World’s Largest 3D Street Art
3D street art has become insanely popular over the last few years, and a few artists are aiming to make their work bigger and more realistic than ever before. London-based artists 3D Joe and Max teamed up with Reebok yesterday to produce the world’s largest and longest piece of 3D street art work in London’s Canary Wharf.
At 12,486 square feet and almost 350 feet long it smashes the previous record and has been officially recognized by Guinness. You can check out a video of how it was made below.
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London Leaf Road
Though it may appear to be Photoshopped or maybe part of an urban art project, one section of London tarmac really does look like this:
Although falling leaves in October are to be expected in the Northern Hemisphere, a recent London heat wave caused these leaves to fall onto unseasonably hot asphalt. The leaves blew off the older sections of pavement, but stuck to the newer, softer sections creating interesting patterns that just don’t look natural. Thousands of car tires have further affixed the leaves, ensuring they’ll stay put for quite some time.
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Get Off My Lawn!
Cities all over the world are trying to develop more green space. Public parks are popping up all over in places where there used to be parking lots, but London is really reaching here.
Can we at least play lawn darts?
This patch of grass in Raynes park of London measures 3 feet by 2 feet, but yet for some reason the city decided it was worth the money to erect a sign informing would-be frolickers to keep off of it. No one’s exactly sure why the sign is there, but it’s suspected that the grassy area used to be much larger and city crews simply replaced the sign after the areas around it had been paved.
While the sign itself may be ridiculous, we find it doubly stupid that the grass hasn’t even been mowed, which is sure to drive property values down…
Live Statues on Display in London
Today started the first day of the 100-day live sculpture exercise created by sculptor Antony Gormley. The “One & Other” project allows for individuals to stand for one hour on top of a plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square. A total of 2,400 people are needed for the project, and so far 14,500 people have applied; however, the applications are still open. Gormley wants the project to reflect on everyday life and show the vulnerability of each individual in contemporary society.
Grocery Receipt Creates Modern Art
Next time you go to the grocery store, think of it as an artistic experience. If you do, you may receive $62,000 (£30,000) — in Britain at least. In London’s most recent Tate Britain exhibit, a grocery store receipt entitled Monochrome Till Receipt (White) is on display.
The ‘conceptual’ piece is a Morrisons receipt that lists 36 items worth $150 (£70). All of the items are white, including boil-in-the-bag rice and pickled eggs. To make the ‘masterpiece’, the artist gave a list of instructions, requesting that a new receipt be used every time the artwork is shown. Exhibition curator Andrew Wilson was the one to actually purchase the items and follow the instructions dictated to him, which included asking the cashier to ring up the items in a certain order.
The artist, Ceal Floyer, graduated from Goldsmith’s art college in London in 1994. She describes her piece as a modern still life that encourages objects to be imagined rather than shown. Wilson agrees, calling the piece “an imaginative leap of faith from the daily drudge of going to the supermarket to the idea of the domestic still life painting.” Whether or not you believe it’s art, many people apparently do. To me, a receipt is a receipt, but what do you think?
