Project Description
Artist Andrew Reid witnessed a "day in the life" of an officer at
the Tampa Police Department. Reid's point of departure for this
commission was the dedication and discipline of the Police Officer.
He witnessed first hand several activities -- from the dramatic
tracking a suspect in a Police Helicopter, to searching for drugs on a
freighter with the INS -- to the more mundane such as street closures,
traffic accidents, and the much dreaded domestic violence call.
Reid collaged his documentation of the experiences together in a
sketch-like style, not unlike courtroom illustrations. The
action-packed media feel is further hit home with his use of bold
color, and television-shaped framing devices. Reid was also
drawing from police heroes as seen on television shows, and comic book
heroes. In some ways, it is an extension or contemporary
interpretation of the WPA-style heroic imagery..
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