Balloon art

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Public Delivery goes East: Golden balloons in Central Asia & beyond

Performances / 1 minute of reading
We are closing off 2018 with a selection of recent performances from our Silence Was Golden project. These golden balloons were blown up loosely around the Silk Road, including some of the most remote locations in Central Asia, such as the desert of Turkmenistan and other rugged and sparsely populated spots in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. […]

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Philippe Parreno’s helium-filled balloons create striking installations

Installations / 2 minutes of reading
Philippe Parreno likes to work across different mediums. As a result, throughout his career that has spanned decades, he has been able to blur the lines between film, photography, documentaries, and various other types of media. He has built up interest over the years that allowed him to distort the established boundaries that exist between

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Who is artist Filthy Luker?

Installations / 5 minutes of reading
Filthy Luker, otherwise known as Luke Egan, is a mixed-media artist from Bristol, England. He is known for his signature style of creating gigantic and outlandish inflatable sculptures that are typically installed temporarily in different parts of the world. Some of these works include traffic-stopping giant banana peels and outrageous colorful tentacles bursting from buildings.

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Andy Warhol’s Silver Clouds & His plan to retire from painting

Installations / 3 minutes of reading
Andy Warhol is no stranger to critical acclaim; his various works introduced thousands of audiences to contemporary art, which helped to put American artists on the map, and it waged war against abstract expressionism. Warhol effectively managed, time and time again, to shatter distinctions in art and he helped to reshape the aesthetic criteria that

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Silence Was Golden – Hustle, 228 Peace Memorial Park feat

Why are these golden balloons all over Taipei?

Performances / 1 minute of reading
In 2015, Public Delivery collaborated with the Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art, Taiwan’s first museum dedicated exclusively to contemporary art and one of Asia’s most prominent art institutions. Silence Was Golden is our on-going global public art project, which is centered around words or short phrases made out of golden letter-shaped balloons, chosen by performers

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Gimhongsok’s Canine Construction – Mocking Jeff Koons’ balloon dogs

Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading
This Canine Construction by South Korean artist Gimhongsok is one that anyone would fall in love with, coupled with the enigmatic quality it has. This work is the sculpture of a dog and remains one of the artist’s most well-known works in recent times. The creation involved using garbage bags, balloons, and cardboard boxes, all

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Public Delivery: Project during Olympics in Sochi, Russia

Performances / 1 minute of reading
Produced in the Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia during the Olympics in 2014. Silence Was Golden is an on-going global performance series. Across the world, performers choose a word or a short phrase that expresses something important or meaningful to them and then spell it out of golden letter balloons in relevant locations. This site-specific

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