Flickr has posted 2.6 million copyright free images from books. The searches result in a strange sets - not perfect. You need to go to the book page link to find the title to image. Link Here https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/ Value: 1. Find great etchings of destroyed art and architecture, 2. sculptures valued in the 19th century and early 20th century and 3. … [Read more...]
Simple Metal Arch Gateway – Auschwitz, Wounded Knee, Angola
It is not fair to identify a particular architectural element with the horror of humanity. Lately, I transitioned from enjoying the light weight decorative metal arch on two pillars - to - association with the tortures and murders of Auschwitz, Wounded Knee and Angola Prison. … [Read more...]
Other Popular Public Art Posts on Facebook
Over the last six months, another set of images were popular on my facebook page (glenn.weiss.100). The question is why? What separates these projects from many, many others. I tried to give one answer to each set. (Click here for the most liked facebook public art) Lovely use of bright colors. Lifts the spirit. Amazing dedication of unique cultures to add the aesthetic to … [Read more...]
Angola Prison Watchtower and Segregated Rail Car at Smithsonian
“While still under construction, in 2013 crews installed two large pieces at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Weighing 80 tons, a segregated railway train care made by the Pullman Company in 1922 was delivered to DC in November 2013 as well as a prison guard tower from Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary. It’s an item illustrating the incarceration of black … [Read more...]
Jim Lambie UK 2015 Vinyl Tape
Favorite Public Art on Facebook
I went back over the last six months to see which of by my daily facebook posts received the most "likes" and "shares". I assume that "sharing" is the highest like. The sculpture in Denmark by Indian artists Arunkumar H G was the highest with 125 likes and 46 shares. Chiharu Shioto's 50,000 keys on red string may be the most social media distributed artwork from the 2015 Venice Biennale. My … [Read more...]
Hank Willis Thomas at Art Basel Miami
I walked the Miami Beach Convention Center for four hours. Only one artist caught my attention more than once - Hank Willis Thomas. And he is represented by the only gallery that interested me - Jack Shainman Gallery, NYC. Here a few other works displayed at Jack Shainman Gallery Booth … [Read more...]
Blah and other Words at Art Basel Miami
Giant words appeared at Art Basel including "EXIT", "PEOPLE", "TRUTH", "BLAH", "ARTFORHUM", "NAKED PICTURES" and few phrase like "CULTURE = CAPITAL" Are we really this empty of ideas and thoughts? Among other things, thinking and emotion were not present at Art Basel Miami. It was a craft show, not fine art as I was trained. … [Read more...]
Sculpture at Art Basel Miami
Outside at the Bass Art Museum. Curated by Nicholas Baume of the Public Art Fund Lynda Benglis Yinka Shonibare Sam Moyer Olaf Metzel Nuria Fuster and Afredo Jaar Matthias Bitzer Goerg Baselitz Batehelemy Touguo Justin Matherly Nancy Rubin Nathalie Djurberg Ernesto Neto Jaume … [Read more...]
whoworeitbetter.info – Freedom to Repeat
According to founders Alison Feldish and Derek Frec, the website ..... "Who Wore It Better is an ongoing visual research project presenting associations and common practices in contemporary art. This platform was created to promote formal and conceptual dialogue over originality." Everyone should drop by the every month or so. I am guilty of noting artists that should have known about … [Read more...]
Mass Extinction, David Adjaye, FL Wright, Brodsky & Utkin
During November 2014, A ground-breaking ceremony took place for the Mass Extinction Memorial Observatory (MEMO), a 30-metre-high stone spiral that will house an information and exhibition centre for the 860 species identified as extinct since the demise of the dodo in the 17th century. The memorial to extinct species of the present and future is designed by David Adjaye for the Isle of Portland, … [Read more...]
Wim Wenders’ 1980s Photography with Signs
Signs are the most mature and prolific form of public design. Wenders spend some time capturing it. … [Read more...]