NEW YORK CITY POP-UP ART: BLISS by URS FISCHER

Published on November 22, 2017November 22, 2017 by jacquelinemhadel1 Comment

Swedish sculptor Urs Fischer created a clay bust of Katy Perry called “BLISS,” and people are invited to interact with the piece and make their own creations on it and around it:

22nov17 39 Spring Street, SoHo, New York City

BANKSY’S DISMALAND: LITTLE MERMAID

Published on September 15, 2015 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

11/12sep15. Weston super Mare, UK.

CHICAGO STREET ART: “THE BUSINESSMEN” by JU MING

Published on June 6, 2015 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

At the iconic IBM building (AMA Plaza)

3jun15. Chicago, IL.

CHICAGO STREET ART: “LOOK INTO MY DREAMS, AWILDA”

Published on May 16, 2015 by jacquelinemhadel2 Comments

Spanish sculptor: Jaume Plensa

made of white resin ~ 39 ft. tall

“…he likes to capture the ephemeral beauty, as well as the possessive power of girls, just as they are becoming women…” – huffpost

15may15. Chicago, Illinois.

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND GRAFFITI: BEACON OF HOPE

Published on May 7, 2015 by jacquelinemhadel1 Comment

apr15. Belfast, Northern Ireland.

KAMIANETS-PODILSKYI, UKRAINE STREET ART: THE TOURIST

Published on March 31, 2015 by jacquelinemhadel1 Comment

“You’ve always been a tourist here. You just didn’t know it.” ― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

29mar15. Kamianes-Podilskyi, Ukraine.

L.A. STREET ART: LENIN

Published on March 27, 2014March 27, 2014 by jacquelinemhadel4 Comments

An excerpt from Fairfax by Night online: http://www.fairfaxbynight.com/lenin-sculpture-at-ace-museum-on-la-brea-ave/

A work of the Gao Brothers from China, the Lenin Sculpture is another piece in their progression of provocative art. The artists have included several elements that show this controversial figure in a new light for the world of art. With a vivid chrome finish, the metal sculpture is constructed from horizontal sections that were purposefully staggered to make up this very thought provoking likeness of ruthless Russian dictator Vladimir Lenin. As such a well know person, the artists’ decision to give his face a chrome finish takes the focus away from Lenin, and to the sculpture’s context by allowing the reflections to highlight the immediate surroundings instead of Lenin in an appropriately demeaning fashion. The staggered sections represent his broken and destructive legacy that brought so much turmoil to Russia. Atop is a very playful inclusion of baby holding a balance stick on top of Lenin’s protruding head, as if walking a tight rope of his disastrous and risky Marxist ideals.