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Entries in Public Art (74)

Repurposed Art

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Santa Monica College art student, Pontus Willfors, 34, who hails from Sweden, installs his untitled steel and conduit sculpture at SMC's Library on Monday, July 30, 2007. All the parts that Willfors used to build his sculpture were repurposed materials  which he purchased at Home Depot.
Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 at 12:40PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Floors One-through-Six

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Public sculptures by artist Mark Lere are  displayed on each of the six floors of the new sustainable and solar powered Civic Center Parking Structure at Fourth Street on Tuesday, March 27, 2007. The sculptures help remind motorist where they parked.       © 2007 SantaMonicaCloseup.com

Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 10:24PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Public art

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Emily Lin, a reporter from Chinese Daily News,  studies the untitled public  sculpture by artist Mark Lere during the grand opening of the sustainable and solar powered Civic Center Parking Structure on Tuesday, March 27, 2007.  © 2007 SantaMonicaCloseup.com

Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 10:11PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Kevin McKeown

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Santa Monica City Council Member Kevin McKeown sits in a public art chair scultpture by artist Mark Lere  during the grand opening of the sustainable and solar powered Civic Center's Parking Structure on Tuesday, March 27, 2007.
Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 10:05PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Yenno

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People check out a huge image of a newborn baby surrounded by hundreds of colorful rubber ducks at the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday.  The image is by Belgium artist Wim Tellier and is titled,'Yenno' after his 8 month-old son. The image is printed on PVC-flex material and weighs 400 kg and measures 6500 square feet. After the exhibitions internationally, a book will be produced about the project. In order to raise funds Wim Tellier decided to divide the 600 m squared picture into 600 pieces each measuring 1 m squared for sale now to be distributed at the end of the exhibition's tour around the world. The pieces are numbered from 1 to 600 and the number is also the price. Purchases can --be made via the website www.w-wish.be.

Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 at 12:29PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Jurassic  Christmas

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Children walk underneath a stream of water coming from the public art sculpture titled 'Dinosaurs of Santa Monica' (by 1989, Claude and Francois Lalanne) at the Third Street Promenade on Sunday, December 3, 2006.The sculpture  is constructed from stainless steel, copper, and foliage.
Posted on Sunday, December 3, 2006 at 04:12PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

The Dinosaurs of Santa Monica

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On Monday, November 6, 2006, (left to right) David Hartwell, 34, Gabrielle Tieu, 29 and Adam Said, 27 from the Sculpture Conservatory Studio, perform their annual maintenance of cleaning, washing, removing corrosion and applying a wax coating onto the public art work sculptures titled "The Dinosaurs of Santa Monica" 1989 by Claude and Francois LaLanne. The six topiary sculptures are  stainless steel, copper and foliage that run along the Third Street Promenade between Broadway and Wilshire Boulevard.
Posted on Monday, November 6, 2006 at 02:31PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Walk on LA

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Children play on the art sculpture titled "Walk on LA." by artist Carl Cheng at Santa Monica Beach during the first day of fall, September 23, 2006.
Posted on Saturday, September 23, 2006 at 03:35PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint