Functional Art
Pop-Ups Plus
I recently saw notice for and exhibition called, Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn, about pop-up books at The National Museum of American History. I’ve always enjoyed pop-up books, so I hope I can see this. The exhibit contains book from the Smithsonian Institutions’ Library’s Here’s the NMAH’s quite fascinating video on the subject and how involved a pop-up project may be. I have an even greater appreciation of a pop-up book after watching this. It’s truly a work of art and a paper engineering and folding feat. If you’d like to try a more simple book construction, check out the Altered Book Basics, as a project from a…
Public Art-chitecture
You never know where you’re going to find art news or inspiration and this one was found on Justin Timberlake’s blog, of all things. This post, Architect/Artist: Hal Ingberg & His Modern Glass Structures was written by Abby Wilcox. I think Hal Inberg’s work is pretty remarkable. His work reminds me of those translucent building toys made with interlocking square tiles back in the 70’s — one of my favorites. I can’t remember the name, unfortunately. I like that his medium is glass. Brilliant! And another reason to travel to Canada — to see his work. Seems like he’s listening to some of the same musicians that I’m listening to…
Koons and Car Art & Gulf Coast Aid
Before I get back to murals, a quick interjection with BMW’s new art car by Jeff Koons. Some of his stuff is so wacky that I didn’t know what to think when I first saw the heads up about this some time ago but I like it. It’s rather understated in comparison to his other work. Maybe that ‘s why I like it. Most of the photos and videos I saw are from Freshness mag.com but there’s a whole host of postings out there, like from the autoblog.com and carbodydesign.com. Somebody’s got a good PR blitz going. Here’s the original art car concept that I first saw on autoblog.com the…
