Mirrors on the walls have been popular since the unveiling of great hall of mirrors at Versailles in 1678. Adds to the sparkle and apparent size of the room. Exterior walls of mirror glass begins in the early 1970s in the USA by architects like Cesar Pelli and I.M. Pei. Reduces the scale on the street and skyline. Merge with the sky. But mirrors on the ceiling?? The first reference is the … [Read more...]
The Narrow Pyramid Returns to Jerusalem and Paris
A week after posting about the narrow pyramids, the shape is making new appearances in Jerusalem and Paris. Both designed approved in the summer of 2015. San Francisco has a little competition. Studio Libeskind has won planning permission to build a 105-metre-high pointed skyscraper in the centre of Jerusalem – set to become the city's second-tallest building. Called the Pyramid … [Read more...]
Steel maze at Belgium coal mine by Gijs – Van Vaerenbergh
From DesignBoom, With a focus on the experience of space, gijs van vaerenbergh — a collaboration of belgian architects and artists pieterjan gijs and arnout van vaerenbergh — have realized an immersive labyrinth at the central square of C-mine Art Centre in Genk, Belgium. a one kilometer maze of steel corridors, with walls that tower 5 meters above the earth, surrounds installation visitors, … [Read more...]
Great Idea: Powerwash the Dirt to Make a Mural
The electricity producing company, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna appealed to the Scholz & Friends agency and the artist Przemysław Trust Truściński Located in the Bieszczady region of Poland, this "painting" wall 91 meters wide and 54 meters high was made from ultra-strong jets of water, removing the layer of sediment accumulated over the years on dam wall. Other work by Przemysław … [Read more...]
Marco Evaristti Colors Geyser Pink
Marco Evaristti, the South American artist who is based in Copenhagen, poured red fruit dye into the Strokkur Geysir, found around 70 miles to the north east of Reykjavik, at dawn in Spring 2015. When they boiled, vibrant pink steam blew up from the ground as a result. Professing that 'nature belongs to no one', he did not seek permission from local authorities before the stunt. He was jailed … [Read more...]
#PublicArt posting on Facebook in November
After months of problems with this website certification, the problems have been resolved and the link re-established to the blog. Here are few of 50 posts on facebook.com/glenn.weiss.100. Please follow on Facebook. … [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...]
Weekly Posts on Public Art on Facebook
Weekly post at facebook.com/glenn.weiss.100. Marc Quinn, Jorge Rodriguez Gerada, Pablo Curutchet, David Cerny, M-City, Paula Rebsom, KAWS, Yayoi Kusama … [Read more...]
New and Old Glass Ceilings
With Spencer Finch's new ceiling in Seattle, I was reminded of some others by Carl Cheng and Seyed Alavi. Unfortunately, none of them compare well the late 19th century and early 20th. At least the architects at the new Amazon.com office building created a space for the work with the illusion of extra height. The Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, between San Francisco and … [Read more...]
Weekly Posts on Public Art Worldwide
Public Art posted at facebook.com/glenn.weiss.100 : Spencer Finch, Frank Gehry, Jimmie Durham, Anish Kapoor, SPY, ICY & SOT, Tomasz Domanski, Jacob Hashimoto, Dorothy Cross, Ai Wei Wei … [Read more...]
Weekly Public Art Posts from Facebook
Public projects posted from facebook.com/glenn.weiss.100 Subodh Gupta, Burning Man, Joana Vasconcelos, Will Alsop, Processcraft, Jan Kempenaers, JR, Zaha Hadid, Dubai Cloud … [Read more...]
Public Art Postings on Facebook
Artists -- Joana Vasconcelos, Harvey Fite, Dennis McNett, Éder Oliveira, Panya Clark Espinal, Höweler + Yoon, Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam, Mark Reigelman, Tadashi Kawamata. Follow at glenn.weiss.100 on facebook. … [Read more...]