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http://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/artist.php

Great googa mooga!

http://www.bornrich.org/entry/damien-hirst-unveils-98m-diamond-skull-for-the-love-of-god/

Sidewalke Chalk Artists

Julian Beever and Edgar Mueller
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according to artist, robert irwin, art is not simply about paintings and sculptures and objects as much as it is about the revealing of human consciousness and perception. an art object is not just a thing to be looked at, but a piece of someone's mind in material form. the mastering of conventional media amd technical expertise, though to be valued, shouldn't necessarily be the main goals of art. perhaps successfully bringing to people some kind of engaging sensory experience is just as important. it seems when art is purely focused on technical perfection or the concreteness of an object, often times the true essence of something is glanced over, and the parts that are actually lively and fluid become rigid. the ability to capture essence reveals a fuller understanding of something, an understanding beyond what is visible.

scientific art, artistic science

an intriguing set of articles dealing with connections between art and science:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4111499

Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah

The ~Tree of Utah~





I'm copy and pasting the blurb on Utah's website because... well because I feel like it.

Swedish artist Karl Momen created the 87-foot high tree between 1982-1986. He financed the project himself to bring bold color and beauty to the stark, flat, salty landscape. The sculpture is made of 225 tons of cement, almost 2,000 ceramic tiles and five tons of welding rod, and tons of minerals and rocks native to Utah.

Also called the "Tree of Life," the sculpture is located on the north side of I-80 about 95 miles west of Salt Lake City (25 miles east of Wendover). The location is interesting because the harsh environment here hindered many travelers in pioneer times. Members of the ill-fated Donner Party were tragically delayed in this area before their awful demise in the Sierra Nevada mountains. During WWII, the crew of the Enola Gay practiced bombing runs over the Great Salt Lake Desert before proceeding to Hiroshima to end the war.

After completing his work Momen returned to Sweden, donating the sculpture to the state of Utah.

Art Critic Katherine Metcalf used these words to sum up the project: "...Like Kandinsky in the 1920s, so Momen in the 1980s combines his love of color, circles, and cosmic space in a personal hymn to the universe; and like Kandinsky, he is very 'romantic' and musical. The inscription on the trunk of the tree is Schiller's Ode to Joy, as sung in the choral climax of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony."

The Detroit Airport's All Over Art

Sunday afternoon and Monday morning I got to grace the halls of the Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport, aka DTW. While I'd rather not rehash the events, I did get to revisit the tunnel that connects Terminals B and C to A on the Northwest WorldGateway side. On to the fun.

The tunnel is a light show synchronized with music, created by SmithGroup, Inc. However, at 10 at night the lights are still and the hall is silent. The walls are made of glass and have varying textures and indentations to change how the light gets bent. The big patterns I usually see are blue and red, though there is a purple and yellow pattern and a green and blue one as well. YouTube videos galore for this one. I snapped a few for you guys and found a link.

In the designy section of the airport (yes that is a technical term, "designy," meaning that it looks like a lot of protractors were involved) there is a playful water sculpture that usually has a crowd near it. Grabbed a shot of that as well. I haven't found much about it on the internet, but maybe I haven't been looking hard enough. There's a vid on YouTube, don't you worry.