captured in Foster\u2019s New York studio, featuring the artist in a custom-designed garment with wing-like structures.<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts reveal May programme<\/a><\/p>\n This visual motif\u00a0has been designed as a nod to the angelic and winged figures that often appear in Foster’s sculptural works.<\/p>\n Foster’s creations combine personal travel photographs with painterly elements, turning fleeting moments into lasting, memory-charged forms.<\/p>\n The imagery in his work is drawn from a variety of memories, including children from Ghana, travels across Africa, cultural symbols, urban life, and personal narratives rooted in his experience growing up in the United States.<\/p>\n Born in 1990 to Ghanaian immigrants and raised in Maryland, Foster\u2019s work is heavily influenced by his exploration of identity and heritage.<\/p>\n A trip to Ghana at the age of 24 sparked a decade-long journey of connection, leading him to document daily life across Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania.<\/p>\n His art strives to jump between physical and spiritual worlds, utilising recurring motifs such as angels and flames to symbolize energy and memory.<\/p>\n