The Watts Tower
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 17, 2020
On a small triangular plot of land, in a suburb just south of downtown Los Angeles, stands one of the greatest pieces of outsider art—a set ...
Showing posts with the label Public Art
The Statue of Liberty of Lake Mendota
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 8, 2019
This is what will happen when the polar ice melts and sea level rises. Well, not really. It’s just a continuation of a prank that started f...
The Homeless Jesus Sculpture
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 15, 2018
Since 2013, Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz has been placing a particular sculpture depicting a homeless man sleeping on a bench in citie...
Tiny Fairy Houses of Isle of Man
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 15, 2018
Tiny adorable “fairy houses” are popping all over Isle of Man, a small island sandwiched between Great Britain and Ireland, in the past few ...
Joe Reginella’s Memorials to Disasters That Never Happened
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 11, 2017
Most remember October 29th, 1929—also known as Black Tuesday—as the day when the New York stock market crashed. However, it was also the day...
How Amsterdam’s Airport Is Fighting Noise Pollution With Land Art
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 21, 2017
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, located just 9 km southwest of the city, is the third busiest airport in Europe and one of the busiest in the ...
Thomas Dambo’s Forgotten Giants
Kaushik Patowary
May 5, 2017
Danish artist Thomas Dambo has been building stuff using trash and recycled materials since an early age, starting with smaller sculptures ...
Casey: The Small Town of Big Things
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 3, 2017
At just over two square miles and with less than 3,000 inhabitants, the town of Casey in Illinois might be among the smaller towns of the Un...
The Gibbs Farm Sculpture Park
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 29, 2016
Just north of Auckland, overlooking the expansive Kaipara Harbour, is the private park of New Zealand businessman, entrepreneur and avid art...
Monument To The Unelected
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 11, 2016
Drive past Lefferts Historic House, in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, this week, and you will be confronted by a crowd of political signs res...
Fairy Doors of Ann Arbor
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2016
Fairies have invaded the city of Ann Arbor, that’s what long-time resident Jonathan B. Wright, a graphic designer, wants you to believe. He ...
Clarke Bedford’s Bizarre Art House And Cars
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 15, 2016
On Nicholson Street in Hyattsville, in Maryland, the US, stands the outlandishly decorated house of Clarke Bedford, a retired art conservato...
The Seven Noses of Soho
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 16, 2016
Attached to the walls of various buildings around the Soho neighborhood, in one of the inner boroughs of London, are several plaster casts o...
The Mysterious Toynbee Tiles
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 6, 2016
For the last three decades, somebody has been secretly leaving strange, cryptic messages in dozens of cities all over the United States and ...
Taipei’s Typhoon-Bent Mailboxes
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 1, 2016
In August 2015, a powerful typhoon named Soudelor slammed into the east coast of Taiwan bringing torrential rain and fierce wind in excess o...
‘Fallen Star’, University of California, San Diego
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 27, 2016
Teetering on the corner and edge of Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, is a small cottage that appears...
Artist Creates Record-Breaking Mural For Rio Olympics
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 17, 2016
While athletes compete for various titles at Rio’s ongoing Olympic Games, one Brazilian graffiti artist Eduardo Kobra is attempting to enter...
Kaninchenfeld: The Brass Rabbits of Berlin
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 9, 2016
Berlin was once divided into East and West Berlin by a massive concrete wall, the infamous Berlin Wall, that created a 155-km-long strip of ...
The Giant Pink Bunny at Colletto Fava
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 19, 2016
On the hills of the 5,000 foot high Colletto Fava mountain in northern Italy's Piedmont region, there lies an enormous pink bunny. The t...
Carving Dead Trees Into Public Art
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 1, 2016
Trees have long life spans, but eventually they too die of old age or succumb to diseases or get damaged in thunderstorms and hurricanes. Wh...
