We recently learned that there is a Richard Hunt sculpture in Harlem that is about to go through a conservation process. It is titled Harlem Hybrid and is made of bronze. Here are some images of the sculpture from 1976 and 1987.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Richard Hunt
Memphis has a treasure Downtown - this sculpture by Richard Hunt titled I Have Been to the Mountaintop. Installed in 1977, it is made of Cor-Ten steel and sits at the corner of Poplar and North Main.
We recently learned that there is a Richard Hunt sculpture in Harlem that is about to go through a conservation process. It is titled Harlem Hybrid and is made of bronze. Here are some images of the sculpture from 1976 and 1987.
We recently learned that there is a Richard Hunt sculpture in Harlem that is about to go through a conservation process. It is titled Harlem Hybrid and is made of bronze. Here are some images of the sculpture from 1976 and 1987.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Translucent Concrete
I would LOVE to see a public art project using this material:
from Toolmonger:
from Toolmonger:
Forget those glass blocks! Don’t you wish you had a building material with the structural integrity of concrete and the light transmitting ability of glass? Litracon wins major cool points by putting fiber-optic strands in concrete blocks to achieve results like the ones above. Even cooler: Light can travel 20 meters through the fiber optics before losing brightness.
A Hungarian architect invented Litracon — short for “light-transmitting-concrete” — in 2001, and he started his own Budapest-based company in 2004. The material is slowly catching on, and it was even considered as one of the materials for the Freedom Tower in New York. You can see some incredible pictures on their website.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to develop plans for my glowing underground bunker.
Translucent Concrete [Litracon]
Thursday, January 24, 2008
See Public Art in Action!
Temporary Public Art Project Installed While You Watch!
Artist Anthony Lee is adorning the wall adjacent to Central Station on the west side of South Main with 25 painted symbols from contemporary life. Anthony is working with volunteers from the CODA Program at Rhodes College to paint the symbols on the 700-foot concrete wall. The painting has begun and will be underway during the South Main Trolley Tour on Friday, January 25.
Anthony’s project, Modern Hieroglyphs, is the first of the 10 Temporary Public Art Projects to be installed as part of UrbanArt's Interactions/Interruptions: 10 Years of Public Art in Memphis.
For more information about the 10th Anniversary, visit our website.
(I "borrowed" this picture from Weeden Arts Watch - thanks, John!)
Artist Anthony Lee is adorning the wall adjacent to Central Station on the west side of South Main with 25 painted symbols from contemporary life. Anthony is working with volunteers from the CODA Program at Rhodes College to paint the symbols on the 700-foot concrete wall. The painting has begun and will be underway during the South Main Trolley Tour on Friday, January 25.
Anthony’s project, Modern Hieroglyphs, is the first of the 10 Temporary Public Art Projects to be installed as part of UrbanArt's Interactions/Interruptions: 10 Years of Public Art in Memphis.
For more information about the 10th Anniversary, visit our website.
(I "borrowed" this picture from Weeden Arts Watch - thanks, John!)
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