Art installations that are important to see this year

From sculptures to gravitational installations, the world of contemporary art is expanding like our universe, capturing ever new spaces and genres, and we show you the results of this process.

American sculptor Will Ryman erected seven monumental yellow abstract objects - each over 3m tall - in Paris's Parc de la Villette. The installation is timed to coincide with the third art festival 100 Percent. The forms for the abstract sculptures were made in clay, and the objects themselves were cast in resin.

In the same park, the artist built a maze of colorful tiles inspired by the arcade game Pac-Mac. This will be the first large-scale presentation of American Ryman in Europe.

Will Ryman's installations can be seen until September 16 at Parc de la Villette, 211 Avenue Jean Jaurès, Paris, France.

In May of this year, German artist Anselm Kiefer presented his first public sculpture in the United States. She is located on Fifth Avenue in New York, near the entrance to Channel Gradens from Rockefeller Center. Kiefer's work explores the symbolism of books. The sculpture itself is made of lead (the material preferred by the author).

A giant eagle-winged book rests on a stainless steel column with a snake crawling along it. The images of the composition were intended to question the existence and origin of facts known throughout the history of mankind. The book contrasts with the modern digital transmission of information, which has democratized knowledge in a way that has never happened before. Kiefer asks the viewer to see book literature as meaningful as it is dangerous.

Will be open to the public at Channel Gardens, New York until July 22, 2018.

British-niggeriysky artist Yinka Shonibare presents his first public art installation in New York, and once in Central Park. Presented by the non-profit organization Public Art Fund, the 7m high fiberglass sculpture is the first "new generation wind sculpture." It is deeper and more dynamic than all the works created in this genre before.

The sculpture can be seen until October 14 at Doris C Freedman Plaza, Central Park, New York.

Another debutante in the field of public installations is the artist Zoe Buckman. Her work titled Champ is set in front of The Standard Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles. The installation was created with the support of the Art Production Foundation and the fashion label Alice + Olivia from Stacey Bendet. Champ is a kinetic neon drawing over 13m high, depicting an abstracted uterus with fiberglass boxing gloves instead of ovaries. The installation will rotate slowly at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Sweetzer Avenue.

Champ is available for viewing until February 2019.

A judge at a number of leading design competitions, designer Daan Roosegaarde believes that design should truly improve the quality of life. His own studio, Roosegaarde, is internationally renowned for his functional installation Smog Free Tower, a seven-meter air purifier that processes 30,000 cubic meters of air per hour. This tower is currently located in Jordana Park in Krakow, Poland.

Smog Free Tower is part of the pop-up exhibition of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, as well as one of a series of works by Studio Roosegaarde under the general title Landscapes of the Future, connecting people, technology and spaces to improve the quality of life in urban settings.

Jordana Park, Aleja 3 Maja 11.

Downtown Toronto has taken up a slew of new public art sites this past winter. Located on the waterfront of the city, the winning works of the Ice Breakers competition are presented by Canadian, Chinese and Portuguese studios who have created installations within the framework of the "Constellation" concept.

Winners include Winter FanFare by Thena Tak from Vancouver, and a work by Tanya Goertzen from Calgary, titled Through the Eyes of the Bear. The elements of this installation are made from 100% recyclable and compostable materials.

A new public sculpture has appeared in London's Kensington Gardens. The Relatum-Stage by Korean artist Lee Ufan continues his famous Relatum series, which was discovered back in the 1960s. The new installation consists of two corner mirrors and two different sized stones.

“I like to give flexibility to typically inflexible objects, transcending their material nature,” says British sculptor Alex Chinneck of his new installation, a huge brick column he “tied in a knot”.

The sculpture is available for viewing until April 8, 2019 at Städtische Galerie Kornhaus, Max-Eyth-Strasse 19, Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany. Renowned pop art artist Robert Indiana once said, "My special role as an artist is to make words and numbers special." New York's Paul Kasmin Gallery will showcase some of Indiana's most famous works integrated into public spaces.

This is Miami's answer to London's Arcelormittal Orbit by Anish Kapoor, which was created by artist Carsten Höller. The sculpture is housed in Aventura Mall, Miami's premier shopping center, home to a large collection of world-class contemporary art.

Gibbs Farm is an open-air sculpture park with an area of ​​one thousand acres (4 thousand sq. Km). It is located near Auckland. There are over 30 monumental sculptures by a number of leading contemporary artists, including Richard Serra, Anish Kapoor, Andy Goldsworthy. All artworks are collected by Alan Gibbs, a New Zealand businessman and collector who has dedicated 26 years of his life to his Gibbs Farm collection.

The new installation in the park is a work by British artist Gerry Judah, titled Jacob's Ladder. The object is a huge sculpture, 33.5 m high, made of a steel square tube.

Source: https://his.ua/article/art-installyatsii-kotorye-vazhno-uvidet-v-etom-godu_2018-07-02