Seen on South Beach:
On the sidewalks of Coral Gables and in the Miami Design District:
Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 02:24PM | Comments Off | in Miami, Photos, Street Art tagged street art What’s happening this spring in Miami’s Design District? There’s a large head on the sidewalk:
A few interesting displays of street art:
(I have no idea what those red goop blobs are on the palm tree above – I just photographed it.)
This corner lot gives new meaning to the concept of outdoor living:
Walking along I saw a tall sculpture of a boy and girl – and the girl had a bird on her head! I had to snap a photo of a girl with a bird on her head!
As I zoomed in, I realized it was actually a live bird – a dove, in fact. Which wasn’t as exciting as the bird being part of the sculpture.
A lovely display of plants on the stairs:
Several new restaurants and cafes opened recently – one right next to this beautiful tile mosaic wall:
I ate at Michael’s Genuine Food (the sweet and spicey grilled chicken sandwich was excellent) and plan on visiting again soon. If only for the desserts. Though pricey, each one is like a miniature dessert platter with a few treats whose flavors complement one another. They also serve Revolution tea, so you know they have good taste.
Google Earth has opened up a new type of artistic expression. Not only can you find letters created by various man-made and natural structures, now people can create works of art that can only be truly appreciated from the sky. People such as Henk Hofstra.
The above two pictures are of his creation entitled “Water is Life.” The artist’s description:
"In April 2007, het Moleneind, a road in Drachten, The Netherlands, is painted blue to symbolise the water. It is 1000 meters long and 8 meters wide. It was created to form an urban river and recreate the path of a waterway that used to be where the road currently runs. They will start to dig a new canal here in 2008. The text WATER IS LEVEN is written on the blue road. The water will bring back life again in the centre of Drachten."
And for the next six months Hofstra's latest installation, "Art Eggcident," will be on display in the city of Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
Even better than discovering these on the internet would have been to just be walking down the street and stumbling upon this – ha! This is Street Art, defined!