Hew Locke, Magna Carta, Antony Gormley, Florence, Kakudai Faucets, BNKR Arquitectura, Chapel, James Turrell, Freyja Bardell and Brian Howe, Mammoth, Taiwan Bent Mailboxes, Chinese Cloud Gate, Cai Guoqiang, Fireworks, Botanico Culiacan. Project posted at facebook/glennweiss.100. … [Read more...]
Yikes. Cars in China are now surplus. Consumer waste and artists one more time.
Vancouver Biennale Open Air Installations
Vancouver Canada continues to expanded the quality of both the temporary and permanent Open Air Museum. Go the website to see all the works: http://www.vancouverbiennale.com/explore-art/artworks/. Vancouver makes a special effort to include artists from Canada, India and China. The 2014 exhibition includes a focus on Brazil. … [Read more...]
Public Art Images from the Week
Images from Nespoon, Mary Evans, Eliasson, Rushton and Tyman, Cerny... … [Read more...]
Funny Pavilions in Shanghai
A certain ugliness of architectural work has emerged in China. Ugliness is normally made by long-term neglect or the original laziness by the designer. But many architects of all nationalities in working in China seem to be working on a style based on a quasi-organic "flow" and plastic injection toy manufacturing. Perhaps I am just out-of-date. Glenn Weiss "Living in urban surroundings … [Read more...]