Galleryyuhself - Lordy Lord!

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Peter Minshall among wireframe horse’s heads at the Callalloo company mas camp in Cocorite in 1995. Donkey Derby was the band that Minshall salvaged from the much more expansive designs and construction work he’d embarked on for a design collaboration with the Spanish designer Miralda called The Honeymoon. With the collapse of that project and the pervasive presence of Whoa Donkey! a surprise Carnival hit by the United Sisters, who counted among their number Singing Sandra and Tigress, Minshall went with the flow and created his own sardonic look at T&T society, building a massive papier Machel Trojan Donkey to form the centrepiece of his Savannah presentation. But that was weeks away and I needed an early photo of the masman for the Carnival Souvenir I was working on for the Trinidad Express. I showed up by arrangement one evening, scouted a spot among a collection of wire-frame donkey heads in varying stages of completion and lit the designer so that the background, a messy collection of debris and rehearsing dancers dropped off to black.  He looked up quizzically and I said three words to him, “Alas, poor Yorick.” He got it immediately. Day Three of Trinidad Carnival - An Instagram Exhibition, 10 days of posts that take note of notable people and events from my archive of Carnival coverage. #archive #lyndersaydigital #masman #archivecarnival #trinidad #portrait #design #carnival #trinidadandtobago #filmphotography #peterminshall #callalloocompany #bandleader #donkeyderby #hamlet #cocorite #mascamp #trinidadcarnival #thelyndersayarchive (at Cocorite, Saint George, Trinidad And Tobago) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuV7Gingv2s/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u5dw86chesgy

#theartofmas #masmanminshall #peterminshall ... Happy Birthday #minshall80 Repost @nationalarchivestt Today, the National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago would like to extend birthday greetings to masman Peter Minshall on his 80th Birthday! Peter Minshall was born in 1941 in Georgetown, Guyana before his family migrated to Trinidad and Tobago in the late-1940s. Growing up in Port of Spain, he was exposed to Carnival from a young age. He attended Queen's Royal College before leaving to study Theatre Design at the Central School of Art and Design in London. After graduating, he worked in the fields of costume design and mas. He became part of the multi-ethnic West Indian Theatre, as well as Notting Hill Carnival, where he was one of the first persons to design costumes. When he returned to Trinidad and Tobago in 1974, he brought these experiences with him to create the “From The Land of the Hummingbird” costume for his sister Sherry-Ann Guy (Coelho). This costume showcased one of his earliest innovations: the articulated bird wing. In 1976, he designed his first full Carnival band “Paradise Lost” which won that year’s Band of the Year title. In 1978, he produced “Zodiac”, followed by 1979’s “Carnival of the Sea,” which won Band of the Year in all categories. His monochromatic “Danse Macabre” (1980) and “Tan Tan and Saga Boy” (1980) showcased his creativity in movement, with the two towering, 15-foot dancing mobiles of Tan Tan and Saga Boy being moved by just two individual performers. Minshall’s appreciation of mas as a form of creative expression led to his Carnival creations and trademark dancing mobiles garnering international acclaim. He was invited to design and direct segments of the Summer Olympics in Spain in 1992 and in Atlanta, Georgia in 1996, followed by the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002. He has also presented his artwork at numerous international art exhibitions throughout Europe and the United Kingdom. In 1982, Minshall was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Trinity Cross in 1996 for Art and Culture, and Trinidad and Tobago’s first Emmy Award for his segment in the Opening Ceremony of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Referenc https://www.instagram.com/p/CReDcxVpmLe/?utm_medium=tumblr

Sexypink - Too sweet! Minshall’s macaw graces Cocobel chocolates.

Galleryyuhself - Peter Minshall's MASMAN. A must for all Caribbean libraries.

Sexypink - A look at the pioneering genius that is Peter Minshall.

Peter Minshall may have created other famous Kings of Carnival, he may even have created better Kings of Carnival (I’m looking at you Merry Monarch), but he never created a more singularly influential and watershed design than he did with Mancrab. In 1983, Minshall created Mancrab as King and villain of The River, an ascetically all-white band that he proceeded to drench with electric dyes on the stage. There was before Mancrab and there was after Mancrab. It wasn’t the start of a trilogy when it appeared, but it was a remarkable story, rich with allegory and visual impact, the conflict between technology and a simpler country life distilled into the mechanical attack of the obsidian carapace worn by Peter Samuel and the earthy, ethereal beauty of The Washerwoman, worn by Minshall’s sister, Sherry-Ann Guy. It was ecological disaster as pantomime, that first terrifying squirt of red into the floating white canopy above the costume’s head a morbid warning about tainting the natural with the manmade.  The engineering for the remarkable costume was conversationally attributed to Ellis Chow Lin On, the recording engineer behind KH Records who also participated in the formation of Charlie’s Roots. Day Four of Trinidad Carnival - An Instagram Exhibition, 10 days of posts that take note of notable people and events from my archive of Carnival coverage #archive #lyndersaydigital #masman #archivecarnival #trinidad #performance #design #carnival #trinidadandtobago #filmphotography #peterminshall #callalloocompany #bandleader #ellischowlinon #queensparksavannah #theriver #trilogy #mancrab #dimanchegras #trinidadcarnival #thelyndersayarchive (at Queen's Park Savannah) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuYeH7tAs17/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2cfvcefk9i13