Narrow escape for Aubrey Williams murals at CJIA

‘Itiribisi and Maridowa’ 1970, one of the murals at the airport by Aubrey Williams. Concrete posts and beams that were placed in 2007 obscured parts of the mural.

Ten years after a furore over the desecrating of world renowned Guyanese artist, Aubrey Williams’ murals at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, the National Trust of Guyana had to be called in to avoid a recurrence.

Stabroek News was reliably informed that the current US$150M CJIA expansion project did not take the preservation of the murals into consideration when the new design was drawn up and they were to be demolished.

It was only after recent objections by persons, including staff at the airport that the National Trust was called in for meetings to advise on a way forward;  either preserve the murals