Meek Digging For Change Analysis

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Begging for Change" is an artwork painted by an Australian artist named Meek. It was painted on a railway station wall in Melbourne. The painting features a man sitting dejectedly at the ground , holding a sign saying " Keep your Coins , I want Change. This painting captures all the attention of people especially political members in Australia. It symbolizes the poverty and discomport of street people that doesn't have their own house and wants to have change.
Everyone has their own way for them to express and show their thougts,feellings and emotions just like Meek. He used his style in painting to show what he observe in his environment and to show what are the problems in their country. He use that not only to invoke and conjure people

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