“Suspended Together” is an installation that gives the impression of movement and freedom. However, a closer look at the 200 doves allows the viewer to realize that the doves are actually frozen and suspended with no hope of flight. An even closer look shows that each dove carries on its body a permission document that allows a Saudi woman to travel. Notwithstanding their circumstances, all Saudi women are required to have this document, issued by their appointed male guardian.
The artist reached out to a large group of leading women from Saudi Arabia to donate their permission documents for inclusion in this artwork. “Suspended Together” carries the documents of award-winning scientists, educators, journalists, engineers, artists and leaders with groundbreaking achievements that gave back to their society. The youngest contributor is six months old and the oldest is 60 years old. In the artist’s words, “regardless of age and achievement, when it comes to travel, all these women are treated like a flock of suspended doves.”
Claire Brewster, I’ll Get There, I Know I Will
Paper art out of old and out-of-date maps and atlases
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Cactus made from 20.000 drawing pins - Ѱ (Tamed/Ukročen) The Miha Artnak (ZEK) & A Žiga Aljaž (ZEK) with Martin Šoštarič and Andraž Tarman (Rompom) | Photos by: A Žiga Aljaž, Martin Šoštarič
Obliteration Room by Yayoi Kusama
This December, in a surprisingly simple yet ridiculously amazing installation for the Queensland Gallery of Modern Ar, artist Yayoi Kusama constructed a large domestic environment, painting every wall, chair, table, piano, and household decoration a brilliant white, effectively serving as a giant white canvas. Over the course of two weeks, the museum’s smallest visitors were given thousands upon thousands of colored dot stickers and were invited to collaborate in the transformation of the space, turning the house into a vibrantly mottled explosion of color.
Have you noticed the beautiful street art along Edsa? Apparently they absorb smog too, that’s why they still look good. I’m surprised that this project has not gained that much media attention.
“Boysen KNOxOUT is the first air cleaning paint in the world with CristalActiv photocatalytic technology, proven to neutralize the emissions of 10 cars per square meter painted. And the massive artworks to be featured in The EDSA Project are set to neutralize the emissions of cars passing through EDSA by 25%.”
More art & less politician faces : )
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I’ve always wanted to photograph the super interesting street art that I keep seeing in Manila - some of them might be half finished but still make for visual treats while driving along / riding in the car.
Check the totally geometric, semi hipster triangle art on the bottom of the flyovers! And the stunning kingdom plantae I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT painting! Jeezus Beezus, THE PHILIPPINES NEEDS TO BE FILLED WITH THESE WONDERFUL WORKS OF ART.
Although I did appreciate the semi lousy effort of the past MMDA Art projects (the paintings of odd circles and squares in tiny clumps which were lame excuses for artworks haha) but these look really amazing. I hope the government allows for this to push through all the way. It would definitely brighten up our busy, congested urban landscape. #IT’SMOREFUNINTHEPHILIPPINES
Tom Gallant
Hand cut paper (the paper used appears to be magazines)
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Guess who painted these works of art? Any ideas? The person who painted these pictures wanted to attend the Viennese academy of Fine Arts and become famous as an artist. If he had been accepted by the academy, world history would have been much different.
His name was Adolf Hitler.
(Source: coolpicturegallery.us, via bauzahaus)
