I’m BACK with the Friday Afternoon Challenge! Today: “Art Pro Publico”!

[CTyankee]

In this Challenge you are to identify the public art works (artist, if applicable) and where they are located in the world.

Good luck and don’t cheat...

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[msongs]

1. these artists are so nice to donate their work to the public use. :-) nt

[CTyankee]

2. I really don't know what the commission fees are for them or whether some were indeed

donated but my challenge title didn't refer to a pro bono in that usage, but more just public work for the people to enjoy, as opposed to private ownership either by a museum of an individual...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Wow, I must lead a very sheltered life, my dear CTyankee!

I have never seen any of these!

They're all wonderful...

I will be watching to learn just where they are, and who did them.

[CTyankee]

6. thanks, peggy, but I'm have a devil of a time tracking down some of the artists...

it's kinda too bad...

[Warpy]

4. Aw, you missed my favorite

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Dang, the photo appeared for a nanosecond when I posted it.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/14778

[CTyankee]

5. whazzat? tell, tell...

[Warpy]

37. "Cruising San Mateo"

affectionately known here as The Chevy on a Stick, it's at the intersection of San Mateo Blvd with Gibson Blvd in Albuquerque, NM.

This town has a lot of public art that it commissions and pays the artists well for.

When this was first installed during a widening of Gibson Blvd in 1991, it drew a lot of criticism. It's since become one of the best loved public art projects in the city.

The artist is Barbara Grygutis.

[CTyankee]

39. I will have to research it! Thanks!

[blogslut]

7. Is #3 Lichtenstein?

[CTyankee]

9. Yep. do you know where?

[blogslut]

12. No

Well, I do now that I googled it. But, guessing it was a Lichtenstein was pretty easy.

[CTyankee]

14. I was tempted to do the Times Square Mural but that great big 42 was a huge giveaway...

[IcyPeas]

16. I believe this is in Barcelona, I saw it in 2011 when on a cruise.

[CTyankee]

19. yep, good for you...nice!

[ananda]

8. #4 is ..

.. the Kansas City Public Library.

That is the coolest looking library I've ever seen a picture of
or in person.

[CTyankee]

10. Yes! Are you in Kansas City?

[ananda]

11. No, Austin, Texas.

I've never been to Kansas City, I just remember the picture.

Oh, I remember. It was on one of those 50 most interesting
buildings websites, something like that.

[CTyankee]

13. It's terrific. IIRC, a city in Russia did one with Russian authors inspired by the KC one...

isn't that nice? I love it....

[surrealAmerican]

15. I have no idea where any of these are ...

... but I like them all - especially #1 and 4. Playing with scale in an urban setting is always something I like to see.

[IcyPeas]

17. No. 2 is in Santa Monica or Venice

I've passed it many times. I don't know who it is by though.

[CTyankee]

21. care to guess which one (one is the right answer)...?

[IcyPeas]

23. it is in Venice, (California)

I did some research and it is by Jonathan Borofsky.

[CTyankee]

25. Right! See my hint #24...

[sufrommich]

18. I don't know where any of them are but all

are very cool. Number 1 would freak me out if I accidentally stumbled on it.

[CTyankee]

20. evidently, it does that to people in this park, too...

[Benton D Struckcheon]

22. Number 5's gotta be Seoul, SK, no? n/t

[CTyankee]

26. SK, yes...

[Benton D Struckcheon]

29. OK, How about Pusan (Busan)? n/t

[CTyankee]

32. Gold star, Benton!

do you know what it is called...

[Benton D Struckcheon]

36. No idea, but I guess it's time for me to find out about that town....

[Benton D Struckcheon]

40. Got it, but don't find a name?

Asia's Tallest Mural, by Hendrik Beikirch: http://www.yatzer.com/Asia-Tallest-Mural-by-Hendrik-Beikirch

Article doesn't give a name for it, for some reason.

[CTyankee]

24. a Helluva Hint!

# 2 and # 6 have something significant in common...

[IcyPeas]

27. Venice, CA and Venice, Italy

I recognize the Doges Palace in the background.

[CTyankee]

28. so, what is #6...?

[IcyPeas]

31. ah ha. They are Light Guards

Austrian artist and designer Manfred Kielnhofer has send us the following pictures of his new series of sculptures names Light Guards (also named as time guards) that incorporate polyester figures with energy saving light sources. The result is pretty spectacular and is based on German mythology…

The „guardians of time“ are mystical sculptures who are travelling the worlds’ museums and exhibitions. Exclusively for Art Biennial Venice they made their journey to Italy. Each night they show up on a different spot in Venice. This unique light project is created by Manfred Kielnhofer.

http://www.lightart-biennale.com/page/4/

very cool!!

[CTyankee]

33. He's got them several places. I think they are wonderful...

[IcyPeas]

34. yes, check out the pictures in the link

they are moved around too. Very cool.

[CTyankee]

38. I saw several of those when preparing for this Challenge...it was a

really nice adventure in research...one of the reasons I love art research...

[orpupilofnature57]

30. The Bookshelf takes the cake .

[CTyankee]

35. I love it...was so taken with it when I found it...how utterly COOL!

KC must be a great American city!

[pinboy3niner]

41. #1: This example of floating art is located in the harbor in Stockholm, Sweden

I haven't found the title or artist, just a few uncorroborated and sometimes conflicting details in brief references and photo notes.

The story is that the finger came first and the nose was added a year later. The (unidentified) artist is reported to have said that the following year a detail would be revealed that would indicate gender (so I guess that means the face, added about 2010).

There are claims that the direction the finger is pointing changes with tides and currents; that the finger always points to Jupiter; and that the finger points to the Jupiter Hotel. My money's on tides and currents.

If anyone wants to pursue this further, the location is in front of the Modern Art Museum of Stockholm, so there may be a connection there.

[CTyankee]

42. I must say his has been one of the strangest art topics I have researched...

the artistic visions behind these art projects are so diverse and wildly imaginative. I's a crazy ride in research compared to the rather sedate look back into the "eras" and "schools" of art that we encounter in so-called "fine arts" research...not that they don't have their idiosyncracies....