GIANT DOG TURD wreaks havoc at Swiss museum

A giant inflatable dog turd, yes, a giant dog turd by American artist Paul McCarthy was exhibited in the garden of the Paul Klee Center, a Swiss museum in Bern.  In 2008, the giant turd actually blew away from the museum, brought down a power line and broke a greenhouse window before it landed again.  
The art work titled "Complex Shit" is the size of a house. The wind carried it 200 yards from the museum before it fell back to Earth. The art work has a safety system which normally makes it deflate when there is a storm, but this did not work when it blew away.

TURD PICTURED BELOW

PAUL KLEE CENTER

The Paul Klee Center, which opened in 2005, is dedicated to the person, life and work of Paul Klee (1879–1940). It houses the worldwide largest collection of Klee's work. The "hills" contain exhibition space, a music and event hall, a children's museum as well as meeting and seminar rooms. 

GIANT OCTOPUS SKATE POOL

The pool was painted by a group of Swiss artists, named Nevercrew.

Video of its creation!

MADMAG

These pieces of street art are located in Geneva, Switzerland by artist Krevs Madmag.

Switzerland

The featured country of the week is Switzerland.  Located on Western Europe, it is bordered by Germany to the North, France to the West, Italy to the South, and Austria and Liechtenstein (never even heard of that country?) to the East.

Quote of the Week

“You could also say that street art is dangerous. The controversial aspect of street art comes from this truth - that it's not clearly lawful... that's why it's interesting. It doesn't respect the rules of materialistic society where everything that’s paid for is what’s allowed.” It’s a free art form that can’t be controlled, that can stand up to “the commercial spam on the street”.  

 -SKARF, one of the first Czech graffiti artists. His real name is actually Jan Zajicek.

The Mongolian Death Worm attacks Prague

just kidding.  Street artist  CRYPTIC257 created this exhibition on the streets of Prague.

The Mongolian Death Worm is a mysterious creature said to exist in the Gobi Desert. It is generally considered a cryptozoological creature; one whose sightings and reports are disputed or unconfirmed.

CRYPTIC257, POINT, PASTA, SKARF, MASKER, TRON

Above are the mysterious names of some renowned Czech street artists. These artists are professionally trained  and have work exhibited both in the streets and in galleries. 


Examples of artwork in the streets:

Examples of artwork in galleries:

GRAFFOMAT, coming soon to a hood near you.

Cryptic 257, Czech street artist has installed one of the "Graffomat" vending machines he makes, which sell masks and cans of spray paint - labeled "Use for vandalism only"  

Watch the video.

CZECH'in out Prague

The Czech Republic will be the featured country of the week, located in the heart of Europe.  I will focus mainly on the art found in Prague, the beautiful capital city of Czech pictured below.

Hello World!

Each week I will feature a different country with some awesome art and museums you can find there.  I will attempt to find art that you haven't seen before and that is unique to the particular country featured.  For those of you who aren't  a geography genius like myself, I will include a world map with an arrow pointing to where the country is located.  So, if you don't have time to travel, just read my blog and you can see the coolest part of a country right here on your computer screen.  Or if you do have time to travel and you are going to a country that I feature, you better look for the pieces shown on my blog.  Chances are, they probably look way cooler in person.

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