Jeff Koons - Coloring Book (1997-2005) - High chromium stainless steel with transparent color coating, installation at the Royal Academy, London
THE EVENT OF A THREAD
Ann Hamilton’s installation “the event of a thread” at the Park Avenue Armory.
original video by Paul Octavious [tumblr]
[gif made by DevidSketchbook]
Head On (2006) by Cai Guo Qiang
99 life-sized replicas of wolves and glass wall
Art installation at the Guggenheim
Brooklyn artist Takeshi Miyakawa arrested for “planting false bombs”. Brooklyn-based designer Takeshi Miyakawa was arrested on Saturday, May19, 2012 at 2am for “planting false bombs” – he was installing a new series light sculptures inspired by the I LOVE NY plastic shopping bags around the city in trees and on lamp posts as part of NY Design Week 2012. Miyakawa is currently still in custody. A facebook group has been set up where you can find, among other things, people and addresses to write to, requesting Miyakawa be set free.
“Global Pursuit of Happiness” Installation of 520 “Lucky Cats” by Boris Petrovsky
Hank Willis Thomas
A Place To Call Home (Africa-America), 2009,
polished aluminum with powdered coat, 80 x 66”, installed
World Trade Center Tribute in Light NYC
The Tribute in Light is an art installation of 88 searchlights placed next to the site of the World Trade Center to create two vertical columns of light in remembrance of the September 11 attacks. It is produced annually by The Municipal Art Society of New York. It initially ran as a temporary installation from March 11 to April 14, 2002 but it was confirmed that the tribute would continue through to the tenth anniversary of the attacks in 2011.
