Tag Archives: Boston
Lawrence Weiner’s Art in Words Painted Huge and High or Cut into Ground-level Granite
Autumn in Boston gave me the chance to look at words chosen by artist Lawrence Weiner for two different settings and hear his own spoken words about art. Here are a few images and thoughts related to these experiences.
Surprising Spots for Big Photos in Boston’s Back Bay
Discover connections between a temporary photo mural high up on a tall building and a pop-up photo booth on the street.
Yet Another Way to Go on the Greenway: Back and Forth with Strandbeests
Beach creatures in Boston preview events and PEM exhibit for Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen.
Seven Moon Junction Mural Shines with Wisdom from the Greenway Wall in Dewey Square Park
This post shares seven short stories from the short life of an immense mural and invites everyone to add their own stories of Seven Moon Junction before it vanishes from Dewey Square Park.
Magnificently Full-blown Bunnies by Australian Artist Amanda Parer
Free, Fun, and Fleeting, July 9 through July 12 at the Lawn on D 420 D St. in Boston, next to the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Already more than half-way into this four-day event worth witnessing, I’m posting now, without polish, just to urge those who can to go before these really big […]
Eternal Presence by John Wilson, Different Versions
Eternal Presences: John Wilson’s Art in Roxbury, Framingham and Lincoln
High-Priority Aerial Art above Greenway
It’s high time for Art Outdoors to note this spectacular sky sculpture by Janet Echelman. The artist has titled her wondrous work “As If It Were Already Here,” and I want as many people as possible to visit before the fleeting, floating fabric feat is not here anymore. Take-down is scheduled for mid-October, or earlier if […]
Alchemist in Cambridge and Humming in Lincoln, Huge Human Forms by Jaume Plensa
Humming by Jaume Plensa at the deCordova Sculpture Park in Lincoln, MA and his Alchemist on MIT’s campus in Cambridge are the only two sculptures by Plensa that I have seen in person. I’ve known Humming for a few years, and I’m only just getting to know Alchemist. Like several other sculptures by this innovative versatile artist, both are much larger than […]
Calder Stabile Stands Tall in Cambridge
Since 1965, Alexander Calder’s forty-foot-tall dark, handsome stabile* called La Grande Voile (The Big Sail) has stood on MIT’s campus within view of the Charles River, livened by small white sleek sails in certain seasons. Why now after nearly fifty years in Cambridge does this mighty metal sculpture call for new attention from someone like […]
Playground Enriched by Collaborative Art
Here are my recent photos and notes about the Boston Common Tadpole Playground, which I had often passed by on my walk to work for years. Finally a deliberate visit there during December holidays got me to focus on the art that has been integral to that playground for more than a decade. In 2002 […]
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