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Alamo, also known as the Astor Place Cube or simply The Cube, is an outdoor sculpture by Bernard (Tony) Rosenthal, located on Astor Place, in the East Village, Manhattan, New York City. The cube is made of Cor-Ten steel and weighs about 1,800 pounds. The faces of the cube are not flat but have various indentations, protrusions, and ledges. The sculpture's name, Alamo, is designated on a small plaque on one corner of the base and was selected by the artist's wife because its scale and mass reminded her of the Alamo Mission. Installed in 1967 as part of the "Sculpture and the Environment" organized by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cube was one of 25 temporary art installations that were intended to remain for a six-month period, however local residents successfully petitioned the city to keep the Alamo. Although not within its design, the Cube can be spun on its vertical axis. As the heavy Cube takes more than one person to rotate, it has become a way for friends and strangers to bond.
Graffiti artist is doing a great paint job on one of the walls at the NDSM shipyard area in Amsterdam.
Born in Norwich on March 31, 1910, Edward Seago, the son of Brian and Mabel, and the younger brother of John, was inextricably linked to the counties of East Anglia by virtue of his life and ancestry. Throughout his life, Seago was consistently plagued by the effects of a rare and mystifying condition of the heart, paroxysmal tachycardia, with which he was first diagnosed as a young boy of eight. Ironically, it was during the extended periods of forced leisure when the boy was rendered house-bound that he was able to realise his great passion and potential for painting. Seago later reflected upon these periods as being ‘spells of sheer delight’ as he was able to practice his precociously sensitive observation of nature and the countryside. Left to his own devices, he learned how to extract from his environment much of the subject matter for his art. After months of illness, he died in London on January 19, 1974.
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The National Art Gallery in Washington, DC, is so full of amazing paintings and statues. I found this scene of the statue and art patron's poses interesting during my last visit there. It seemed as if the statue was trying to communicate with the art lovers.
Sculptures in wood by Albert Müller, Herman Scherer and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Interesting to see these and how they related to their paintings and the primitivism that influenced there 2D art.
Art by a 5 year old.
The dots on the ground are seeds that are going to grow into beautiful flowers. this peacock has been decorated for Christmas.
"The artist does not see things as they are, but as he is." ~Alfred Tonnelle
"Repetition is the death of art."
[Robin Green, Northern Exposure, Burning Down the House, 1992]