Kent Ambler has over 100 dog-shaped paintings installed at the Art & Light Gallery in Greenville, South Carolina. Via Design * Sponge. Hat tip to Patti Haskins for letting me know.
Tag: dog art installation
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Akane Takayama’s DOG Sculptures
London artist Akane Takayama is in the process of turning school children into installation artists. Over the past year she has promoted sculpture workshops in schools throughout the city and with her student collaborators created over 700 dogs. Now, with the help of the children and volunteers, the dogs get to gather in London parks, go on walks, and carry wishes for the future tucked into their collars.
These images were taken at the first installation at Paradise Gardens on June 19 and 20, 2010. Next Takayama and her collaborators will turn Clissold Park into a dog park on July 31, 2010, and then onto Holland Park on August 8, 2010. Visit her DOG Sculpture blog for more information.
During the course of the installation people want to move the DOGS,
children want to carry them off, bash them, cuddle them or just tear
their ears and tails off. Our team of volunteers spent the days
replacing and repairing the DOGS. We took the position that this
interaction was an intrinsic part of the installation, as the public
interacted the installation changed and moved in response to that
interaction. The public, unwittingly were manipulating the installation
and adding to it in their interaction and thereby re-defining its
appearance. — Akane Takayama
See more of Akane Takayam's work at her website.
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Dog Bowl Art Installation that Gives Back
This art installation of 500
plastic dog bowls by Denny Camino has raised approximately $4,500 for building a
public dog park in Provincetown, MA.The installation, located in front of
the Denny Camino Gallery, 205 Commercial St., has been there since
July. Passersbys are encouraged to toss their change into the
water-filled bowls, creating a fun, interactive atmosphere that draws
crowds every day.Watch the artist discuss the thought process behind his work and his surprise that people have become so "excited, thrilled and filled with wonder by it." I am not surprised at all. It's magnificent!
Via Wicked Local Truro.
Thanks for the tip, Kathleen (my sister), of Cape Cod's Truro Fine Art Studio, where their new show of ex-pat American Impressionist Milton Wright opens today from 4-8 pm, and runs until September 8, 2008.