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August 21, 2014December 15, 2023

Art Car: Collaboration in Chalk

Philip Romano invites bystanders to create art on his car:

“The Artmobile”
by Dan Lewis
Now I Know
August 18, 2014

“The license plate tells 90% of the story. It reads ‘DRAWONME.’ The other 10%? That”s alluded to by the three or four pieces of sidewalk chalk left on the roof of the car “” by no means a coincidence.

“The car is owned by a 20-something Westchester resident named Philip Romano. He coated his 2004 Hyundai Elantra with chalkboard paint and then drove it around to strategic locations, making sure to provide the utensils of not-quite-graffiti. In the summer of 2013, for example, he parked it in front of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) to see if true art enthusiasts would take the license plate literally. It proved popular – one report claimed that the line went ‘around the block.'” Read more here.

image: DRAWONME Tumblr

August 17, 2014December 15, 2023

Statue Selfies: If Marble Could Tweet

Reddit user Jazus ur lookin well starts new selfie trend:

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May 23, 2014December 15, 2023

A Little “Lovin” for McDonald’s

15 Captivating Works Of Art That Challenge The McDonaldization Of Society
by Kevin Short
The Huffington Post
April 24, 2014

…In protest of this overwhelming “McDonaldization” of society, a term first coined in 1993 by sociologist George Ritzer, artists around the world have created some highly vivid pieces that assail the symbols of McDonald’s omnipresence.

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Artist:Zoltron
Year:2011
Location:San Francisco, California

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Artist: Banksy
Year: 2009
Location: Bristol, UK

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Artist:Peter Pink
Year:2012
Location:Berlin, Germany

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October 18, 2013December 15, 2023

WISH, by Jorge Rodràguez-Gerada

From Jorge Rodràguez-Gerada:

Urban art reaches epic proportions in Belfast

For the 2013 Ulster Bank Belfast International Festival at Queen’s, Cuban-American Artist, Jorge Rodràguez-Gerada, has created WISH, a portrait of an anonymous local girl photographed by the artist in the process of making a pure and simple wish for the future. Spanning an 11 acre site in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter, the photographic image of this girl – made of topsoil, sand, grass and stones – can be seen from various locations around Belfast. This innovative public artwork pushes boundaries and uses cutting edge technologies, making it one of the most ambitious land art projects in the world.

Making WISH was no easy task. With 30,000 wooden stakes, 2,000 tonnes of soil, and 2,000 tonnes of sand, the WISH team had just four weeks to complete one of the largest realistic portraits the world has ever seen. Continue reading “WISH, by Jorge Rodràguez-Gerada”

September 20, 2013December 15, 2023

Vagina Exhibition: Welcome to Our World

Walk-in vagina installed in Johannesburg women’s prison
by James Legge
Independent.co.uk
August 30, 2013

Artist says work is a reaction against the former symbol of oppression

sa-200 A former women’s prison in South Africa which once held Winnie Mandela is now home to a 12m-deep screaming vagina.

Visitors are invited to walk through the artwork, by 30-year-old artist Reshma Chhiba, in a reaction against the former symbol of oppression.

As they do, the scarlet walls ring out with screams and laughter. The “yoni” – the Sanskrit word for vulva, or vagina – is skirted by acrylic wool imitation pubic hair over a tongue-like sponge walkway.

Chhiba said: “It’s a screaming vagina within a space that once contained women and stifled women. It’s revolting against this space… mocking this space, by laughing at it.”

The prison, in the central Johannesburg area of Braamfontein, dates back to 1892, and its Womens’ Prison held Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in 1958, when she was imprisoned for protesting against apartheid segregation, and again in 1976.

The artist said the work also opposes deeply entrenched patriarchal systems, and taboos around the vagina.

“You don’t often hear men talking about their private parts and feeling disgust or shamed,” as women often do, she said. Continue reading “Vagina Exhibition: Welcome to Our World”