public displays of art

[drizl]

chicago has lots of public art! today i had some time before i caught the train, so i went to milenium park- cheesy name, but a cool place really. soft grass. regardless, heres the bean! its soo cool. remember flight of the navigator? it landed in downtown chicago i think...

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g243/drizl/P1010026.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g243/drizl/P1010033.jpg

from underneath!!
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g243/drizl/P1010031.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g243/drizl/P1010028.jpg

[alexandra]

i absolutely love what i see. big fan of this thread already.

[P of R]

Is there a single dent in that thing?

[abcdefz]

That's pretty cool.

We've got a lot of public art in Silicon Valley. A lot of communities require businesses setting up to install public art.

But this one is funny: San José hated/beloved "turd sculpture."

The way I had heard about it was that a sculptor was commissioned to do a piece, and the council rejected his original design. Instead, he pitched a coiled snake which was out of pre-Aztec Mexican mythology or something, and that was approved.

The result was something that looks much like a big old dog turd.




http://myswitzerland.igougo.com/photos/journal_photos/serpent83g.gif


That image, at that angle, is about as snake-like as you can make the thing look. Seriously -- it doesn't read like a snake at all if you're just walking or riding by.

[drizl]

Is there a single dent in that thing?
it is FLAWLESS. and so damn shiny

[alexandra]

i'll definitely make my way past that amazing bean if i ever go to Chicago.

bet i'll even have a dream about it tonight.

[Lyman Zerga]

http://www.ditzi.com/falcograb2.jpg


:(

[abcdefz]

...Falco? Was that the guy's name?

Jeepers!

[Lyman Zerga]

woof?

http://people.clarkson.edu/~beattikm/Pictures/Graz,%20Austria-%20Nov%202003/22-crazy%20airplane%20art.JPG

[abcdefz]

Wow. That's... that's large.

[DipDipDive]

woof?

http://people.clarkson.edu/~beattikm/Pictures/Graz,%20Austria-%20Nov%202003/22-crazy%20airplane%20art.JPG

That's so fucking rad.

[DipDipDive]

http://student.vwc.edu/~atbauchinger/walkingman.jpg

http://photos1.blogger.com/img/205/1330/1024/DSCN0691.jpg

That's one of the coolest statues I've ever seen. It's in Munich. I didn't take the pictures though, because I only saw it out of the window of a moving bus.

[drizl]

woof?

http://people.clarkson.edu/~beattikm/Pictures/Graz,%20Austria-%20Nov%202003/22-crazy%20airplane%20art.JPG



WOAH! reminds me of this architect...whats his name? fuck

[zorra_chiflada]

WOAH! reminds me of this architect...whats his name? fuck

the spanish guy? fuck. don't know his name either.

[DandyFop]

Oh man, in Salt Lake they had this thing called Seagull Fest (because the seagull is our state bird since it saved us from crickets forever ago bla bla bla), and different artists did seagulls that were put up all over downtown. Most of them are ugly as fuck.

http://seagullfest.org/images/glamour_library.jpg

http://seagullfest.org/images/park_copy_web.jpg

I never saw any of the decent ones:

http://seagullfest.org/images/petrogull_crop.jpg

[Lyman Zerga]

http://www.trindera.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Year%207/hundertwasserHaus.jpg

[DipDipDive]

http://www.trindera.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Year%207/hundertwasserHaus.jpg

Munich as well, correct? I love that building.

[zorra_chiflada]

hobart has a lot of street art. it's like mini melbourne

http://hobartunderground.com/streetart.php

[beastiegirrl101]

drizl it's called Cloud Gate....

...dont you hate that people call it the "bean"?

[DipDipDive]

http://www.degussa-history.com/geschichte/en/inventions/plexiglas.Par.0007.myImage.jpg

http://www.techmarketingink.com/clegg/Travels/RTW/Germany/images/germ_19.jpg

http://www.visionunion.com/admin/data/file/img/20051009/20051009000503.jpg

http://www.stanford.edu/~ngao/Pics/Europe/Munich/images/OlympicStadium_JPG.jpg

Amazing.

[DipDipDive]

Give yourself at least 10 minutes on this site. You won't be sorry. (http://chicagouncommon.com/)

[Lyman Zerga]

http://image56.webshots.com/56/4/26/72/2784426720067736324BgCIEF_ph.jpg

well you couldnt call that art but i like the picture
and was wide enough to ride this baby quite a few times :cool:

[Sarky Devotchka]

http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~carmitag/pics/millenium_park_576_384.jpg

I like the fountain better. but cloud gate (the bean) is pretty cool. I haven't seen it since the opening of the park though, when its panels and welding lines were still showing.

[HEIRESS]

http://image09.webshots.com/9/1/62/45/151716245CYOdDd_ph.jpg
http://www.epiphyte.ca/weblog/2003/01/20030128_213136/20021130_092357.jpg

[HEIRESS]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/HEIRESS/shat/totem.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/HEIRESS/shat/totem2.jpg

[Freebasser]

http://www.superlambbanana.com/gifs/lb1.jpg Representin' the 'pool
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cd/The_B_of_the_Bang%2C_Manchester.JPG/450px-The_B_of_the_Bang%2C_Manchester.JPG Biggin' up Madchester

[cosmo105]

^HOLY CRAP!


this thread's awesome.

[Freebasser]

For the Geordies...

http://www.picturesofgateshead.co.uk/angel_of_the_north/angel35.jpg

and more stuff from the Scousers in the House...rs...

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/icliverpool/jun2005/4/1/0002C931-ABE4-12C2-98EF0C01AC1BF814.jpg
http://data1.blog.de/blog/m/messyjessy/img/cr.JPG
http://www.publicartonline.org.uk/news/notices/images/anotherplace3.jpg

[Medellia]

Oh man, in Salt Lake they had this thing called Seagull Fest (because the seagull is our state bird since it saved us from crickets forever ago bla bla bla), and different artists did seagulls that were put up all over downtown. Most of them are ugly as fuck.

http://seagullfest.org/images/glamour_library.jpg

http://seagullfest.org/images/park_copy_web.jpg

I never saw any of the decent ones:

http://seagullfest.org/images/petrogull_crop.jpg
We have those, only ours are penguins. Yes, cosmo. Penguins.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/Celebrindal421/Penguin.jpg

EDIT-Jeebus, that's a big photo.

PS-I don't know who those ladies are, I just found this on Google.

[cosmo105]

weeeeeheeheeeheee :o

[Medellia]

I knew you'd posted in this thread! :D

I'll try to remember to take some myself next time I'm out and about.

[enree erzweglle]

I've been waiting for months for this to happen and it did this week--it was just installed on campus. I am in love with it and see it in an incredibly uplifting light, although there's certainly been mixed reaction to it from some people who see it as a suicidal representation.

Jonathan Borofsky's "Walking to the Sky"

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/slinkiest/walking-to-the-sky.jpg

He's done some intriguing work (http://www.borofsky.com/public.htm).

[DipDipDive]

http://media.walkerart.org/1650300.jpg

[enree erzweglle]

I absolutely hate these things.

They're close to where I live and work and they're kind of awful looking and what IS that first one?

The nastiest of the Inflatables:

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/images/db/static/roars/greenmonster1.jpg

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/images/db/static/roars/houndstoothy1.jpg

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/images/db/static/roars/monmonster1.jpg

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/images/db/static/roars/GRRR1.jpg

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/images/db/static/roars/pachyderm1.jpg

[enree erzweglle]

The best of the Inflatables:

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/images/db/static/roars/bessie1.jpg

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/images/db/static/roars/lionfish1.jpg

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/images/db/static/roars/zombie1.jpg

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/images/db/static/roars/thethinker1.jpg

[Lyman Zerga]

we dont have such things

whats the point of that?

[cosmo105]

those are AWESOME!

[b-grrrlie]

http://www.trindera.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Year%207/hundertwasserHaus.jpg



Munich as well, correct? I love that building.
No it's Hundertwasser House (http://images.google.se/images?svnum=10&hl=sv&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=Hundertwasser+House&btnG=S%C3%B6k) in Vienna

For the Geordies...

http://www.picturesofgateshead.co.uk/angel_of_the_north/angel35.jpg

Isn't there one in Milton Keynes as well? I thought I'd seen one on the hill...

They have this in Stockholm...

http://www.leadership-stockholm.com/images/gun.jpg


Sibelius monument in Helsinki, Finland

http://img1.travelblog.org/Photos/2391/5470/t/20082-Sibelius-monument-0.jpg

http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/Gallery/Travel/Finland/Sibelius-Park/sibel-5.jpg

[b-grrrlie]

Cow parade (http://members.chello.se/fotoblogg/2004_06_01_photoarchive.html) in Stockholm two years ago

http://hem.passagen.se/cowparade/bilder/009s.jpg

[drizl]

RAD


Sibelius monument in Helsinki, Finland

http://img1.travelblog.org/Photos/2391/5470/t/20082-Sibelius-monument-0.jpg

http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/Gallery/Travel/Finland/Sibelius-Park/sibel-5.jpg

[/COLOR][/QUOTE]

[Lyman Zerga]

No it's Hundertwasser House (http://images.google.se/images?svnum=10&hl=sv&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=Hundertwasser+House&btnG=S%C3%B6k) in Vienna


you are correct, miss


i like hundertwasser's style

i would like to own some of THAT (http://www.m-frey.com/cont/normcont/framset.php?bereich=ourd&sprache=en) but i bet it's expensive as ass

[zorra_chiflada]

I absolutely hate these things.

They're close to where I live and work and they're kind of awful looking and what IS that first one?

The nastiest of the Inflatables:

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/images/db/static/roars/greenmonster1.jpg

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/images/db/static/roars/houndstoothy1.jpg

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/images/db/static/roars/monmonster1.jpg

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/images/db/static/roars/GRRR1.jpg

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/images/db/static/roars/pachyderm1.jpg



fuck! i love those! i want them in my city!

[DipDipDive]

[COLOR="DarkOrchid"]No it's Hundertwasser House (http://images.google.se/images?svnum=10&hl=sv&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=Hundertwasser+House&btnG=S%C3%B6k) in Vienna

That's right. Thanks. (y)

[enree erzweglle]

fuck! i love those! i want them in my city!
:) You can have (some of) them.

I am so glad that some people like them! I have yet to meet anyone in the city who does. Everyone I've talked to thinks they're cute, but like the teddy bear art in Zurich when I was there, people think they're...sweet but maybe not necessarily art and not art for prominent public display. I think people mostly see them as toys, really big ones.

It's all subjective.

Opinion on the "Walking to the Sky" sculpture that I posted about earlier is dividing the campus. A lot of people HATE it and where it's been placed and they don't see that as art either.

[enree erzweglle]

For the Geordies...

http://www.picturesofgateshead.co.uk/angel_of_the_north/angel35.jpg

and more stuff from the Scousers in the House...rs...

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/icliverpool/jun2005/4/1/0002C931-ABE4-12C2-98EF0C01AC1BF814.jpg
http://data1.blog.de/blog/m/messyjessy/img/cr.JPG
http://www.publicartonline.org.uk/news/notices/images/anotherplace3.jpg

^^^ I love these.

The second set reminds me of this (below) which I am just about on my way to see. I ran a marathon there once and the area was partly flooded, so it looked like he was rising up out of the sea. That made it more eerie than normal.

http://www.senate.gov/visiting/resources/graphic/xlarge/The-Awakening.jpg

[Lyman Zerga]

the guys in the water would scare the pee out of mee

[b-grrrlie]

I don't know if this could be considered as art, but I think it's mighty fine: Brunkebergstunnel in Stockholm

http://img281.imageshack.us/img281/9671/dsc00218sm4xp.jpg

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/6385/dsc00223sm2rt.jpg

[alexandra]

of course it's art. :)

i like the second picture.

you can just walk in that tunnel, right? it looks very narrow.

[Mister Softy]

http://www.logoland.ch/softy/blogger/dsc1590-edit.jpg
I took this picture of a wall in Amsterdam last march. Graphic goodness!

[Planetary]

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/icliverpool/jun2005/4/1/0002C931-ABE4-12C2-98EF0C01AC1BF814.jpg
http://data1.blog.de/blog/m/messyjessy/img/cr.JPG
http://www.publicartonline.org.uk/news/notices/images/anotherplace3.jpg

i went and saw these last time iw as in liverpool. they're really cool. go on for ages. plus they have weiners.

[Tzar]

http://www.ditzi.com/falcograb2.jpg


:(
is that the dude in your avatar?

[mikizee]

this thread rocks. the cloud gate or whatever is called is AMAZING. it took my breath away when i saw the photo.

[Lyman Zerga]

is that the dude in your avatar?

yes, mr. hansi hölzel

i may visit his grave sooner or later

[Funky Pepp]

In Berlin you see those so-called buddy-bears all over the city:

http://www.billray.info/images-dinner/Libearty%20photos/four-bears.jpg

http://www.billray.info/images-dinner/Libearty%20photos/bears-curved.jpg

They are designed by different artist and sold to different people,
enterprises, shops or embassys to help children.

[Lyman Zerga]

didnt they make something like that with cows before?

[TimDoolan]

In Chicago we had cows. Many many cows. I didn't like them but people came from far and wide to take pictures.http://neon.polkaroo.net/~papadop/pics/chicago/cow2.jpg

[b-grrrlie]

I posted about the cows in Stockholm earlier, few posts up, but for some reason the picture doesn't show.


of course it's art. :)

i like the second picture.

you can just walk in that tunnel, right? it looks very narrow.Yeah it's just for pedestrians and cyclists. I walk through it on the way to the cinema and I just couldn't resist taking photos. I took loads more, but I think those turned out the best.

[beastieangel01]

this thread's awesome.

.

[Funky Pepp]

didnt they make something like that with cows before?
Yeah, they had cows in Borkum (a German island in the North Sea)
and statues of a guy named Hans Hummel (popular local water-guy)
in Hamburg...

[Randetica]

thanks

good my brain isnt as rusty as i thought it was

[enree erzweglle]

In my city, we have decorated dinosaurs. Some of them are so interesting:

http://www.dinomitedays.org/designs/images/phillips.jpg

http://www.dinomitedays.org/designs/images/mesag.jpg

http://www.dinomitedays.org/designs/images/foraxis1.jpg

http://www.dinomitedays.org/designs/images/green.jpg

http://www.dinomitedays.org/designs/images/heinz.jpg

[Funky Pepp]

I like that ketchup-dino :)

[Randetica]

http://www.arts.idaho.gov/pa/images/businessman.jpg

[enree erzweglle]

http://www.arts.idaho.gov/pa/images/businessman.jpg
That guy has the briefcase blues. :D (I do love that piece...it must stop foot traffic lots.)

[aboislove]

http://www.passedoutwookies.com/albums/Passed-Out-Wookies-Submissions!/bum_wook_piss.thumb.jpg

[drizl]

http://www.passedoutwookies.com/albums/Passed-Out-Wookies-Submissions!/bum_wook_piss.thumb.jpg
lol that is great

[instigator7022]

[QUOTE=enree erzweglle]

http://www.dinomitedays.org/designs/images/green.jpg

Love it.^

This thread is great I'm so glad the world is so full of beauty


^ i know that sounded extremely cheesy(n)

[b-grrrlie]

http://www.thebreckzone.com/images/Funny%20Statue.jpg

Evert Taube, singer-songwriter


http://histlab.itc.edu.stockholm.se/biblioteket/elevarbeten/pressen_i_sthlm/ferlin.jpg

Nils Ferlin, poet

[alexandra]

haha, i took a picture with that Evert Taube statue in 4th grade. man he was short. :rolleyes:

[Mister Softy]

http://www.dinomitedays.org/designs/images/heinz.jpg

Pop Art VS Jurassic Park — damned! :eek:

[ericlee]

Thailand has some nice art. I would consider their buildings to be artwork too.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/pf4c276e32a943464c80f1aae310fd7e1/f74dcdcd.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/p868a242e063e4c0b8631ef8830b0110a/f74dd0a1.jpg

China has unique ancient art inside of the buildings and such in the forbidden cities.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid129/pbc234212d35de842ca624069597d3292/f7cb8db2.jpg

Edit: Can't forget about this in Hong Kong

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/eric286/Picture019.jpg

[fucktopgirl]

awesome!!(y)

[voltanapricot]

I wish I could remember the name of that building in Bangkok made entirely out of broken crockery. I can't even say whether it was a temple or not, but I remember thinking how awesome it was looking at this incredible building so uniquely and artistically constructed.

Come on Eric, I know you know what I'm talking about.

[ericlee]

I wish I could remember the name of that building in Bangkok made entirely out of broken crockery. I can't even say whether it was a temple or not, but I remember thinking how awesome it was looking at this incredible building so uniquely and artistically constructed.

Come on Eric, I know you know what I'm talking about.

sad enough, no. I'm not sure. The longest time I've spent in Bankok at one time was just a day because everytime I'd fly to China, I'll have a day layover on my way to and from.

I really want to dedicate a whole 2 weeks to visit Bankok and all of Thailand in general, I'm sure it will happen soon.

Bankok B could probably help you with that one though(y)

[aboislove]

lol that is great
haha thanks. = ]

[alexandra]

there's three of these big anchors in town.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/funkymustard/ankare.jpg

[prezl]

wtf in the middle of the ciddy?