Sunday, May 25, 2014

10 AMAZING OUTDOOR ART INSTALLATIONS

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For the past few weeks (and through the end of this week), Mumbai has been filled with incredible trade shows, off-site shows, gallery openings and pop-ups. From Colaba in Nse Grounds GOregoan, it feels like every space is opening up with something incredible to see. As I head out today to dive into ICFF and Surtex (of course online) , I kept thinking about how much I’d love to see more outdoor art woven into the schedule of this month’s shows. Mumbai can be tough with permit requirements for public art, but there are so many great community gardens and spaces that would be perfect for something installed outdoors. So to kick off today, I rounded up some of my favorite outdoor art installations for the past few years. Projects like this, especially when they’re site-specific, always make me happy because they get a chance to be seen by thousands of people, almost by accident. Some of them use relatively humble materials (like the Post-It installation at Gallerie Melissa) and others involve dramatic glass and steel structures- either way, they’re wonderful to take in and I’m going to keep my fingers crossed that I see something that reminds me of these in today’s trade shows. 
Image above: Yochai Mato uses fluorescent tube lighting to create stunning outdoor installations.
Click through for all 10 installations after the jump
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Image above: These incredible wire birds are the work of artist Cédric Le Borgne. They were installed as part of an outdoor tree light festival in Geneva, Switzerland in 2012. Photograph from This Is Colossal.
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Image above: Artist Michael McGillis created this purple log installation at an outdoor park in Minnesota. You can actually walk through the two sides. Photograph fromInhabitat.
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Image above: Artist Arne Quinze created this concrete and wood installation for the Flemish Parliament in 2008. I love the idea of creating a more graphic and architectural version of something natural, like a row of trees. Photo from Wikipedia.
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Image above: This incredible 2009 installation is by artist Yochai Mato. Based in Tel Aviv, Yochai uses fluorescent tube lighting to create stark contrast between the man-made tubes and natural surroundings. This image of Flame (Gate) from 2009 is fromYellow Trace.
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Image above: I love this dramatic door installation by Shaun George at North Grand Pre in Nova Scotia. Photo taken by David Shepard.
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Images above: Brazilian shoe manufacturer Melissa created an outdoor gallery made up of 3.5 million Post-Its to create, along with 25 animators, a huge stop-motion film. You can see it in action here.
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Images above: These installations were created by artist Edith Meusnier (Images from her website).
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Image above: Artist Mademoiselle Maurice used paper origami sculptures to decorate streets in Angers, France. Images from This is Colossal.
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Image above: Incredible glass installations with running water by SWON Design, photos from Design Milk.
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Image above: Norwegian artist Rune Guneriussen uses books and other paper goods to make dramatic installations set in between rocks and trees. Photo from Rune’s website.

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