Public Art
BlowUp Art The Hague 2024: Inflatable perspectives through public art
When envisioning The Hague, few would imagine dreaming of a floating garden on the picturesque Hofvijver pond, with supersized and vibrantly coloured inflatable artworks. Instead, one immediately conjures images of The Hague as a bastion of international law. The historic Binnenhof, home to the Dutch Houses of Parliament, stands sentinel beside the serene Hofvijver pond, epitomising the city’s political gravitas. Yet, unbeknownst to many, The Hague’s cultural richness rivals its political prominence.
The city’s Museum Quarter has the highest density of museums in The Netherlands—visitors can marvel at Vermeer’s enigmatic Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665)—and from May 9 to June 2, 2024, take in the latest edition of vibrant inflatable artworks curated by Mary Hessing for BlowUp Art The Hague—a temporary, three-week outdoor immersive exhibition featuring artworks by leading Dutch designers. Previous editions featured site-specific inflatable artworks dotted through the streets of The Hague. “We need to do something different every year to keep people surprised. And I wanted to make a real statement. I was dreaming about a floating garden on the Hofvijver, which is a challenge. But lucky enough, we started early enough in the year,” Hessing said of the project.
A new sculpture can be erected in Leicester despite concerns over how safe it is. The artwork, called The Nib, will be located in New Walk, planning documents show.
It has been commissioned by Friends of New Walk, which is responsible for a number of other pieces of public art in the city. They include the Concerto sculpture at De Montfort Hall. The Nib will be located next to the Writer’s Pavement, a section of paving “commemorating the city and county’s contribution to the literary arts” and inscribed with names including Geoffrey Chaucer, Philip Larkin and Joe Orton.
Read More:https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/new-leicester-public-art-approved-9657380
Public Art
Public Art Fund To Present Adrienne Elise Tarver’s Multi-City Bus Shelter Exhibition Exploring Black Matriarchy And The Power Of Rest
We are pleased to share details on Public Art Fund’s upcoming presentation of works by interdisciplinary artist Adrienne Elise Tarver in a solo exhibition, She who sits, on view at JCDecaux bus shelters in NYC, Chicago and Boston through November.
Adrienne Elise Tarver is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY with a practice that spans painting, sculpture, installation, photography, textiles, and video. Her work addresses the complexity and invisibility of Black female identity including the history within domestic spaces, the fantasy of the tropical seductress, and the archetype of the all-knowing spiritual matriarch.
Public Art
University of Houston to Present Temporary Public Art Project and Artist Talk by Shahzia Sikander
Public Art of the University of Houston System (Public Art UHS), in partnership with Madison Square Park Conservancy, has commissioned a multimedia work by 2006 MacArthur Fellow Shahzia Sikander.
The temporary exhibition Havah… to breathe, air, life includes two works: Witness, an 18-foot golden sculpture of a female figure, and Reckoning, a video animation of warrior-like figures in a graceful struggle. Last January, the exhibition debuted in Madison Square Park in New York City, where it was on view through June 4. Also, as part of The Armory Show’s 2023 programming, at midnight every night in September, the four-minute animation Reckoning played across Times Square’s iconic video screens. At UH, the video will be projected adjacent to Witness at the university’s Cullen Family Plaza.
