Rainy Days

Patrick Dougherty

I was in awe of Patrick Dougherty's work the moment I stumbled onto it... I just love how playful and whimsical and imaginative his pieces are!















Website: http://www.stickwork.net/
Interview: http://109.200.27.43/magazine/arts/patrick-dougherty-stickwork

Gloomy Day

Coming from Arizona where we have almost 360 days of sunshine every year... it's been interesting getting used to so many gloomy days...

Gorilla Gardening

Inspired with my Gorilla Gardening idea, I went on the hunt for a little inspiration:

Green Beatle by Morten Flyverbom


Quai Branly Museum - Vertical Garden by Patrick Blanc


GROW By Anna Garforth "Moss typography adorns the wall of a secret spot I found in London behind locked gates, a disused plot awaiting the arrival of new flats. I thought I'd sneak in before the small wilderness got bull dozed."

I tried to look for something closer to what I was thinking of doing... but I couldn't really find anything. Most gorilla garden gin projects simply seen to be planting normal gardens, not necessarily creating works of art. I also couldn't find land artists that do that either... most of the "grown" land art I've found is either extremely large (as in weaving together trees and letting them grow to form structures) or is more landscaping in a way...

But I'll keep searching...

Exposing

Inspired last week by Richard Long, this week I set out on a walking adventure around my community, when I happened upon a section of land covered in fallen leaves I walked through and acidentally overturned some with my shoe. I was immediately struck by the deep rich soil hidden beneath the leaves and contrast between the dead fallen leaves and the rich and fertile soil below, just waiting to sprout up new life in the coming spring. This accent led to the following experiment in exposing:

A little bit of a tip of the hat to Richard Long :)







This project got me thinking.... since our class will take place over the course of spring. I am excited to experiment with gorilla gardening! I am going to go out into this same patch of land and strategically plant flower seeds, to hopefully document their growth into unexpected works of art!

Richard Long - Land Artist

"Back in 1964, when Richard Long was 18, he went for a walk on the downs near his native Bristol. The countryside was covered in snow, and faced with a pristine expanse of silent whiteness, he began rolling a snowball through it. When the snowball became too big to push any further, Long took out his camera. He did not take a snapshot of the giant snowball; instead, he photographed the dark meandering track it had left in the snow. The ensuing image, one of his earliest works of what is now called land art, is named Snowball Track. Pure and simple. And, in its purity and simplicity, it denoted all that would follow...."

- Sean O'Hagan
The Observer, Saturday 9 May 2009

A LINE MADE BY WALKING

ENGLAND 1967

A LINE IN THE HIMALAYAS

1975

CIRCLE IN ALASKA

BERING STRAIT DRIFTWOOD ON THE ARCTIC CIRCLE 1977

HOGGAR CIRCLE

THE SAHARA 1988

DUSTY BOOTS LINE

THE SAHARA 1988

Nature Meets Museum:

STONE LINE (1980)

SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART EDINBURGH 2007

BERLIN CIRCLE

HAMBURGER BAHNHOF BERLIN 2011

FIVE PATHS

GALERIA MÁRIO SEQUEIRA BRAGA PORTUGAL 2004

Artist's Website: http://www.richardlong.org/Sculptures/2011sculpupgrades/dusty.html
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Long_(artist)
Newspaper Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/may/10/art-richard-long

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