In the Marais district of Paris, I found what is probably now one of my favourite street art installations that I’ve ever come across. Located in the square known as Parvis des 260 Enfants – the site of a Jewish public school where 260 children were removed during the Vel d’Hiv Roundup before being executed…… Continue reading Paris Street Art – Parvis des 260 Enfants
Tag: Street Art
Paris Street Art – Rue du Prévôt
It’s no secret that Paris is bursting at the seams with galleries, monuments and galleries. There’s always so much to see. Some of my favourite art can be found outside, by way of graffiti – or what I prefer to call street art. I stumbled upon this collection on The du Prévôt, next to the…… Continue reading Paris Street Art – Rue du Prévôt
Spinning Chandelier
Vancouver is home to a new public piece of art work, this time in the form of a massive chandelier hanging under Granville Street Bridge. By massive, I mean it! It’s 26 feet tall and 14 feet wide. It weighs a staggering 7500 pounds, and is adorned with 600 faux crystals made of polyurethane. If…… Continue reading Spinning Chandelier
Contemporary Art Perplexes Me
Offsite is the Vancouver Art Gallery’s cleverly named offsite public exhibition space, featuring temporary installations of contemporary works. Featured artists are said to, “consider the site-specific potential of art within the public realm and respond to the changing social and cultural conditions of our contemporary world.”. Remember when I said the other day that I’m…… Continue reading Contemporary Art Perplexes Me
Lumière At English Bay
Lumière is an annual event here in Vancouver that is said to be inspired by light and artistic expression. A few minutes walk from our apartment, at English Bay, is the current home to one of this year’s 4 public installations. Recently, on my way home from work one evening, I decided to check it out.…… Continue reading Lumière At English Bay
Definitely Dali
If you’re strolling around Downtown Vancouver any time soon, you may come across Salvador Dali’s, “Space Venus”. I’d have said you’d find yourself face-to-face with the sculpture but, well, this Venus is clearly headless. Her neck is adorned with a typical Dali “melting” clock, made most famous perhaps by his 1931 painting, “The Persistence of…… Continue reading Definitely Dali
First For The Trees
At the intersection of NW Broadway and Couch in Portland, on the side of the historic DeSoto Building, you’ll find artist Gage Hamilton’s yellow mural known as “Ozymandias (DeSoto Detached)”.It’s part of the city’s Forest For The Trees, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the creation of contemporary public art throughout Portland.The DeSoto Building was once…… Continue reading First For The Trees
Silverton Murals
The nearest city to our campsite was Silverton, which lies on the 45th Parallel (Vancouver, where we call home, is at the 49th). The small city is named after the Silver Creek that runs through it. Human habitation of the area spreads back over 6000 years, and agriculture has been the main industry since the…… Continue reading Silverton Murals
Oregon – #POTD
That word is not photoshopped into the shot. It’s actually stuck to the hedge. I don’t know why, but I like it. Bonne journée! Marla
Larrabee Murals
To access the beach at Larrabee State Park, you walk through a tunnel under a train track. In what would otherwise be an ugly concrete pass-through, the tunnel is painted with cheerful and bright murals by artist Shawn Cass. To learn more about the artist, check out this article. Bonne journée! Marla
Bliss Dance
Outside the New York New York Hotel, in The Park, you’ll find the dancing woman statue called Bliss Dance. Created by Italian-born sculptor Marco Cochrane, Bliss Dance is one of 3 steel statues in a series of naked female dancers. “What I see missing in the world is an appreciation and respect for feminine energy…… Continue reading Bliss Dance
Lavalet
French street artist, Levalet, is best known for using the wheat-paste poster and stencil technique. Think back to the gloppy glue you used when creating paper mâche crafts in kindergarten class. This enables an artist to create their pieces elsewhere before adhering them to whatever surface they choose. As most street art is illegal, this…… Continue reading Lavalet
Banksy, is that you?
I love stumbling across interesting street art and graffiti. Not the angsty-teen type tagging that seems to cover most surfaces in every city I’ve been to .. but the type with artistic talent and obvious thought put into it. During one of our walks through Bayeux, my boyfriend and I came across this piece. I…… Continue reading Banksy, is that you?
