Street artists like Haas and Hahn or JR are volunteering with or without crowd-funding or being commissioned by NGOs to help make place. Sometimes place making by paint occurs overtime such as the Wynwood Arts District murals in Miami or older historic murals in smaller towns across America in the 1980-90s such as Lake Placid, Florida. But this visioning by a single artist or artist team seems … [Read more...]
Public Art from the Week
Public art posted on Facebook.com/glenn.weiss.100 … [Read more...]
Festivals Generate the Best Permanent Public Art
Folkstone Triennial in the UK opens at the end of August. Thorough the Triennial, the city has commissioned some excellent permanent works. Perhaps arts festivals are the best way to "sneak" truly contemporary artworks into city public art collections. … [Read more...]
Is the Blue Light Tower the new 19th Century Memorial Obelisk?
For a hundred years, the stone obelisk became western civilization's preferred memorial for important individuals and death in wars. Recently, the blue tower of light has emerged as the new memorial including the new "Spectra" by Ryoji Ikeda in London for WW1 dead from the UK. A few differences: - Momentary vs Permanent - Night vs Day - Photographs Blue vs White - Random Location vs … [Read more...]
El Seed – Street Artist of Arabic Calligraphy
Street artist el Seed has developed a powerful mural style deriving from the great history of Arabic calligraphy in architecture and books. A catalog of el Seed's work can be found in the new book, "Lost Walls". http://www.elseed-art.com https://www.facebook.com/elseed.artist Translation of quote on the Mosque: "Oh humankind, we have created you from a … [Read more...]
Calgary Public Public Art Receives Punishment for the “Blue Ring”
Since the installation of "Traveling Light" by inges idee from Berlin, a "waste of government money" controversy was made serious when Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi declared the sculpture “awful.” The sculpture 17 meters tall, bright blue and sports two replica lampposts sprouting from its top. It came with a $470,000 price tag. After the Giant Blue Ring controversy, Calgary has changed its … [Read more...]
Public Art Images from the Week
Images from Nespoon, Mary Evans, Eliasson, Rushton and Tyman, Cerny... … [Read more...]
Cai Guo-Qiang exhibit boosts economy $14 million in Brisbane
BRISBANE.- ‘Falling Back to Earth’, the first Australian solo exhibition by Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang, presented at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) from November 2013 to May 2014, has resulted in a $14.51 million boost to Queensland’s economy. ‘Visitors were entranced by Heritage (2013), Cai’s installation of 99 animals peacefully gathered around a serene lake directly … [Read more...]
Kashink Street Art
According to her blog, KASHINK is one of the few very active female artists in the French graffiti/street art scene. She paints huge four eyed characters, with thick lines, vivid colors, in a very distinctive style. http://www.kashink.com … [Read more...]
Sky Drawings by Neil Dawson 1980s & 90s
In the 1980s and 1990s, New Zealand artist Neil Dawson invented these sky drawings. http://www.neildawson.co.nz/ … [Read more...]
Hanoi Ceramic Mural on Red River Dyke: 2007-2010
The Hanoi mural, which is built on the walls of the Red River dyke, was constructed between 2007-10. The concept came from Vietnamese artist, Nguyen Thu Thuy, a journalist and painter who works for the Hanoimoi newspaper. Ms Thuy wanted to mark the city’s millennium with an artistic mural which reinvigorated urban Hanoi and bring local communities together through public art. WATCH THE … [Read more...]
Electrical Utility Boxes as Public Art
Around the nation, public works departments, downtown associations and neighborhoods have focused on sidewalk electrical utility boxes as public art sites. Hand painting appears in the neighborhoods and smaller cities, while printed vinyl wraps are preferred by more urban downtowns. Overall Preparing the box itself by removing rust and other imperfections is essential. Hand painting … [Read more...]