Tag Archive for 'Kim Graham'

Recycled Art goes Gold

jordan published on March 5, 2009 in art. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

SuperForester Julius has been leading a wonderful discussion every monday on Modern Art.  Inspired, I thought I’d jump into the fray.

Here is a beautiful installation I stumbled upon in the De Young Museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

p1000882The installation is called Hover II by African artist El Anatsui, and as the placard described, it is made entirely of flattened aluminum bottle caps, woven together with copper wire.  Here are more images of this artists’ beautiful work:

Though SuperForest has written about recycled art before (such as Kim Graham’s crazy eco-troll!), there is a world of amazing art out there to be discovered.  So if you find something, please let SuperForest know!

Much love,

Jordan

Kim Graham’s Giant Paper Eco-Troll.

jackson published on December 18, 2008 in art and celebrity. 11 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Seattle sculptress Kim Graham and her team made this amazing troll sculpture out of reclaimed lumber, discarded cardboard, and papier mache.

Sayeth the Kim:

“The most important aspect of this sculpture is that it is truly interactive. The most common way that people interact with public art is by having their pictures taken in front of them. It is shocking how little of public art is intended for this basic purpose.

I wanted to create a sculpture whose composition was completed when someone was nearby. It should look at it’s best with the public involved.”

Look how ingeniously they made it:

Packing tubes and lettuce boxes! Can you believe it?
It begs the question: If a group can make a sculpture so cool out of such simple and accessible materials… What else could one make?

Let’s make a big giant thing and cruise around town in it.

I’ll get sketching…

Here is Miss Grahams site.

Kim Graham, you and your team are an inspiration. For such a thorough display of such a useful technology, using readily accessible and often recycled materials, you definitely deserve the good person award.

Kim Graham, we salute you!
Bravo!