Sadness on Bridgefield Street

Image: © Gerald England Taken: 8 Aug 2025

One of the Smiley World Art Trail exhibits. "Sadness can affect us all in different ways, so it's a difficult thing to visualise in one single design. This artwork summarises different feelings by bringing together multiple elements that seem to surround us when we're feeling down. The artists have arranged the design as an abstract collage, representing the mixed up range of emotions we go through." Mikesian Studio are a design and art duo from Manchester, made up of Mike and Sian. Their work is a mix of powerful words, bold colour and graphic forms, with a focus on bringing bright, inclusive artwork to communal and public spaces. They have worked at all kinds of scales; from designing commemorative postage stamps, to building miniature houses for rodents, to city wide charity ad campaigns and international festival artwork. https://wildinart.co.uk/lc-sculpture/sadness/ The photographer and the front of the exhibit can be seen reflected in the windows of The Light cinema.

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