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Entries in Public Art (74)
STREET ART
"Crochet Object no. 9," by artist Olek - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz
Olek's work has been presented in galleries from Brooklyn to Istanbul to Venice and Brazil, featured in "The New York Times", "Fiberarts Magazine", "The Village Voice", and "Washington Post" and drags a tail of dance performance sets and costumes too numerous to mention.
Olek received the Ruth Mellon Award for Sculpture, was selected for 2005 residency program at Sculpture Space, 2009 residency in Instituto Sacatar in Brazil, 2010 AAI Lower East Side Rotating Studio Program, and is a winner of apex art gallery commercial competition. Olek was an artist in an independent collective exhibition, "Waterways," during the 49th Venice Biennale. She was also a featured artist in "Two Continents Beyond," at the 9th International Istanbul Biennale.
Olek herself however can be found in her Brooklyn studio with a bottle of spiced Polish vodka aggressively re-weaving the world as she sees fit.
Fabian Lewkowicz
in Olek; bicycle; crochet; Third Street Promenade; Santa Monica, Public Art
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WHEELS
People walk walk past a tile mural art work by Anne Marie Karlsen entitled “Wheels” (2010) on Friday, August 13, 2010. The art work is on parking structure # 7 at Santa Monica Place on Second Street. Depending on one's vantage point, the composition of Wheels transforms, revealing new forms and replicating circular motion. From afar, the wheel motif in the artwork is loosely inspired by the Pacific Wheel on the Santa Monica Pier, and upon closer examination, abstract shapes within the circular forms are, in fact, photographic images of the retired Pacific Wheel in motion. The effect is topsy-turvy. The color is bold and joyous. The history of Santa Monica is told.
Fabian Lewkowicz
in Public Art, Santa Monica Place
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CRADLE
"Cradle," a permanent artwork measuring 39 ft. wide and 36 ft. high by Ball Nogues Studio, was installed on the east wall of the city's Parking Structure 7 on 4th Street between Broadway and Colorado on Tuesday, July 27, 2010.
An aggregation of mirror polished stainless steel spheres, the sculpture operates structurally like an enormous Newton’s Cradle - the ubiquitous toy found on the desktops of corporate executives. Each ball is suspended by a cable from a point on the wall and locked in position by a combination of gravity and neighboring balls. As a whole, the balls imply an articulated surface suggestive of foam or sea life.
Fabian Lewkowicz
in Public Art, Santa Monica Place, Sculptures
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DEEP BLUE
Ramon Espinoza, from Craftsman Concrete Cutting, cleans Big Blue Buses 200-foot long programmable glass art wall on Colorado Ave on Monday, June 28, 2010. The public art piece utilizing special translucent glass panels that change colors and patterns to simulate movement along its glass skin. The dynamic blue wall is a series of curved segments composed of deep blue glass and silver metal. The wall, designed by noted artist Dan Corson, helps provide privacy for the expanded lot, and is visible both day and evening hours. In addition to its glass panels, the wall will also incorporate a unique bus stop at one end.
Fabian Lewkowicz
in Big Blue Bus, Public Art
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CHAIN REACTION
Santa Monica Police Activity Members Jasmine Cortez, 11, and Lilly Reynaldo, 10, take photographs of the public art sculpture entitled 'Chain Reaction' (1991 by Paul Conrad) during Santa Monica Bay Human Relations Council's Kids With Cameras Summer Photo Workshop on Wednesday, June 23, 2010.
Fabian Lewkowicz
in Police Activities League, Public Art
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Ocean Park Segue
Damien and his fiance Elle read atop of the public art sculpture entitled "Ocean Park Segue" (1988 by artist Joyce Kohl) at Ocean Park Beach and Barnard Way in Santa Monica on Sunday, February 28, 2010. Fabricated on the site, Ocean Park Segue consists of two raised concrete performance platforms, each made of six horizontally stacked concrete slabs, pivoted to create stairs and overhangs. The surface of the slabs is imprinted with cast beach artifacts both human-made and natural. The platforms are used for sponsored and spontaneous performances, picnicking and playing. The installation measures forty inches in height with a total area of fifteen feet by fifteen feet for each slab.
Fabian Lewkowicz
in Public Art
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Twilight and Yearning
A man runs past the public art installation entitled, "Twilight and Yearning," (1998 by artist Manfred Müller) beneath the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday March 16, 2010.
Fabian Lewkowicz
in Public Art, art
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SUNSET CRUISING
Cyclists peddle south along the Santa Monica bike path amid the sunset on Monday, December 28, 2009. "The Wave Fence (part of California Wash: A Memorial)" by Newton and Helen Mayer Harrison can be seen in the foreground.
Fabian Lewkowicz
in Bikes & Motorcycles , Public Art, Sunset, art
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