Artists: Carin Mincemoyer, Florentijn Hofman, Yasuhiko Hayashi and Yûsuke Nakano, Nick Cave, Xiang Jing, Archstoyanie, Franck Scurti, Anish Kapoor. Friend me at facebook.com/glenn.weiss.100 Other NYC Department of Transportation Projects … [Read more...]
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's quote on public art: “Public art installations allow Chicagoans to be active participants in arts and culture, and as part of the Chicago Cultural Plan, we’ve made progress on a number of fronts to bring the arts directly to Chicago neighborhoods,” said Mayor Emanuel. “From Sculpture on the Boulevards to art installations on the lake front to more than 1,000 events … [Read more...]
Street Artists make Place Identity
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...]
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...]
Public Art Images from the Week
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Public Art images from the Week
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Best of the Week in Public Art
Friend me at glenn.weiss.100 for the originals in real time. Two best finds of the week are the giant mural in Syria complete this year in the middle of the war and the Smokey Hollow Memorial to the African American Community that was demolished in the late 1960s. Most popular this week is the Edmonton, Canada, pavilion by Marc … [Read more...]
Public Art Images from the Week
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Mobile Art, ELMO and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
If in London, the don't forget to tour the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for the Public Art. In September for one weekend, all the mobile art vehicles will set-up shop. ‘PORTABILITY: ART ON THE MOVE’ Celebrating the extraordinary world of mobile art vehicles in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 20th – 21st September, 2014 For the first time in the UK, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is … [Read more...]
Brian Miller: World’s FIRST town artist. 1962
Thanks to Gar Dunlap for the correction. Brian Miller may be the world's first town artist. He served the Scottish New Town of Cumbernauld. From THE FORGOTTEN PUBLIC ART OF CUMBERNAULD by Neville Rae For twenty eight years starting in 1962, Brian Miller worked as Cumbernauld’s first, and only, town artist. After initial doubts over which department he should be placed in, he was employed … [Read more...]