Absolut continue to nail distinctive and meaningful art collaborations. Here's an ad campaign they're running in Turin where artist Ron English re-imagines iconic images.
Found via PSFK and Wooster Collective
Showing posts with label Public art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Public art. Show all posts
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Friday, 19 March 2010
The High Line vs MoMa
Do you remember the New York deserted rail line that got turned into an elevated park come walkway last summer? Well, pioneering curator Lauren Ross has attracted 2 million people to walk the High Line which runs through NYC's meat-packing district. And that's just since June. By the end of this year, visitor numbers could feasibly be larger than MoMA's.
Increasingly, it's the work of contemporary emerging and mid-career artists that are winning over the public. Ross commissions work directly from the artist, "The important thing is that we are working with a unique space - it's not a museum or gallery, it's not even like any other park...The pieces have to respond in some way to the uniqueness".
Found via the www.theartnewspaper.com
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Brick Lane's 'hijab gates' go back to the drawing board
Follow my post on 1st March about the controversial (and in my opinion utterly pointless) 'hijab gates'. I'm pleased to update you that Tower Hamlets have listened to the 158 local objections and have gone back to the drawing board. Phewey!
Found via The Evening Standard.
Monday, 1 March 2010
Brick Lane's 'hijab gates' pushed through
Will the controversial gates set to stand at either end of Brick Lane get approved this Thursday?
Could Tower Hamlets get approval inspite of 158 objections and a slating from Tracey Emin who called them "bulky, ungainly and unnecessary".
The arches are set to form part of a £2million "heritage trail". But locals have a number of concerns from highlighting Islam over other faiths, to them looking like something from Disneyland.
They sound pretty pointless to me. When arts funding is under the lens shouldn't we be investing funds in projects that make more of a positive contribution?
Plus Spitalfields market has already been corporatised...leave Brick Lane alone.
Could Tower Hamlets get approval inspite of 158 objections and a slating from Tracey Emin who called them "bulky, ungainly and unnecessary".
The arches are set to form part of a £2million "heritage trail". But locals have a number of concerns from highlighting Islam over other faiths, to them looking like something from Disneyland.
They sound pretty pointless to me. When arts funding is under the lens shouldn't we be investing funds in projects that make more of a positive contribution?
Plus Spitalfields market has already been corporatised...leave Brick Lane alone.
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