LadyBatChic
07-12-2006, 04:32 PM
Here are some photographs of Mark Jenkins' street installations:
http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html (http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html)
This artist has created fake people and animals, (clear sculptures are made of cellophane tape and clear plastic cling wrap) placing them all over Washington DC and New York City, USA) Quote: "In my opinion, street artists provide a public good by making our lives more interesting when we walk down the street."
Here is a blurb on Mark Jenkins:
http://www.magicalurbanism.com/?p=129
Street art (or, Community-ART) is a valid form of contemporary artistic expression, and there are art grants available for exploring this social venue, from the national and civic levels (well, as I know to be true in Canada.) If artwork created by Mark Jenkins can get subsided, Jenkins can continue to do what he does best: create clear sculptures out of cellophane tape and clear plastic cling wrap (fairly inexpensive and light-weight materials to use, sculpturally) and populate the community with this work. (While the rest of us stare at our pc's and wonder if a Street Artist could be considered a bona-fide career.)
:heart: xx dee
Note: it is not just the work itself that merits investigation, but the interaction of the sculptural pieces with/within the community. Funding is often required for documentation of the work (photographs, video, recordings) so the work On The Street can be interfaced with the net and other media. Very often the photograph itself becomes the "art piece" of appreciation . . . especially if the Community-ART installation naturally becomes devoured by the community where it is installed. Permanence is not required, but interaction is.
http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html (http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html)
This artist has created fake people and animals, (clear sculptures are made of cellophane tape and clear plastic cling wrap) placing them all over Washington DC and New York City, USA) Quote: "In my opinion, street artists provide a public good by making our lives more interesting when we walk down the street."
Here is a blurb on Mark Jenkins:
http://www.magicalurbanism.com/?p=129
Street art (or, Community-ART) is a valid form of contemporary artistic expression, and there are art grants available for exploring this social venue, from the national and civic levels (well, as I know to be true in Canada.) If artwork created by Mark Jenkins can get subsided, Jenkins can continue to do what he does best: create clear sculptures out of cellophane tape and clear plastic cling wrap (fairly inexpensive and light-weight materials to use, sculpturally) and populate the community with this work. (While the rest of us stare at our pc's and wonder if a Street Artist could be considered a bona-fide career.)
:heart: xx dee
Note: it is not just the work itself that merits investigation, but the interaction of the sculptural pieces with/within the community. Funding is often required for documentation of the work (photographs, video, recordings) so the work On The Street can be interfaced with the net and other media. Very often the photograph itself becomes the "art piece" of appreciation . . . especially if the Community-ART installation naturally becomes devoured by the community where it is installed. Permanence is not required, but interaction is.