My friend Dave showed me Philip Beesley yesterday… I love his work, specially his installations and sculptures. Very original and simply beautiful. Take some time and view his portfolio.
Giant Waterfalls in NYC?! (update)
An artist’s rendering of the New York City Waterfalls project, proposed by Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. Four giant waterfalls will be erected in New York for three months this summer in a public art project city officials hope will create $55 million in extra tourism revenue for the Big Apple. The waterfalls, including one that will fall from the famed Brooklyn Bridge, are the brainchild of Eliasson. They will cost $15 million, to be funded by private donations to New York’s Public Art Fund.
!!This is gonna be sooo cooooool……!!
UPDATE: It will start this JULY 2008 for a total of 3 months.
Here’s the official press conference with the Mayor and Artist
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This is the official website.
Cai Guo-Qiang at the Guggenheim
Cai Guo-Qiang “I want to believe” is showing until May 28th and I HIGHLY recommend it.
I have never seen the Guggenheim utilize its space such as this. Its beautiful, full of energy, and grand. I’ve never heard of this Chinese artist until last week and had heard a buzz about this show… ‘a must see’.., I didn’t really know what to expect except for what I had seen in this video, which is very impressive, so I had to check this out for myself… Continue reading “Cai Guo-Qiang at the Guggenheim”