Interrupting Giraffe

Too cool!

artsfortransit:

Chuck Close talks about his Arts for Transit Subway project

News Flash! Carol Vogel writes in today’s New York Times:

Here’s something positive for art lovers, anyway: Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit has commissioned Chuck Close to create a permanent installation for the 86th Street and Second Avenue station, which is scheduled to open in 2016.

In the article, Vogel reports:

Instead of painting portraits, Mr. Close will be creating mosaics. “My work has always had a mosaiclike quality to it,” Mr. Close said in a telephone interview. “So it’s not such a stretch. The idea is to reflect the riding population: old people, young people, people of color, Asians. I’m going to do as many as 12 separate mosaics, mainly from pictures of artists I’ve taken over the years.”

He added, “The richness of the city is all the various cultures coming together, and the richness of my art will be to simultaneously let people in on how many ways there are to build an image.”

We can’t wait for you to see it!!!

Photo: Laura Miller, courtesy of the artist and Pace Wildenstein

artsfortransit:

New Work at Far Rockaway-Mott Ave Station by Jason Rohlf

Respite, 2011

Laminated glass

Today, we’re celebrating the Grand Opening of the newly renovated Mott Avenue station in the Rockaways with the unveiling of Jason Rohlf’s beautiful installation, Respite. Gorgeous glass panels in jewel-toned colors, designed from Rohlf’s original paintings, dramatically diffuse the light inside to create a richly saturated interior space. The work can be seen throughout the station as well as from outside, adding visual impact to the existing architecture. The artist’s design features birds perching on long branches, grouped within three distinct color themes – green for dawn, blue for midday and orange for dusk – and relates to the strong links between nature and light in this seaside community. The work was fabricated by Franz Mayer of Munich. Head to the Rockaways to see it for yourself!

lanthorn:

All The President’s Rubies

If you can’t get into this, we can’t be friends. 

(via problemsolver)

publicartfund:

Purty!

artlog:

Peter Brock’s Baji Lives! public art installation of colored swatches on the Williamsburg Bridge, 2011. Courtesy of the artist.

this-endless:

Target Heavy Food 
Agency: BBDO Dusseldorf GmbH
Country: Germany
Client: Medicom Pharma GmbH

(via 2012 D&AD Awards Packaging Design Winners | Lovely Package)

iamchrismurphy:

Every Drop-WPA on Flickr.

Conserve!