Eurasia and SHOUT competitions, Party hats for Dutch security cameras, Mexican sculptors in London, Mumbai taxis, Kingston Sculpture Biennial, WD mural in Athens, Exposition HABITER, Atelier Van Lieshout at the Ruhrtriennale, Senegal building, NYC mid-century mosaic and moving a Japanese tree. … [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...]
Mosaics and Ceramic Murals: Freeport, Bahamas
Let's put mosaics and ceramic murals on the public art table. For permanent, community-based public art - nothing is better. And as a very beautiful artform in the hands of experts and craftspeople. You can visit and walk-on Roman mosaics almost 2,000 years old. The tiles of Persians, the Ottomans and other Asian Islamic cultures glow with the blues and greens and reds in the 500 year old … [Read more...]