Public sculpture has been replaced with graphic design at the Fourth Plinth in the UK. Following the blue rooster, we will now have an elongated "thumbs up" and the skeleton of a horse. None of this works require traditional sculpture making skills. And the conceptual art thinking is just as minimal. Just scan a found image into the computer, make modest photoshop modifications and send to … [Read more...]
Bruce High Quality Rat at Lever House 2012
[contextly_auto_sidebar id="kZZwFmYWvCuQ05uebLC9ixSL8Zz52Jr0"] I missed the bronze rat at Lever House as part of Bruce High Quality Foundation's "Art History with Labor" exhibition in 2012. When I as working in Times Square, many building and theater owners feared the inflatable rat that would be installed when employers tried to go around the unions. According to the website. The Foundation … [Read more...]
Community Adopted: Grasshopper Bridge by Ed Carpenter
As a new series, I plan to look at Community Adopted public art. These artworks have become part of the self-identity of people living in the neighborhood, city or region. Or adopted by an non-geographic group of people with a common interest or way of life. Send me recommendations with proof of the community adoption. Completed in 1997 in Phoenix, the Grasshopper Bridge has been adopted by … [Read more...]
Alley #PublicArt in Sydney
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - "The City of Sydney's Laneway Art Program has witnessed many changes in the last five years as Sydneysiders and visitors embrace the ever increasing reality of a city humming with the buzz of new art, new business and new life." Send me more alley public art. More Alleys outside Worldwide. … [Read more...]
The BIG Women in #publicart
As Ursula von Rydingsvard installed her "Ona" ("Woman" in Polish) at the new sports and entertainment coliseum in Brooklyn, NYC, last week, I wondered about the giant sculptures of women in our public spaces. Please send me more images. Some of the work by von Rydinsvard, Marialusia Tadei and Miro required the title before any mental connection can be made to women. Hirst and Quinn present a … [Read more...]
Paul McCarthy shits on #PublicArt and #Koons
Balloon Dogs. A joy for pre-schoolers when made magically by a clown before their eyes. I still remember the feeling without a specific place or time. One day as an adult for some reason, I had to try it. Making animals with a long, skinny balloon. Discover the magic. A fantasy in my head to amaze some future child. What better momentary power is there than passing joy to another … [Read more...]
Working the House in America #publicart
Mike Kelly’s Mobile Homestead opened to the public this month in Detroit. His video shot from the window of the Mobile Homestead starts touring around the world. Self-taught or folk artist homes are regional tourist attractions, but actual single-family houses have a limited history of artistic intervention by the finer arts. Why - primarily … [Read more...]
Bunnies and Rabbits and Hares: Passivity in #PublicArt
For some reason, giant rabbits have entered the public art universe in the last six years. Koons, Hofman, Gelitin, Argent and others have installed silver, yellow, pink and red sculptures where 50 feet is the minimum. They float in the sky or lay uncomfortably in the stone plaza or grassy mountain top. Hofman’s “Stor Gul Kanin” lived once in Sweden. Koon’s “Rabbit” … [Read more...]
Modjeh Baratloo: A Honor to Have Known Her
Modjeh Baratloo passed away this week. How do you explain the methods by which someone keeps you alive? With a laugh full of affection while shaking her head at your foolishness. With a fierce intensity for any activity she committed herself to. With a demand that you and everyone else think harder and stop being slightly lazy. With her joy in making any meal special with one or … [Read more...]
Seattle’s #Homeless Remembrance Project. Unique Memorial.
After 13 years of standing in the cold, wet rain 400 times to honor the passing of one of Seattle's homeless people, Women in Black and WHEEL (Women’s Housing and Equality Enhancement League) dedicated a permanent memorial to remember the homeless people who lived and died in Seattle. Artists Clark Wiegman, Karen Kiest and Kim Lokan created the "Tree of Life" sculpture with missing leaves. … [Read more...]
#PublicArt, #Sculpture & #Murals in Manhattan at the end of April, 2013.
A Quick Survey. Comments Please. Central Park........ Thomas Schütte, United Enemies, Mar 5, 2013 – Aug 25, 2013. Public Art Fund. The Bowery (Lower East Side, Manhattan)........ Michael Craig-Martin, Youth AFTER HOURS 2: MURALS ON THE BOWERY PROJECT by Art Production Fund. 14 Artists. April 25 - September 29, 2013 Derrick Adams, Ricci Albenda, Ellen Berkenblit, Mel Bochner, Daniel … [Read more...]
Kaldor Projects’ #13Rooms and Jew in a Box: Staring at Humans
We love to have the permission to stare at and to examine every detail of a human body. Detailed observation of humans is everywhere from internet porn (#1 international audience), television crime autopsy (#1 American TV shows) to human sculptures (#1 art for tourists in major public spaces worldwide). We just need a stage, screen or small box to establish permission. In 11, 12 & … [Read more...]