Tara Donovan is known for taking ordinary materials, like rolls of mylar tape, and creating beauty out of what was commonplace. I saw this work, Untitled 2009, at the Brooklyn Museum of Art recently and was just as blown away by what she had created here as I was when I first saw her wall installation of mylar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2008. Tis a transformation devoutly to be wished, for all our perceptions of the ordinary to expand to see the beauty in it.
Through a tweet of a tweet of a tweet that I lost track of somewhere, I came across some fantastic street art from Kiev, according to the post from one of the handful of street artists in Ukraine:
“We don’t see much street art coming out of Eastern Europe, but these surreal street murals by Kiev-based Interesni Kazki rank up there with some of the best in the world.
“There is no street art scene in our country, says Waone and Aec, who make up the two man group. “[The] Ukrainian street art scene is represented by less than 5 people.”
“We can define our art as street art or muralism with graffiti roots. The working process by itself inspires me. The more I create, the more ideas I get,” says Waone.”
I love the fantastic colors and smooth style of these projects. The one below fits into its environment playfully and smoothly, becoming a refreshing surprise in an otherwise plain landscape–which is exactly what street art should be.
Now that’s a lot of posts. I think I’ll rest on my laurels today, and by resting on my laurels I mean work really hard to wrap things up at my old job before moving on to the new. I came across a great opportunity to do marketing for a publisher and I’m happy to say I accepted a job offer last week! I’m very excited for some of the changes in store, but in the meantime I need to roll up my sleeves a bit.
Happy Monday!