Artworks created in 2004

Jaume Plensa’s giant Crown Fountain sculpture in Chicago spits out water

Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading

Within Chicago’s Millennium Park stands an interactive piece of art that the public never seems to have enough of. Designed by Jaume Plensa, a Catalan artist, the fountain is an illustration of how creativity and technology can mingle to form an enchanting piece of work. Crown Fountain The work, which was unveiled in July 2004, […]

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Martin Creed fills entire museums with his balloons

Installations / 2 minutes of reading

Martin Creed’s Work Half the Air in a Given Space is a brilliantly fun way to experience interactive art. As an audience member, you find yourself pushing your way through a space, whether it be a room or a hallway or a lobby, filled (only halfway) with up to 37,000 balloons. As an audience member

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Kaarina Kaikkonen – These are some of her best installations

Environmental Art, Installations / 3 minutes of reading

Kaarina Kaikkonen is one of Finland’s most important artists. She is best known for her inventive use of second-hand clothing pieces (mostly jackets & shirts) and molded craft paper to transform public places like churches, streets and plazas into memorable jacket installations. The environment is incorporated into these installations in some way, resulting in a

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Cao Fei’s Cosplayers & the power of costumes

Performances, Photography, Video Art / 6 minutes of reading

Chinese multimedia artist Cao Fei’s 2004 work explores the imagined identities of cosplayers, young people who dress up like game characters, and how they interact with the real world. A costume bestows magical powers upon the wearer of these individuals, rendering their person more special and enabling them to transcend their mundane reality. These are

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Artworks created in 2004

Jaume Plensa’s giant Crown Fountain sculpture in Chicago spits out water

Martin Creed fills entire museums with his balloons

Kaarina Kaikkonen – These are some of her best installations

Cao Fei’s Cosplayers & the power of costumes

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