Slog - Comments on A New Art Landmark for Downtown Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/a_new_art_landmark_for_downtown_seattle Up there! In recent days, Richard Lacayo and Tyler Green have wondered where the great new American public sculpture is. In Seattle, there's a private sculpture park, but enthusiasm for public art has to be at an all-time low. Then I discovered something that could be seriously promising. Seattle artists John Grade (podcast here) and Lead Pencil Studio (podcast here and reviews here and here) and Berlin-based Jeppe Hein are the finalists in a competition for a major commission to build an installation on the exterior of the Tashiro-Kaplan building on the edge of historic Pioneer Square—and it may... Copyright 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:30:23 -0800 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:48:43 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Carolyn Jen,
What great news. I immediately was reminded of the Rachel Whiteread project called Water Tank that consisted of a beautiful translucent water tank hovering hight above NYC in the late '90s. I hope it is something as lovely as that.

http://www.publicartfund.org/pafweb/projects/whiteread.htm

]]> Carolyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/a_new_art_landmark_for_downtown_seattle#c933634 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/a_new_art_landmark_for_downtown_seattle#c933634 Visual Art Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:48:43 -0800