Fun/interesting public art

[jennifer~]

Omaha eh

Home, sweet... eh

 

[snowqueen]

OK some from my home city

The super yellow lamb bannana

taken by me

This is by yoko ono .. these pieces caused a lot of debates, public outrage etc. they didnt go down to well.

taken from bbc.co.uk

These photos are from the infamous mathew street in liverpool.. nt sure if its classed as street art or not though.

Named bricks .. not sure who all the people are .. mostly bands, producers etc. its like liverpools mini version of the stars in hollywood i guess lol

This is a staue of the fab four .. in bronze

Elenor Rigby Bench, this is made by some old rock star , its traditional adn custom to leave a flower next to the old bag lady .. but not sure why but theres always flwoers there.

An other statue

For some reason paul is missing off the statue showing the fab four at the foot of the mother mary.

Fountains in the city .. many a drunk night spent playing in them lol .. espesially the lfc homecoming

These photos below are taken from bbc.co.uk

These are the liver birds .. logal legend thing says that they look over the city and when they fly away liverpool will perish and sink into the mersey.

These are by one of the manyu docks, they are surpost to be like a submarine i think

This is the enterance to china town

This is one of the blitz memorial things its a little boy playing with a fighter plane.

Two wooden statues hugging

Not sure what this is but its pritty

Muscal intraments and cases .. this is surpost to be like the imgranst coming to liverpool

 

[snowqueen]

This may have to be taken down as so many people think its a real man in the sea and have phoned the coast guard .. this is on a beach in liverpool

there is over a hundred stretch down the beach .. theyve been used in films and everything.

 

[mundodabolsa]

This is in Cambridge, MA, in Harvard Square. The picture doesn't show quite how cool it is, because it's this little forgotten corner and the sculpture is sort of smushed in there, it's great!

photo from cambridgeartscouncil.org

 

[jennifer~]

More eyesores, in and around town - someone must like these things ...

livelyomaha.org

 

[jennifer~]

More... this is about as exciting as it gets here ...

livelyomaha.org

 

[tott]

More eyesores

They do seem a bit generic and bland/boring, don't they?

I love seeing what you all post though!

 

[.francesca]

this is my favorite public art of the moment :

www.space-invaders.com

paris

paris, marais

aix en provence

without realising it at the time, i saw a few of these all over europe during summer of 2004...and then read about it later. they are scattered all over the world!

 

[fouroclock]

Btw I took the picture that I posted on the last page

 

[Hebden]

More Bansky...

 

[.francesca]

i love banksy...i saw some in cheddar, england!

here is more...it's called the bubble project and it's started by ji lee in new york...empty thought bubbles that passersby fill in.

http://thebubbleproject.com/

 

[twilight fairy]

Francesca, those are amusing. Thank you for posting!

 

[snowqueen]

Francesca I love the space invaders ones ... that was like my fav game as a kid.Hell it still is lol

Those empty speach bubbles are a great idea ... kinda reminds me of those guess the caption competition things they ahve in news papers were people have to fill in funny things

thanks for posting links to find out mroe as well

 

[softgrey]

this is a chihuly glass art exhibit on display at the Bronx botanical gardens in New York City...I have tickets for tomorrow...

IMAGE GALLERY HERE:

http://www.nybg.org/chihuly_module.php


http://www.ticketmaster.com/promo/g5s88r

“Glass is
a magical material
that's made with human breath.” —Dale Chihuly

About the Artist
Dale Chihuly is primarily lauded for moving blown glass out of the confines of small, precious objects and into the realm of large-scale contemporary sculpture. Born in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, he was introduced to glass while studying interior design at the University of Washington. In 1968, Chihuly was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to work at the Venini factory in Venice, Italy. In 1971 he co-founded Pilchuck Glass School, in Stanwood, Washington.

The prodigious artist creates complex, multipart sculptures of dramatic beauty and is known for such memorable installation exhibitions as Chihuly Over Venice (1995–96), Chihuly in the Light of Jerusalem 2000, and Chihuly at the V&A (2001) at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. His work can be seen in the collections of more than 200 museums worldwide.

Learn more about Chihuly and his work at www.chihuly.com

 

[faust]

Goddess of Fertility statue given to New York City by a Russian exiled artist Mikhail Shemyakin. It stands in Soho.

More on the artist here

http://www.circassianworld.com/shemyakin.html

 

[faust]

Tom Otterness's cute sculptures scattered throughout New York City, most notably in Battery Park City, and 2, 3 subway line 14th Street stops. I love these, they always make me smile whenever I stumble upon them.

all pics from google

 

[i_<3_chanel]

dreamspace
all very fun . . until the recent nightmare

intheaquarium.blogspot.com

 

[ultramarine]

anthonygormley.com

The Angel, just in case you haven't seen it before... it's actually in Gateshead but let's all just pretend it's in Newcastle, eh.

I remember this one from the movie "The one and only" (I think that was the title)

 

[Estella*]

faust, google is not a valid source, it's the search engine...
could you please credit the pictures correctly, thanks!

 

[ultramarine]

this are some grafitis done by a friend in San Jose (Costa Rica) ..

imgs from my friend's (Starla) photobucket.com album