Projects tagged
Installation
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art in odd places festival NORMAL
Read more: art in odd places festival NORMALImmersing in the art is what they are known for. As they slowly reopen, so is their annual public art and performance festival. Their mission statement says:“AiOP reminds us that public spaces function as the epicenter for diverse social interactions…
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7000 Oak Trees
Read more: 7000 Oak TreesIn 1982, for documenta 7, Beuys proposed a plan to plant 7000 oaks throughout the city of Kassel, each paired with a basalt stone. The 7000 stones were piled up on the lawn in front of the Museum Fridericianum with…
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A Vegan Meat Locker with a Heartbeat
Read more: A Vegan Meat Locker with a Heartbeat“Brooke Shields is one of 200 famous faces that the artist Jonathan Horowitz identifies as vegetarian in head shots he has hung on the white-tile walls of a former meat locker in the south Village. Horowitz, 44, swore off meat…
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Gramsci Monument
Read more: Gramsci MonumentA Summer Place in the South Bronx Gramsci Monument Thomas Hirschhorn built this participatory sculpture dedicated to the Italian philosopher at the Forest Houses. By Ken Johnson July 25, 2013 On last Sunday’s lovely, warm afternoon I visited Thomas Hirschhorn’s…
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Global Jars of Joy
Read more: Global Jars of JoyOur project aims to show people that joy can be an act of resistance and resilience in the face of global justice issues when harnessed in the right way. The sharing of joy can also act as a connector in…
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Howardena Pindell; “Rope/Fire/Water”
Read more: Howardena Pindell; “Rope/Fire/Water”Howardena Pindell presented her solo exhibition, “Rope/Fire/Water”, her first video in 25 years and a project utilized by the artist since the 1970s that The Shed commissioned and displayed in late 2020 and into early 2021. “Rope/Fire/Water” mines the history…
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Conscious Lee
Read more: Conscious LeeConscious Lee is a public awareness project to help people value and protect their rivers. Rivers are rich sources of life and are vital for clean water. They are beautiful spaces to connect with nature. We all need to appreciate…
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Tiny Pricks Project
Read more: Tiny Pricks ProjectTiny Pricks is a public art project created and curated by Diana Weymar. Contributors from around the world are stitching Donald Trump’s words into textiles, creating the material record of his presidency and of the movement against it. Tiny Pricks…
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Street gas chamber
Read more: Street gas chamberA minibus is parked on the side of the road with a series of pipelines wrapped around it. One end of the pipeline is connected to the exhaust port of the minibus, and the other end is put into the…
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Melting Men
Read more: Melting MenNéle Azevedo (born 1950) is a Brazilian sculptor, visual artist and independent researcher. She is best known for her “Melting Men” installations. In this artwork, Azevedo put 5000 ice sculptures in Birmingham’s Chamberlain Square in the UK and waited for…