I’d planned to run some mundane errands today in Chiswick
and Hammersmith. The weather was
horrible and I wasn’t packing any equipment, not even my little Sony. I got on the first train I could and instead
of getting off at Gunnersbury, I did so at South Acton, thinking this might have
been closer to Turnham Green. On my way
through a residential area, I noticed firstly that the houses were a bit bigger
and architecturally nicer than my street (terrace envy) and then secondly, an
unusual break in the Victorian-themed backdrop.
There was a huge mosaic on the back wall of a garden as well as painting and mixed media up the entire rear elevation of the mid-terrace house. Quite arresting: colourful, funny and
shouting to be noticed. I learned later
from the Londonist that this is The Treatment Rooms, apparently
owned by a Baroness Von Reichardt and this is her “ongoing self-contained
conceptual piece of mosaic art.” How cool is that? And how great is the iphone camera?
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